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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Albany, NY

August 3, 2007Fulton County, Herkimer County, Montgomery County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2007, 1:33 PM EDT for Fulton County, Herkimer County, Montgomery County, New York. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2007, 1:33 PM EDT (17:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2007, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fulton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 3, 12:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 81 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2007-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1646 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2007-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1646 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1104 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 3, 10:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 10:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 1:17 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
117 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063-064-082>084-VTZ013>015-041100-
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-
MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-
WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
117 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 560 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

HIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN VERMONT AND EAST
CENTRAL NEW YORK EXCEPT FOR DUTCHESS COUNTY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NEW
YORK...ALBANY...COLUMBIA...FULTON...GREENE...HAMILTON..HERKIMER...
MONTGOMERY....RENSSELAER...SARATOGA...SCHENECTADY...SCHOHARIE...
ULSTER...WARREN AND WASHINGTON. AND IN SOUTHERN
VERMONT...BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM COUNTIES.

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ065-066-041100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
117 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DUTCHESS...BERKSHIRE AND
LITCHFIELD COUNTIES.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING AHEAD AND ALONG A COLD FRONT. THE
MAIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 58 MPH...AND LARGE HAIL GREATER THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH
IN DIAMETER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST AT
AROUND 25 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 7:50 AM EDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 8:50 AM EDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
850 AM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

NYZ033-039-040-047-082-031315-
HAMILTON NY-SCHOHARIE NY-MONTGOMERY NY-SOUTHERN FULTON NY-
NORTHERN FULTON NY-
850 AM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN HAMILTON...MONTGOMERY AND FULTON
AND NORTHWEST SCHOHARIE COUNTIES...

AT 843 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...UP TO HALF INCH
HAIL...WINDS UP TO AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY
RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12
MILES NORTHWEST OF CAROGA LAKE TO EPHRATAH TO 7 MILES WEST OF SHARON
SPRINGS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GLOVERSVILLE TO CANAJOHARIE TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CANAJOHARIE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
CAROGA LAKE PUBLIC CAMPGROUND...CAROGA LAKE AND CANAJOHARIE BY 855
AM...
SHARON SPRINGS AND AMES BY 900 AM...
JOHNSTOWN...GLOVERSVILLE...FONDA AND MAYFIELD BY 915 AM...
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 1:08 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
108 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

NYZ038-031745-
SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-
108 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY...

AT 103 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...
WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.  THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LITTLE FALLS TO
JORDANVILLE TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JORDANVILLE MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
VAN HORNESVILLE...DAVYS CORNERS AND CRAMER CORNERS BY 115 PM EDT
WARREN AND STARKVILLE BY 120 PM EDT
WILLSE FOUR CORNERS BY 125 PM EDT

VTK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton60 min
Aug 3, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer57 min
Aug 3, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer62 min
Aug 3, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWashington60 min
Aug 3, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Saratoga27 min
Aug 3, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton38 min
Aug 3, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer35 min
Aug 3, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer61 min
Aug 3, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer53 min
Aug 3, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer23 min
Aug 3, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer59 min
Aug 3, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBennington56 min
Aug 3, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBennington, Windham60 min
Aug 3, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBerkshire50 min
Aug 3, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBerkshire28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.