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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Albany, NY

July 24, 2008Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2008, 3:37 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 53 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
Jul 24, 2008, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2008, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2008-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 92 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 2008-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
92 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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 Jul 24, 3:10 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 3:10 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 3:23 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
323 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-251930-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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-
WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
323 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED UNTIL SUNSET...SOME MAY
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

THE PROBABILITY FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON SATURDAY THOUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SNYDER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:09 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
309 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008

NYZ032-242000-
NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-
309 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY...

AT 306 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS
AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MCKEEVER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OLD FORGE...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MCKEEVER BY 315 PM EDT
NICKS LAKE CAMPGROUND BY 330 PM EDT
OLD FORGE BY 340 PM EDT
ALGER ISLAND PUBLIC CAMPGROUND BY 350 PM EDT
BIG MOOSE BY 400 PM EDT

RAINFALL RATES MAY APPROACH A HALF AN INCH IN AN HOUR.

WASULA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 8:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYAlbany, Schoharie3 hr
Jul 23, 8:31 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYColumbia, Greene6 hr
Jul 23, 8:58 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYMontgomery5 hr
Jul 23, 9:09 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYSaratoga, Schenectady5 hr
Jul 23, 9:25 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYRensselaer6 hr
Jul 23, 11:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie3 hr
Jul 24, 8:29 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYHerkimer3 hr
Jul 24, 9:48 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYGreene, Ulster3 hr
Jul 24, 10:14 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYFulton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Schoharie3 hr
Jul 24, 11:46 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany, Schenectady3 hr
Jul 23, 8:52 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYBennington6 hr
Jul 23, 10:25 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYWindham6 hr
Jul 24, 1:36 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYBennington18 hr
Jul 24, 1:36 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYBennington12 hr
Jul 24, 2:40 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYBennington, Windham8 hr
Jul 23, 8:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYBerkshire4 hr
Jul 23, 9:07 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYBerkshire6 hr

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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.