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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Albany, NY

July 27, 20084 counties in New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2008, 3:35 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 40 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 27, 2008, 3:35 AM EDT (07:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2008, 4:15 AM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Greene County, NY, Ulster County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 00:00Z on 2008-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1257 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 00:00Z on 2008-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
1257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1366 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.5

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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 27, 1:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 1:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 10:23 PM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1023 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008

NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-082>084-VTZ013>015-271100-
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-
NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-
WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
1023 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR GREATER CAPITAL
DISTRICT...WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA
REGION...MOHAWK AND SCHOHARIE VALLEYS AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE
STRONG TO SEVERE. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO EASTERLY AT 25 TO 30
MPH. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND MAY LEAD
TO SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS...SOME
MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING
THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-271100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-
EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-
EASTERN DUTCHESS-
1023 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN
CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...BERKSHIRES AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY.

.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT...

NON SEVERE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY.
DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL GREATER THAN THREE QUARTERS OF AN
INCH IN DIAMETER ARE THE THREATS. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 8:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYRensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington6 hr
Jul 26, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWashington57 min
Jul 26, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer61 min
Jul 26, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery65 min
Jul 26, 10:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYSaratoga, Warren, Washington6 hr
Jul 27, 12:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchoharie60 min
Jul 27, 12:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer, Washington48 min
Jul 27, 12:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Schenectady56 min
Jul 27, 1:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga and 3 more67 min
Jul 27, 11:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene53 min
Jul 27, 12:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene, Schoharie29 min
Jul 27, 12:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Ulster5 hr
Jul 27, 12:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Greene, Ulster47 min
Jul 27, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer65 min
Jul 27, 1:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess, Ulster63 min
Jul 27, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia57 min
Jul 27, 1:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYColumbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Ulster6 hr
Jul 27, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia67 min
Jul 27, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess63 min
Jul 26, 11:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYBennington, Windham5 hr
Jul 27, 12:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBennington, Windham52 min
Jul 27, 1:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBennington57 min
Jul 27, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWindham34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.