Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2008, 2:07 PM EDT for Rensselaer County, Washington County, New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. 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
- Aug 6, 2008, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2008, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Berkshire County, MA, Rensselaer County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 56 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
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 6, 1:41 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 1:41 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 511 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-071100- 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- 511 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...THEN AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ALTHOUGH ISOLATED GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH...AND FOR THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE FROM WEST NORTHWEST TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...MAINLY DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 12:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1238 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 NYZ084-VTZ013-061715- BENNINGTON VT-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON NY- 1238 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN BENNINGTON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 1237 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 8 MILES WEST OF DORSET...OR ABOUT OVER SALEM...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 18 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DORSET BY 1250 PM EDT MANCHESTER BY 105 PM EDT MANCHESTER...MANCHESTER CENTER AND ARLINGTON BY 110 PM EDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. KGS
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 12:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1257 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 NYZ084-061745- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON NY- 1257 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 1255 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 SALEM TO 9 MILES NORTH OF GREENWICH...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SALEM TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF HUDSON FALLS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 18 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... SALEM BY 115 PM EDT GREENWICH BY 120 PM EDT CAMBRIDGE BY 145 PM EDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MONTGOMERY/SNYDER
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 1:18 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 61 min |
| Aug 6, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Bennington | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Bennington, Windham | 53 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Vermont, 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.