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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Albany, NY

September 3, 2008Columbia County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2008, 9:10 PM EDT for Columbia County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 48 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
Sep 3, 2008, 9:10 PM EDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2008, 9:58 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Columbia County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2008-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 243 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2008-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
243 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1130 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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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 Sep 3, 8:57 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 8:57 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 5:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
545 PM EDT WED SEP 3 2008

NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084-041100-
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-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-
545 PM EDT WED SEP 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR INTO THIS EVENING...WITH THE
HIGHEST PROBABILITY FROM THE HUDSON VALLEY EASTWARD. THE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE SEVERE. SOME THUNDERSTORMS
COULD CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL.
INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AROUND 20
TO 30 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE HANNA MAY
IMPACT THE REGION.

THERE IS ALSO THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-VTZ013>015-041100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
545 PM EDT WED SEP 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR INTO THIS
EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL OF THREE
QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER THE MAIN THREAT. INDIVIDUAL
THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AROUND 20 TO 30 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE HANNA MAY
IMPACT THE REGION.

THERE IS ALSO THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 3, 7:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
724 PM EDT WED SEP 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0639 PM     TSTM WND DMG     EAST WINDSOR            42.48N 72.98W
09/03/2008                   BERKSHIRE          MA   AMATEUR RADIO

            LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER ON EAST
            WINDSOR RD.

&&

JQ
Local storm report, Sep 3, 7:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
731 PM EDT WED SEP 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0658 PM     HAIL             1 SE BECKET             42.31N 73.06W
09/03/2008  M1.00 INCH       BERKSHIRE          MA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL CAME DOWN FROM 658 PM TO 705 PM COMPLETELY COVERING
            THE GROUND ALONG SURRINER RD. THIS IS THE SECOND STORM
            WITH LARGE HAIL TO HIT THIS LOCATION TODAY.

&&

JQ
Local storm report, Sep 3, 7:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
740 PM EDT WED SEP 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0725 PM     HAIL             EAST OTIS               42.17N 73.04W
09/03/2008  M0.75 INCH       BERKSHIRE          MA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JQ
Local storm report, Sep 3, 8:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 8:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer52 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.