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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Albany, NY

June 10, 2008Hamilton County, Warren County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2008, 1:57 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Warren County, New York. It was in force for 63 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
Jun 10, 2008, 1:57 PM EDT (17:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2008, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hamilton County, NY, Warren County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 10:02 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 2008-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1481 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 2008-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
1481 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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 Jun 10, 1:46 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 1:46 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 10:12 AM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1012 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

CTZ001-013-NYZ049-050-052-053-059-060-064>066-111200-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-
SOUTHERN SARATOGA-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN GREENE-
WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
1012 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...TORNADO WATCH 499 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND
EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

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

   TORNADO WATCH.
   HEAT ADVISORY.

A WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SUPERCELLS WILL FORM ALONG AND
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...AND ORGANIZE INTO A SQUALL
LINE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047-048-051-054-058-061-063-082>084-
VTZ013>015-111200-
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-
SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-
NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-
BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
1012 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...TORNADO WATCH 499 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

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

   TORNADO WATCH.

A WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUPERCELLS WILL FORM ALONG AND AHEAD
OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...AND ORGANIZE INTO A SQUALL LINE.
THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 1:09 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
109 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

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

1240 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 ENE MOSHIER FALLS     43.88N 75.11W
06/10/2008                   HERKIMER           NY   PUBLIC

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

&&

BGM
Local storm report, Jun 10, 1:25 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
125 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

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

0105 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MCKEEVER                43.61N 75.10W
06/10/2008                   HERKIMER           NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE ON HOUSE

&&

BGM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 4:33 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryALYAlbany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga and 2 more13 hr
Jun 10, 11:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer67 min
Jun 10, 12:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer63 min
Jun 10, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYMontgomery, Schoharie45 min
Jun 10, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Herkimer, Montgomery55 min
Jun 10, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer65 min
Jun 10, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton53 min
Jun 10, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Saratoga, Schenectady47 min
Jun 10, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer55 min
Jun 10, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga, Washington61 min
Jun 10, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene, Ulster49 min
Jun 10, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Warren64 min
Jun 10, 6:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYSaratoga, Washington76 min
Jun 10, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer59 min
Jun 10, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer53 min
Jun 10, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Greene48 min
Jun 10, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWashington35 min
Jun 10, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Herkimer, Montgomery56 min
Jun 10, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Saratoga, Warren, Washington60 min
Jun 10, 7:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYHerkimer2 hr
Jun 10, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer32 min

Nearby

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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.