Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 503
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 10, 2008, 5:47 PM EDT for 9 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2008, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2008, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 99 counties
Capitol Planning Region, CT, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Berkshire County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Caroline County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Dorchester County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Atlantic County, NJ, Bergen County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Albany County, NY, Bronx County, NY, Clinton County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Kings County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, Addison County, VT, Bennington County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Essex County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orange County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT, Windham County, VT, Windsor County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 80%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 40%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 80%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
62 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Franklin, St. Lawrence | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene, Ulster | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Warren | 64 min |
| Jun 10, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Rutland, Windsor | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 60 min |
| Jun 10, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 6:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe, Northampton | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Rutland, Windsor | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 77 min |
| Jun 10, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton, Essex | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 60 min |
| Jun 10, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Essex, Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans, Washington | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison, Caledonia, Orange, Washington, Windsor | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene, Schoharie | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset | 64 min |
| Jun 10, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Passaic | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison, Orange, Rutland, Washington, Windsor | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 65 min |
| Jun 10, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Washington | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene | 52 min |
| Jun 10, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 34 min |
| Jun 10, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 60 min |
| Jun 10, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Orange, Windsor | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Bennington, Windham | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic | 21 min |
| Jun 10, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 65 min |
| Jun 10, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 64 min |
| Jun 10, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Cheshire, Hillsborough | 65 min |
| Jun 10, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Cheshire, Hillsborough | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 10:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 11:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hillsborough | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 11:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 33 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 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
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 10:02 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 8 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min | |
| Jun 10, 6:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | New Castle | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 1:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Garrett | 95 min |
| Jun 10, 2:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 6 more | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 12:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Middlesex, Worcester | 86 min |
| Jun 10, 3:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire | 116 min |
| Jun 10, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Belknap, Carroll, Coos, Grafton, Merrimack, Rockingham and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Coos | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 9:43 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albany, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton and 30 more | 2 hr |
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.