Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 702
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 19, 2008, 1:26 PM EDT for 7 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2008, 1:26 PM EDT (17:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2008, 8:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 63 counties
Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Berkshire County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Cheshire County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Albany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Essex County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Madison County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Orange County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI, Addison County, VT, Bennington County, VT, Orange County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Windham County, VT, Windsor County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 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
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
22 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Essex | 42 min |
| Jul 19, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Grafton | 55 min |
| Jul 19, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Rutland, Windsor | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Orange, Windsor | 61 min |
| Jul 19, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Merrimack, Strafford | 53 min |
| Jul 19, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Rutland, Windsor | 66 min |
| Jul 19, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 62 min |
| Jul 19, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Windsor | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Merrimack, Sullivan | 59 min |
| Jul 19, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Lincoln, Sagadahoc | 60 min |
| Jul 19, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford | 58 min |
| Jul 19, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Worcester | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex | 9 min |
| Jul 19, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 34 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 4:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min | |
| Jul 19, 12:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Oxford | 116 min |
| Jul 19, 6:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Piscataquis | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New York, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Massachusetts, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New Hampshire, 2008Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.