Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2009, 12:59 PM EDT for Fulton County, Herkimer County, Montgomery County, New York. It was in force for 61 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 30, 2009, 12:59 PM EDT (16:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fulton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 11:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1100 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 30, 12:16 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 12:16 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 11:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1146 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-011100- 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- 1146 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 533 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 533 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...AND AN OCCLUDED FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER...AND OR DAMAGING WINDS 58 MPH OR GREATER. THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PLEASE REPORT HAIL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS AND REPORTS OF TREES DOWN TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV. SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS CAN BE RELAYED TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:52 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1252 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009 NYZ038>040-301730- SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-MONTGOMERY NY-SOUTHERN FULTON NY- 1252 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN MONTGOMERY...HERKIMER AND FULTON COUNTIES... AT 1250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. JOHNSVILLE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF HARTWICK...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ST. JOHNSVILLE AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LITTLE FALLS BY 130 PM EDT KL/KGS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 1:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery | 67 min |
| Jun 30, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 2:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Washington | 59 min |
| Jun 30, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 25 min |
| Jun 30, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene, Schoharie, Ulster | 58 min |
| Jun 30, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Greene, Schoharie | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 60 min |
| Jun 30, 3:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more | 55 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster | 54 min |
| Jun 30, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 3:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess, Ulster | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington | 66 min |
| Jun 30, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Warren | 65 min |
| Jun 30, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 58 min |
| Jun 30, 3:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Albany, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 64 min |
| Jun 30, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 30, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 38 min |
| Jun 30, 4:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Fulton, Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Bennington, Windham | 63 min |
| Jun 30, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Bennington | 41 min |
| Jun 30, 5:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Bennington | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Bennington | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Bennington, Windham | 66 min |
| Jun 30, 6:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Windham | 3 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.