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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Albany, NY

June 5, 2010Montgomery County, Saratoga County, Schenectady County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2010, 1:25 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Saratoga County, Schenectady County, New York. It was in force for 50 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 5, 2010, 1:25 PM EDT (17:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2010, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Montgomery County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 1:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 2010-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 100 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 2010-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
100 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 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 5, 11:25 AM EDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 11:25 AM EDT, 2 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 1:04 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
104 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-061100-
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-
104 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010

...TORNADO WATCH 262 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 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.

 TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE AREA COULD BRING TWO OR MORE INCHES OF A
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TO THE REGION FROM ALBANY SOUTHWARD ON SUNDAY.
IN ADDITION...MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AGAIN MOSTLY FROM
ALBANY SOUTHWARD. WHILE MOST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO BE NON
SEVERE...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THESE COULD BECOME LOCALLY
STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER
UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED.  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

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:06 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:14 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
114 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010

NYZ039-040-048>050-051745-
WESTERN SCHENECTADY NY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY-
MONTGOMERY NY-SOUTHERN FULTON NY-
114 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN

  WEST CENTRAL SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  NORTHERN SCHENECTADY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SCOTIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JOHNSTOWN...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FONDA...CANAJOHARIE...AMSTERDAM...

AT 112 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS
AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR EPHRATAH...OR ABOUT OVER CANAJOHARIE...AND MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
FONDA AND JOHNSTOWN BY 120 PM EDT
TRIBES HILL BY 125 PM EDT
FORT JOHNSON BY 130 PM EDT
AMSTERDAM AND HAGAMAN BY 135 PM EDT
HAGAMAN BY 140 PM EDT
GLENVILLE...ROTTERDAM JUNCTION AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SCOTIA BY 145
PM EDT

IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU
CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer, Washington62 min
Jun 5, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia53 min
Jun 5, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie46 min
Jun 5, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.