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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Albany, NY

June 24, 2010Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2010, 5:45 PM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It was in force for 33 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 24, 2010, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2010, 6:18 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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 24, 10:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 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 2010-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 169 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 2010-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-171 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1225 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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 24, 3:45 PM EDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 3:45 PM EDT, 2 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 10:54 AM EDT, 6 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1054 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2010

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ039>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084-
VTZ013>015-251100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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-
1054 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2010

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 404 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...SARATOGA
LAKE GEORGE REGION...CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...MID
HUDSON VALLEY...TACONICS...THE BERKSHIRES...LITCHFIELD COUNTY 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.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY...THEN AGAIN SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER SPOTTERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN CONNECTICUT...
LITCHFIELD.

IN MASSACHUSETTS...
BERKSHIRE.

IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
ALBANY...COLUMBIA...DUTCHESS...FULTON...GREENE...MONTGOMERY...RENSSELAER
...SARATOGA...SCHENECTADY...SCHOHARIE...ULSTER...WARREN AND WASHINGTON.

IN VERMONT...

BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM.

NYZ032-033-038-251100-
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
1054 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR HERKIMER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD APPROACHING COLD FRONT
TODAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH
THE ACTIVITY DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY EARLY THIS
EVENING. THE STORMS WILL TRACK EASTERLY AT AROUND 40 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY...THEN AGAIN SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 24, 1:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
135 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010

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

0125 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FISHKILL                41.53N 73.89W
06/24/2010                   DUTCHESS           NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

&&

FRUGIS
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
152 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010

NYZ049-050-052>054-241815-
WESTERN RENSSELAER NY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY-EASTERN RENSSELAER NY-
EASTERN ALBANY NY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY-
152 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010

AT 142 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...AND HEAVY
RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GUILDERLAND...OR ABOUT OVER
ROTTERDAM...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WATERVLIET...TROY...GREEN ISLAND AND WYANTSKILL BY 200 PM EDT
CENTER BRUNSWICK AND WEST SAND LAKE BY 205 PM EDT
6 MILES NORTH OF AVERILL PARK BY 210 PM EDT
GRAFTON AND BERLIN BY 215 PM EDT

SNYDER
Local storm report, Jun 24, 2:08 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess58 min
Jun 24, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer65 min
Jun 24, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Schoharie54 min
Jun 24, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWindham32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 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.