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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Albany, NY

June 9, 2011Hamilton County, Herkimer County, Warren County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2011, 11:59 AM EDT for Hamilton County, Herkimer County, Warren County, New York. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2011, 11:59 AM EDT (15:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Warren County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 12:53 PM EDTHAIL 15 N Speculator, NY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2011-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 588 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 2011-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
588 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-266 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1124 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

013 
WUUS51 KALY 091559
SVRALY
NYC041-043-113-091700-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0101.110609T1559Z-110609T1700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1159 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  NORTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 100 PM EDT

* AT 1154 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE
  EATON CAMPGROUND TO GOLDEN BEACH CAMPGROUND TO MCKEEVER...OR ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWCOMB TO 15 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF SPECULATOR TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF OLD FORGE...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   LAKE DURANT CAMPGROUND BY 1205 PM EDT...
   INDIAN LAKE BY 1215 PM EDT...
   LEWEY LAKE CAMPGROUND BY 1225 PM EDT...
   SPECULATOR BY 1235 PM EDT...
   MOFFITT BEACH CAMPGROUND...LAKE PLEASANT AND NORTH CREEK BY 1240
   PM EDT...
   SCAROON MANOR PUBLIC CAMPGROUND...EAGLE POINT CAMPGROUND AND WELLS
   BY 1250 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING 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.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS AND REPORTS OF TREES DOWN TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

&&

LAT...LON 4397 7425 4392 7432 4382 7421 4383 7414
      4380 7405 4375 7405 4380 7348 4367 7354
      4343 7379 4340 7406 4337 7442 4344 7481
      4358 7511 4373 7503 4383 7471 4410 7461
      4412 7428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1559Z 276DEG 35KT 4412 7424 4374 7451
          4359 7496

$$

JPV
1 follow-up statement
094 
WWUS51 KALY 091629
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1229 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

NYC041-043-113-091700-
/O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-110609T1700Z/
HAMILTON NY-WARREN NY-HERKIMER NY-
1229 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL HERKIMER...WARREN AND HAMILTON COUNTIES...

AT 1226 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF NORTH
RIVER TO LEWEY LAKE CAMPGROUND TO PERKINS CLEARING TO 6 MILES NORTH
OF CASWELL LAKE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
NEWCOMB TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPECULATOR TO SPECULATOR TO 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF OLD FORGE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST CANADA LAKES...CHRISTIAN HILL AND NORTH RIVER BY 1235 PM
  EDT...
  RUDESTON...HIGGINS BAY...PISECO AND SODOM BY 1245 PM EDT...
  WEVERTOWN...PERKINS CLEARING AND JOHNSBURG BY 1250 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING 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.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS AND REPORTS OF TREES DOWN TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

&&

LAT...LON 4344 7479 4369 7479 4378 7478 4412 7428
      4397 7425 4392 7432 4382 7421 4383 7414
      4380 7405 4375 7405 4380 7348 4367 7354
      4343 7379 4340 7406 4337 7442
TIME...MOT...LOC 1630Z 280DEG 33KT 4390 7400 4363 7424
          4358 7439 4360 7469

$$

JPV/KGM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster45 min
Jun 8, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Rensselaer43 min
Jun 8, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster62 min
Jun 8, 9:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess53 min
Jun 8, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess49 min
Jun 8, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Warren69 min
Jun 8, 10:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie30 min
Jun 8, 11:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Greene, Schoharie60 min
Jun 8, 11:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Ulster61 min
Jun 9, 12:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia42 min
Jun 9, 12:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster23 min
Jun 9, 12:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess, Ulster62 min
Jun 9, 8:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren26 min
Jun 9, 9:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren41 min
Jun 9, 9:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess62 min
Jun 9, 12:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer, Montgomery, Schoharie63 min
Jun 9, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren57 min
Jun 9, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Saratoga, Warren, Washington75 min
Jun 9, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie64 min
Jun 9, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady57 min
Jun 9, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington67 min
Jun 9, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Saratoga, Warren, Washington73 min
Jun 9, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Greene, Schoharie53 min
Jun 9, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer65 min
Jun 9, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer, Washington50 min
Jun 9, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Greene, Rensselaer62 min
Jun 9, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess, Ulster56 min
Jun 9, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess, Ulster64 min
Jun 9, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess63 min
Jun 9, 4:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYDutchess2 hr
Jun 9, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton, Herkimer38 min
Jun 9, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWashington28 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.