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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albany, NY

May 26, 2011Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2011, 3:31 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 59 min. 2 reports 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
May 26, 2011, 3:31 PM EDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2011, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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
May 26, 4:26 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Lake Eaton Campground, NY
May 26, 4:30 PM EDTHAIL 1.25Long Lake, NY

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 2:16 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2011-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 274 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

609 
WUUS51 KALY 261931
SVRALY
NYC041-043-262030-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0021.110526T1931Z-110526T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
331 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 326 PM 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 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIG MOOSE
  TO 16 MILES WEST OF OLD FORGE TO 24 MILES WEST OF OLD FORGE...OR
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF OLD FORGE TO 16
  MILES WEST OF OLD FORGE TO 24 MILES WEST OF OLD FORGE...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   OLD FORGE BY 400 PM EDT...
   ALGER ISLAND PUBLIC CAMPGROUND BY 405 PM EDT...
   EAGLE BAY AND BIG MOOSE BY 410 PM EDT...
   INLET BY 415 PM EDT...
   EIGHTH LAKE CAMPGROUND AND BROWN TRACT POND CAMPGROUND BY 420 PM
   EDT...
   RAQUETTE LAKE BY 425 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

IF ON OR NEAR ADIRONDACK LAKES GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS 
OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES 
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE 
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. 
DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM!

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 4401 7426 4397 7425 4392 7432 4384 7424
      4367 7513 4407 7518 4409 7513 4406 7507
      4412 7432
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 246DEG 35KT 4400 7516 4376 7525
          4370 7540

$$

SNYDER
1 follow-up statement
270 
WWUS51 KALY 261957
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
357 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

NYC041-043-262030-
/O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110526T2030Z/
HAMILTON NY-HERKIMER NY-
357 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN HERKIMER AND NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTIES...

AT 354 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 27 MILES NORTH OF OLD FORGE 
TO 10 MILES NORTH OF OLD FORGE TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF OLD 
FORGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ROBINWOOD...NEHASANE...LAKE LILA AND CARTER STATION BY 405 PM
  EDT...
  ALGER ISLAND PUBLIC CAMPGROUND...SABATTIS AND BIG MOOSE BY 410 PM
  EDT...
  INLET...EAGLE BAY AND RUSSIAN LAKE BY 415 PM EDT...

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 4401 7426 4397 7425 4392 7432 4384 7424
      4367 7513 4407 7518 4409 7513 4406 7507
      4412 7432
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 246DEG 35KT 4411 7483 4387 7492
          4381 7507

$$

WRS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren25 min
May 26, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton37 min
May 26, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery, Schenectady43 min
May 26, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery46 min
May 26, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton35 min
May 26, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer31 min
May 26, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga34 min
May 26, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren30 min
May 26, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer22 min
May 26, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Greene, Schoharie49 min
May 26, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton48 min
May 26, 5:11 PM EDTTornado WarningALYHamilton19 min
May 26, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer29 min
May 26, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren37 min
May 26, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren47 min
May 26, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer, Warren61 min
May 26, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga36 min
May 26, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga47 min
May 26, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Saratoga, Warren, Washington40 min
May 26, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton, Herkimer45 min
May 26, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYGreene44 min
May 26, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer, Warren60 min
May 26, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga, Warren, Washington38 min
May 26, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton26 min
May 26, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton24 min
May 26, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer66 min
May 26, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery33 min
May 26, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Saratoga, Warren, Washington82 min
May 26, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer46 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.