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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Albany, NY

May 28, 2011Warren County, Washington County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2011, 2:15 PM EDT for Warren County, Washington County, New York. It was in force for 39 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: May 28, 2011, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2011, 2:54 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 28, 2:32 PM EDT	HAIL 1	3 N Hague, NY	QUARTER SIZED HAIL AT ROGERS ROCK CAMPGROUND.

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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 167 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

037 
WUUS51 KALY 281815
SVRALY
NYC113-115-281915-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0049.110528T1815Z-110528T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
215 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 211 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BOLTON LANDING...OR NEAR WARRENSBURG...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   HULETTS LANDING BY 235 PM EDT...
   HAGUE BY 250 PM EDT...
   ROGERS ROCK CAMPGROUND BY 255 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE GEORGE...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!

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

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 4380 7337 4379 7335 4377 7334 4375 7336
      4372 7337 4369 7340 4363 7342 4347 7373
      4359 7389 4378 7373 4381 7338
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 222DEG 23KT 4360 7373

$$

JPV

2 follow-up statements

163 
WWUS51 KALY 281844
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
244 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2011

NYC113-115-281915-
/O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110528T1915Z/
WASHINGTON NY-WARREN NY-
244 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WARREN AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HAGUE...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF WHITEHALL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROGERS ROCK CAMPGROUND...PUTNAM AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PUTNAM
  STATION BY 250 PM EDT...
  WRIGHT BY 255 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 4364 7348 4369 7356 4379 7363 4381 7338
      4380 7337 4379 7335 4377 7334 4375 7336
      4372 7337 4369 7340 4363 7343 4362 7344
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 224DEG 27KT 4376 7350

$$

JPV

981 
WWUS51 KALY 281854
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
254 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2011

NYC113-115-281904-
/O.CAN.KALY.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110528T1915Z/
WASHINGTON NY-WARREN NY-
254 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WARREN AND NORTH
CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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 4364 7348 4369 7356 4379 7363 4381 7338
      4380 7337 4379 7335 4377 7334 4375 7336
      4372 7337 4369 7340 4363 7343 4362 7344
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 224DEG 27KT 4381 7343

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 9:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	23 min
May 27, 9:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	62 min
May 27, 10:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Oneida	41 min
May 27, 10:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Herkimer	3 hr
May 27, 11:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Oneida	45 min
May 27, 11:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	30 min
May 27, 11:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery	56 min
May 27, 11:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer	3 hr
May 28, 12:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Albany, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie	39 min
May 28, 12:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	28 min
May 28, 12:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady	47 min
May 28, 12:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Warren	41 min
May 28, 1:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga, Warren, Washington	50 min
May 28, 1:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	56 min
May 28, 1:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Warren	54 min
May 28, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga	38 min
May 28, 2:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren	4 hr
May 28, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	26 min
May 28, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	40 min
May 28, 3:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Warren	6 hr
May 28, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Warren, Washington	67 min
May 28, 5:48 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Warren	4 days

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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.