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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Albany, NY

April 26, 2011Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 4:55 PM EDT for Herkimer 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 26, 2011, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2011, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Herkimer County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 26, 1:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 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-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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

005 
WFUS51 KALY 262055
TORALY
NYC043-262145-
/O.NEW.KALY.TO.W.0001.110426T2055Z-110426T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
455 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 451 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF
  NORTHWOOD...OR 8 MILES WEST OF HINCKLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTHWOOD BY 510 PM EDT...
  OHIO BY 515 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 4330 7515 4331 7512 4334 7509 4361 7511
      4370 7481 4348 7479 4334 7488 4331 7482
      4324 7512 4326 7516 4328 7516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 245DEG 28KT 4332 7523

$$

BGM/BEW

2 follow-up statements

050 
WWUS51 KALY 262123
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
523 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011

NYC043-262145-
/O.CON.KALY.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110426T2145Z/
HERKIMER NY-
523 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
HERKIMER COUNTY...

AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WILMURT CORNERS...
OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF HINCKLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NOBLEBORO AND 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATWELL BY 530 PM EDT...
  HERKIMER LANDING BY 535 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 4330 7515 4331 7512 4334 7509 4361 7511
      4370 7481 4348 7479 4334 7488 4331 7482
      4324 7512 4326 7516 4328 7516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 241DEG 33KT 4338 7492

$$

BGM/BEW

179 
WWUS51 KALY 262143
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
543 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011

NYC043-262152-
/O.EXP.KALY.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110426T2145Z/
HERKIMER NY-
543 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HERKIMER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 545
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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4330 7515 4331 7512 4334 7509 4361 7511
      4370 7481 4348 7479 4334 7488 4331 7482
      4324 7512 4326 7516 4328 7516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 241DEG 33KT 4346 7471

$$

BGM/BEW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 11:13 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington	14 days
Apr 26, 6:11 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer, Oneida	5 days
Apr 26, 6:55 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Hamilton	19 hr
Apr 26, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	23 min
Apr 26, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	30 min
Apr 26, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	46 min
Apr 26, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	23 min
Apr 26, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Warren	55 min
Apr 26, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	32 min
Apr 26, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton	43 min
Apr 26, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton	54 min
Apr 26, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Warren	62 min
Apr 26, 6:17 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer	4 days
Apr 26, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	26 min
Apr 26, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	31 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.