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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Sep 29, 2011, 12:33 PM EDT for Montgomery County, New York. It was in force for 42 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
- Sep 29, 2011, 12:33 PM EDT (16:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2011, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Montgomery County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 49 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
878 WFUS51 KALY 291633 TORALY NYC057-291715- /O.NEW.KALY.TO.W.0011.110929T1633Z-110929T1715Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1233 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK... * UNTIL 115 PM EDT * AT 1228 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FONDA... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FONDA BY 1255 PM EDT... TRIBES HILL BY 110 PM EDT... FORT JOHNSON BY 115 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. PLEASE REPORT HAIL SIZE... DAMAGING WINDS AND REPORTS OF TREES DOWN TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV OR ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV. && LAT...LON 4298 7423 4288 7414 4280 7452 4297 7458 TIME...MOT...LOC 1633Z 250DEG 10KT 4292 7444 $$
1 follow-up statement
215 WWUS51 KALY 291654 SVSALY SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1254 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2011 NYC057-291715- /O.CON.KALY.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110929T1715Z/ MONTGOMERY NY- 1254 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY... AT 1252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FULTONVILLE...OR NEAR FONDA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FULTONVILLE...FONDA...SQUARE BARN CORNERS AND GLEN BY 100 PM EDT... SQUARE BARN CORNERS BY 105 PM EDT... TRIBES HILL...AURIESVILLE...CHURCH CORNERS AND SNOOKS CORNERS BY 115 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. PLEASE REPORT HAIL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS AND REPORTS OF TREES DOWN TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV OR ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV. && LAT...LON 4289 7443 4297 7446 4298 7423 4288 7414 TIME...MOT...LOC 1654Z 251DEG 9KT 4293 7439 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 4:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Greene, Ulster | 6 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Greene, Ulster | 5 hr |
| Sep 29, 5:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer | 42 min |
| Sep 29, 6:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany | 43 min |
| Sep 29, 6:08 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 6 hr |
| Sep 29, 6:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren, Washington | 62 min |
| Sep 29, 7:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Rensselaer | 4 hr |
| Sep 29, 12:03 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 4 hr |
| Sep 29, 12:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 44 min |
| Sep 29, 1:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 8 hr |
| Sep 29, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga | 44 min |
| Sep 29, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schoharie | 47 min |
| Sep 29, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 38 min |
| Sep 29, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 48 min |
| Sep 29, 2:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie | 6 hr |
| Sep 29, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 55 min |
| Sep 29, 3:04 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 39 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Greene, Ulster | 6 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 48 min |
| Sep 29, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 49 min |
| Sep 29, 4:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga | 51 min |
| Sep 29, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer | 60 min |
| Sep 29, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer, Washington | 56 min |
| Sep 29, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Washington | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.