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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Albany, NY

May 26, 2011Hamilton County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2011, 5:11 PM EDT for Hamilton County, New York. It was in force for 19 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
May 26, 2011, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2011, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Hamilton County, NY

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 2:16 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 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.

220 
WFUS51 KALY 262111
TORALY
NYC041-262130-
/O.NEW.KALY.TO.W.0006.110526T2111Z-110526T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
511 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 508 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LAKE EATON
  CAMPGROUND...OR 13 MILES WEST OF NEWCOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   CATLIN LAKE BY 515 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4412 7427 4397 7425 4393 7430 4388 7443
      4409 7456 4411 7450 4412 7428
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 239DEG 37KT 4403 7439

$$
JPV
1 follow-up statement
014 
WWUS51 KALY 262125
SVSALY

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

NYC041-262135-
/O.EXP.KALY.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110526T2130Z/
HAMILTON NY-
525 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 530 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4412 7427 4397 7425 4393 7430 4388 7443
      4409 7456 4411 7450 4412 7428
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 239DEG 37KT 4411 7420

$$

JPV

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, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer59 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, 5:16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.