Alert archive / Massachusetts / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 21, 2011, 7:06 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 21, 2011, 7:06 PM EDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Berkshire County, MA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 453 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1024 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
180
WFUS51 KALY 212306
TORALY
MAC003-212345-
/O.NEW.KALY.TO.W.0008.110821T2306Z-110821T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
706 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 703 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR
PITTSFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SAVOY BY 725 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND
EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.
&&
LAT...LON 4261 7296 4252 7297 4247 7298 4235 7324
4246 7336 4264 7296 4263 7295
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 239DEG 29KT 4244 7319
$$
TAW/KGM1 follow-up statement
603
WWUS51 KALY 212330
SVSALY
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
730 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011
MAC003-212345-
/O.CON.KALY.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110821T2345Z/
BERKSHIRE MA-
730 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BERKSHIRE COUNTY...
AT 726 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR WINDSOR...OR 11 MILES EAST OF PITTSFIELD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SAVOY AND BRIER BY 735 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS AND REPORTS OF TREES DOWN TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV OR
ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND
EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.
&&
LAT...LON 4261 7296 4252 7297 4247 7298 4241 7314
4252 7321 4264 7296 4263 7295
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 239DEG 29KT 4251 7302
$$
TAW/KGMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 63 min |
| Aug 21, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 54 min |
| Aug 21, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 61 min |
| Aug 21, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 26 min |
| Aug 21, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 65 min |
| Aug 21, 7:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 4 hr |
| Aug 21, 7:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 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.