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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Albany, NY

September 8, 20124 counties in New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2012, 1:24 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 96 min. 6 reports 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
Sep 8, 2012, 1:24 PM EDT (17:24 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Fulton County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 8, 2:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGIlion, NYTREE DOWN ON EAST NORTH STREET
Sep 8, 2:12 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGDolgeville, NYTREE DOWN ON WIRES
Sep 8, 2:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLittle Falls, NYTREES DOWN
Sep 8, 2:48 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSt. Johnsville, NYTREES DOWN
Sep 8, 2:57 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCanajoharie, NYTREES DOWN
Sep 8, 3:02 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGIndian Lake, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 8, 12:40 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2012-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 113 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 294 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
397 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

500 
WUUS51 KALY 081724
SVRALY
NYC035-041-043-057-081900-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0101.120908T1724Z-120908T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
124 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  WESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 119 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCKEEVER TO 39 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST
  WINFIELD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF OLD
  FORGE TO 28 MILES WEST OF ONEONTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   MCKEEVER BY 150 PM EDT...
   NICKS LAKE CAMPGROUND...WEST WINFIELD...OLD FORGE AND NORTHWOOD BY
   200 PM EDT...
   POLAND AND BIG MOOSE BY 205 PM EDT...
   CEDARVILLE...FRANKFORT AND COLD BROOK BY 210 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND EASTERN NEW
YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

&&

LAT...LON 4412 7428 4397 7425 4392 7432 4382 7421
      4379 7404 4374 7405 4373 7422 4344 7417
      4282 7458 4289 7486 4282 7491 4290 7509
      4285 7514 4285 7521 4306 7522 4322 7508
      4325 7516 4334 7509 4409 7518 4406 7502
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 227DEG 33KT 4385 7524 4244 7557

$$
SNYDER/KOLECI
1 follow-up statement
750 
WWUS51 KALY 081803
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
203 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

NYC035-041-043-057-081900-
/O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120908T1900Z/
HAMILTON NY-MONTGOMERY NY-FULTON NY-HERKIMER NY-
203 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR HERKIMER...WESTERN FULTON...WESTERN MONTGOMERY AND HAMILTON
COUNTIES...

AT 201 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF KEEPAWA TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF WOODS
CORNERS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF OLD FORGE
TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HARTWICK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  YOUNGS CROSSING...BIG MOOSE...SPINNERVILLE AND SOUTH ILION BY 210
  PM EDT...
  WILMURT CORNERS...SOUTH COLUMBIA...SCHUYLER CORNERS AND PARTLOW BY
  215 PM EDT...
  WILMURT AND WARREN BY 220 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND EASTERN NEW
YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

&&

LAT...LON 4397 7425 4392 7432 4382 7421 4379 7405
      4375 7405 4373 7422 4344 7417 4282 7458
      4289 7486 4282 7492 4290 7509 4285 7514
      4285 7520 4314 7516 4322 7508 4325 7514
      4334 7509 4404 7499 4407 7494 4412 7428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 227DEG 33KT 4402 7492 4279 7514

$$
SNYDER/KOLECI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 11:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess52 min
Sep 8, 12:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess58 min
Sep 8, 1:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer48 min
Sep 8, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady and 2 more79 min
Sep 8, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene, Schoharie, Ulster69 min
Sep 8, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene, Ulster54 min
Sep 8, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and 3 more53 min
Sep 8, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer, Washington63 min
Sep 8, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster56 min
Sep 8, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster37 min
Sep 8, 5:44 PM EDTTornado WarningALYColumbia17 min
Sep 8, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess22 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.