Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2012, 2:29 PM EDT for Albany County, Columbia County, Rensselaer County, New York. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 23, 2012, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2:32 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Voorheesville, NY |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 13 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
- 412 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
416 WUUS51 KALY 231829 SVRALY NYC001-021-083-231930- /O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0065.120723T1829Z-120723T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 229 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ALBANY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... NORTH CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... SOUTHWESTERN RENSSELAER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... * UNTIL 330 PM EDT * AT 226 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VOORHEESVILLE...OR 8 MILES WEST OF DELMAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... VOORHEESVILLE BY 235 PM EDT... FEURA BUSH BY 255 PM EDT... DELMAR BY 300 PM EDT... SELKIRK AND RAVENA BY 315 PM EDT... CASTLETON-ON-HUDSON BY 325 PM EDT... EAST GREENBUSH BY 330 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 OR ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV. LAT...LON 4263 7360 4244 7364 4253 7409 4267 7403 TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 278DEG 11KT 4262 7397 $$
1 follow-up statement
132 WWUS51 KALY 231856 SVSALY SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 256 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012 NYC001-021-083-231930- /O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-120723T1930Z/ ALBANY NY-COLUMBIA NY-RENSSELAER NY- 256 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN RENSSELAER...NORTH CENTRAL COLUMBIA AND CENTRAL ALBANY COUNTIES... AT 252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SLINGERLANDS...OR NEAR DELMAR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HOUCKS CORNERS...ELSMERE...MALLORYS CORNERS AND BETHLEHEM HEIGHTS BY 305 PM EDT... MEYERS CORNERS...NORMANSVILLE...BECKERS CORNERS AND SELKIRK YARDS BY 310 PM EDT... BETHLEHEM CENTER AND KENWOOD BY 315 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. PLEASE REPORT HAIL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS AND REPORTS OF TREES DOWN TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV OR ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV. && LAT...LON 4263 7360 4244 7364 4253 7409 4267 7403 TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 278DEG 11KT 4261 7386 $$ KL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Otsego | 52 min |
| Jul 23, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Otsego | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 55 min |
| Jul 23, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany | 40 min |
| Jul 23, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schenectady | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 36 min |
| Jul 23, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer | 67 min |
| Jul 23, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schoharie | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 3:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Albany | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer | 55 min |
| Jul 23, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 62 min |
| Jul 23, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 32 min |
| Jul 23, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 23 min |
| Jul 23, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 32 min |
| Jul 23, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Otsego | 36 min |
| Jul 23, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 37 min |
| Jul 23, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 62 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.