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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Albany, NY

July 23, 2012Warren County, Washington County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2012, 5:56 PM EDT for Warren County, Washington County, New York. It was in force for 64 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, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 23, 6:36 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Silver Bay, 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

653 
WUUS51 KALY 232156
SVRALY
NYC113-115-232300-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0071.120723T2156Z-120723T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
556 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 554 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
  HAGUE...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITEHALL...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   HULETTS LANDING BY 605 PM EDT...
   HAGUE AND ROGERS ROCK CAMPGROUND BY 610 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF ON OR NEAR THE NORTHERN HALF OF LAKE GEORGE...GET OUT OF THE 
WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN 
STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR 
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO 
SAFE SHELTER NOW. DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM!

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 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND
EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

&&

LAT...LON 4379 7335 4377 7334 4372 7336 4369 7340
      4363 7342 4363 7331 4362 7332 4363 7335
      4362 7336 4362 7355 4365 7375 4378 7374
      4381 7339
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 268DEG 18KT 4376 7358

$$

JPV

1 follow-up statement

479 
WWUS51 KALY 232232
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
632 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

NYC113-115-232300-
/O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120723T2300Z/
WASHINGTON NY-WARREN NY-
632 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WARREN AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 628 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 SILVER BAY...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF WHITEHALL...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OTTENBURGS RAMP...CLEMONS...DRESDEN CENTER AND PUTNAM STATION BY
  640 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF ON OR NEAR THE NORTHERN HALF OF LAKE GEORGE...GET OUT OF THE 
WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN 
STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR 
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO 
SAFE SHELTER NOW. DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM!

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 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND
EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

&&

LAT...LON 4379 7335 4377 7334 4372 7336 4369 7340
      4363 7342 4363 7331 4362 7332 4363 7335
      4362 7336 4362 7355 4365 7370 4378 7374
      4381 7339
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 289DEG 17KT 4368 7346

$$

JPV

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, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Rensselaer	61 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, 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

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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.