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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Albany, NY

July 23, 2012Fulton County, Herkimer County, Montgomery County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2012, 7:58 PM EDT for Fulton County, Herkimer County, Montgomery County, New York. It was in force for 62 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
Jul 23, 2012, 7:58 PM EDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 23, 1:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 2012-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 412 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 2012-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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.

816 
WUUS51 KALY 232358
SVRALY
NYC035-043-057-240100-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0073.120723T2358Z-120724T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  WEST CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 754 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 13
  MILES WEST OF POLAND...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF UTICA...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   POLAND BY 815 PM EDT...
   COLD BROOK BY 820 PM EDT...
   NEWPORT BY 825 PM EDT...
   FRANKFORT AND MIDDLEVILLE BY 835 PM EDT...
   ILION AND CEDARVILLE BY 840 PM EDT...
   HERKIMER AND MOHAWK BY 845 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

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 4322 7508 4325 7515 4329 7516 4331 7514
      4332 7511 4314 7457 4284 7470 4289 7486
      4289 7488 4284 7488 4282 7492 4298 7521
      4306 7522
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 303DEG 19KT 4316 7528

$$

KL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOtsego52 min
Jul 23, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOtsego47 min
Jul 23, 1:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer33 min
Jul 23, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Montgomery55 min
Jul 23, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton48 min
Jul 23, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany40 min
Jul 23, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany42 min
Jul 23, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchenectady51 min
Jul 23, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Columbia, Rensselaer61 min
Jul 23, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery36 min
Jul 23, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren44 min
Jul 23, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer67 min
Jul 23, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYMontgomery, Schoharie63 min
Jul 23, 3:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany3 hr
Jul 23, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer55 min
Jul 23, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess62 min
Jul 23, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer32 min
Jul 23, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren23 min
Jul 23, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer47 min
Jul 23, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWarren, Washington64 min
Jul 23, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton32 min
Jul 23, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery35 min
Jul 23, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren29 min
Jul 23, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOtsego36 min
Jul 23, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWarren, Washington34 min
Jul 23, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren37 min
Jul 23, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton35 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.