Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2012, 8:17 PM EDT for Saratoga County, Warren County, Washington County, New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont. It was in force for 43 min. 3 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
- Aug 5, 2012, 8:17 PM EDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Saratoga County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:17 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Dimmick Corners, NY | TREES DOWN |
| Aug 5, 8:17 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fernwood, NY | TREE DOWN |
| Aug 5, 8:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Reynolds Corners, NY | TREES DOWN RT 197 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1547 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
642
WUUS51 KALY 060017
SVRALY
NYC091-113-115-VTC003-025-060100-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0085.120806T0017Z-120806T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
817 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BENNINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
EASTERN SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
NORTHWESTERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 816 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF HUDSON FALLS...
AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HARTFORD...SALEM AND COMSTOCK BY 825 PM EDT...
ARLINGTON BY 830 PM EDT...
GRANVILLE BY 835 PM EDT...
DORSET...MANCHESTER CENTER AND MANCHESTER BY 840 PM EDT...
STRATTON BY 850 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO 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 4305 7275 4292 7396 4344 7369 4354 7324
4332 7325 4331 7283 4329 7281 4326 7281
4325 7279
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 255DEG 36KT 4329 7345
$$
FRUGIS2 follow-up statements
809
WWUS51 KALY 060045
SVSALY
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
845 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
NYC091-113-060054-
/O.CAN.KALY.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-120806T0100Z/
WARREN NY-SARATOGA NY-
845 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN SARATOGA AND
SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS AND REPORTS OF TREES DOWN TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV OR
ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV.
LAT...LON 4305 7275 4297 7356 4322 7356 4351 7336
4354 7324 4332 7325 4331 7283 4329 7281
4326 7281 4325 7279
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 246DEG 45KT 4328 7318
$$
NYC115-VTC003-025-060100-
/O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-120806T0100Z/
BENNINGTON VT-WASHINGTON NY-WINDHAM VT-
845 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WINDHAM...WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN BENNINGTON
COUNTIES...
AT 839 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST HEBRON...OR 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF SALEM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
DORSET...FREEDLEYVILLE...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF EAST DORSET AND 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF BARNUMVILLE BY 850 PM EDT...
NORTH DORSET...9 MILES NORTHWEST OF PERU TOWN CENTER...9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF PERU AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROMLEY VILLAGE BY 855
PM EDT...
8 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH LANDGROVE AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LANDGROVE TOWN CENTER BY 900 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 4305 7275 4297 7356 4322 7356 4351 7336
4354 7324 4332 7325 4331 7283 4329 7281
4326 7281 4325 7279
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 246DEG 45KT 4328 7318
$$
FRUGIS321
WWUS51 KALY 060101
SVSALY
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
901 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
NYC115-VTC003-025-060112-
/O.EXP.KALY.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-120806T0100Z/
BENNINGTON VT-WASHINGTON NY-WINDHAM VT-
901 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WINDHAM...
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN BENNINGTON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS AND REPORTS OF TREES DOWN TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV OR
ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV.
LAT...LON 4305 7275 4297 7356 4322 7356 4351 7336
4354 7324 4332 7325 4331 7283 4329 7281
4326 7281 4325 7279
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 246DEG 45KT 4321 7312
$$
FRUGISThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Bennington | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Windham | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Vermont, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.