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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Albany, NY

May 29, 2012Hamilton County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2012, 5:04 AM EDT for Hamilton County, New York. It was in force for 26 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: May 29, 2012, 5:04 AM EDT (09:04 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2012, 5:30 AM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Hamilton County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 1830 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1386 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 6.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

885 
WUUS51 KALY 290904
SVRALY
NYC041-290930-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0009.120529T0904Z-120529T0930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
504 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 530 AM EDT

* AT 459 AM 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 7 MILES WEST OF LAKE EATON CAMPGROUND TO FORKED LAKE PUBLIC   
  CAMPGROUND...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   LONG LAKE BY 510 AM EDT...
   CATLIN LAKE BY 520 AM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE EATON...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.

&&

LAT...LON 4412 7427 4397 7425 4393 7432 4389 7430
      4382 7463 4395 7465 4407 7471 4411 7449
      4412 7428
TIME...MOT...LOC 0904Z 254DEG 44KT 4401 7453 4398 7451
          4394 7451

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 8:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	56 min
May 28, 8:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer	47 min
May 28, 9:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	56 min
May 28, 10:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	60 min
May 29, 3:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	46 min
May 29, 4:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	39 min
May 29, 4:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	46 min
May 29, 5:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	60 min
May 29, 6:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	38 min
May 29, 7:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	38 min
May 29, 7:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	52 min
May 29, 7:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	33 min
May 29, 8:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	28 min
May 29, 12:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	34 min
May 29, 12:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer	54 min
May 29, 1:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton	44 min
May 29, 1:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren	59 min
May 29, 1:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Warren, Washington	57 min
May 29, 1:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	37 min
May 29, 1:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Warren, Washington	27 min
May 29, 1:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	59 min
May 29, 1:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	43 min
May 29, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer	57 min
May 29, 2:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton	29 min
May 29, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer	42 min
May 29, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	42 min
May 29, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Washington	23 min
May 29, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Washington	50 min
May 29, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	61 min
May 29, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer	55 min
May 29, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Warren	60 min
May 29, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer	58 min
May 29, 3:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer	35 min
May 29, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	63 min
May 29, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Greene, Ulster	32 min
May 29, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Warren, Washington	61 min
May 29, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Warren	57 min
May 29, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga	55 min
May 29, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	66 min
May 29, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	62 min
May 29, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Schenectady, Schoharie	42 min
May 29, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Washington	43 min
May 29, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington	55 min
May 29, 4:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady and 2 more	2 hr
May 29, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Washington	51 min
May 29, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	30 min
May 29, 5:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Saratoga	119 min
May 29, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Washington	28 min
May 29, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	41 min
May 29, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Greene, Ulster	24 min
May 29, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	61 min
May 29, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer	60 min
May 29, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	37 min
May 29, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Greene, Ulster	23 min
May 29, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	44 min
May 29, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess	61 min
May 29, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess	36 min
May 29, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess	54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.