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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Albany, NY

May 29, 2012Windham County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2012, 4:37 PM EDT for Windham County, Vermont. It was in force for 23 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: May 29, 2012, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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
May 29, 4:52 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Westminster, VT

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
May 29, 12:26 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 1908 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

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

849 
WFUS51 KALY 292037
TORALY
VTC025-292100-
/O.NEW.KALY.TO.W.0004.120529T2037Z-120529T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
437 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL WINDHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 432 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PUTNEY...OR
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOWNSHEND...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   WESTMINSTER BY 455 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

&&

LAT...LON 4306 7246 4300 7244 4297 7247 4296 7252
      4292 7252 4291 7252 4291 7256 4304 7264
      4311 7244 4308 7243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 253DEG 15KT 4298 7255

$$

FRUGIS/WASULA

1 follow-up statement

931 
WWUS51 KALY 292057 RRA
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
457 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

VTC025-292107-
/O.EXP.KALY.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120529T2100Z/
WINDHAM VT-
457 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WINDHAM COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
500 PM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS MOVED 
EASTWARD INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE. AS A RESULT...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL 
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

LAT...LON 4306 7246 4300 7244 4297 7247 4296 7252
      4292 7252 4291 7252 4291 7256 4304 7264
      4311 7244 4308 7243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 253DEG 15KT 4300 7244

$$

FRUGIS/WASULA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	29 min
May 29, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Windham	41 min
May 29, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	30 min
May 29, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	31 min
May 29, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Windham	39 min
May 29, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	34 min
May 29, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Bennington	51 min
May 29, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Bennington	60 min
May 29, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	19 min
May 29, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	47 min
May 29, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Windham	38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.