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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Albany, NY

August 11, 2012Columbia County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 11, 2012, 12:35 PM EDT for Columbia County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 25 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: Aug 11, 2012, 12:35 PM EDT (16:35 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Columbia County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:37 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 11, 12:58 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Austerlitz, NY	2 TREES DOWN ON MALLORY ROAD

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 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 49 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: 225 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 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.

823 
WFUS51 KALY 111635
TORALY
MAC003-NYC021-111700-
/O.NEW.KALY.TO.W.0005.120811T1635Z-120811T1700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1235 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
  NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 100 PM EDT

* AT 1232 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  AUSTERLITZ...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHATHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   AUSTERLITZ BY 1240 PM EDT...
   LENOX AND NEW LEBANON BY 100 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4251 7340 4241 7322 4236 7323 4222 7353
      4229 7363
TIME...MOT...LOC 1635Z 225DEG 13KT 4231 7348

$$

SNYDER

1 follow-up statement

703 
WWUS51 KALY 111654
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1254 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

MAC003-NYC021-111700-
/O.CON.KALY.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120811T1700Z/
BERKSHIRE MA-COLUMBIA NY-
1254 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIA AND WEST CENTRAL BERKSHIRE COUNTIES...

AT 1252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR QUEECHY...OR 9
MILES EAST OF CHATHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SHAKER VILLAGE...NEW LEBANON...LEBANON SPRINGS AND NEW LEBANON
  CENTER BY 100 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4251 7340 4241 7322 4236 7323 4222 7353
      4229 7363
TIME...MOT...LOC 1654Z 213DEG 20KT 4240 7341

$$

SNYDER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 11, 12:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	64 min
Aug 11, 1:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Greene	54 min
Aug 11, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton	60 min
Aug 11, 1:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia	3 hr
Aug 11, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren	56 min
Aug 11, 2:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer	91 min
Aug 11, 3:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Columbia	5 hr
Aug 11, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	62 min
Aug 11, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	57 min
Aug 11, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	57 min
Aug 11, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Rensselaer	67 min
Aug 11, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery	34 min
Aug 11, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga	34 min
Aug 11, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren	55 min
Aug 11, 2:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	3 hr
Aug 11, 2:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Berkshire	6 hr
Aug 11, 4:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	3 hr
Aug 11, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Franklin	27 min
Aug 11, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	61 min
Aug 11, 7:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Berkshire	3 hr

Nearby

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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.