Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2013, 4:25 PM EDT for Columbia County, Dutchess County, Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 12, 2013, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2013, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Ulster County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 12:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 12, 4:17 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 4:17 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 417 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND INTO THIS EVENING. SOME HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS AND FRONTAL PASSAGE. AN AUTUMNAL AIR MASS WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION ON FRIDAY WITH A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS. COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... AS OF 400 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 523 CONTINUES FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH 8 PM. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING IS FROM AROUND THE SARATOGA AND CAPITAL REGION SOUTH AND EAST...AS NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ASSOCIATED WITH A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH MOVING THROUGH. A HANDFUL OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED...ALONG WITH URBAN/SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES. EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING WITH SBCAPE GENERALLY IN THE 1000-1500 J/KG RANGE WITH 0-6KM SHEAR OF BETWEEN 30-40 KT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT LINES/CLUSTERS OF STORMS WITH POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND AND HEAVY RAIN. THERE IS ALSO A CONTINUED THREAT OF ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FOR WHERE HAVE T-STORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS. THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT IS LAGGING BACK ACROSS WESTERN NY AND LAKE ONTARIO...WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND T-STORMS ALONG THE COLD FRONT WHICH MAY IMPACT OUR WESTERN AREAS SUCH AS THE WESTERN/SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND MOHAWK VALLEY DURING THE EARLY EVENING. THERE IS SOME QUESTION AS TO HOW STRONG THE CONVECTION TO THE WEST WILL BE BASED ON FAIRLY LIMITED INSTABILITY IN THIS AREA. HOWEVER...DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE...SO THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MARGINAL THREAT OF STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH T-STORMS. AS A RESULT...WILL KEEP THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH GOING FOR NOW. THE SEVERITY AND COVERAGE OF T-STORMS SHOULD DECREASE AFTER DARK AS INSTABILITY DIMINISHES...ALTHOUGH NUMEROUS SHOWERS WILL STILL BE ONGOING THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING AS WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH LATER THIS EVENING FOR THE SHOWERS TO TAPER OFF. THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL BE PUSHING THE FRONT STEADILY EASTWARD. WINDS WILL EVENTUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST IN WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE...WITH COOLER AND LESS HUMID AIR FILTERING IN BY MORNING. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY/... FRIDAY WILL FEATURE MUCH COOLER AND LESS HUMID AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION...AND IT WILL FEEL VERY AUTUMN-LIKE. A NORTHWEST BREEZE WILL BE INCREASING AND BECOMING GUSTY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE RIGHT OVER THE REGION...WITH MULTIPLE SPOKES OF ENERGY ROTATING AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER TROUGH RESULTING IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AND MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS. THE BEST CHANCE OF MEASURABLE RAINFALL WILL MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND WEST OF THE CAPITAL REGION. THE UPPER TROUGH IS FORECAST TO CLOSE OFF JUST NORTH OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY NIGHT...WHICH WILL SLOW ITS PROGRESSION EASTWARD. SO WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER COMPARED TO PREVIOUS NIGHTS...BUT SOME LINGERING CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED TO PREVENT ANY FROST IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WITH MAINLY UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S EXPECTED AND LOWER TO MID 40S IN MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS. SATURDAY WILL FEATURE INCREASING SUNSHINE AND AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EASTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY. IT SHOULD BE A PLEASANTLY COOL EARLY FALL DAY WITH LESS WIND THAN FRIDAY. AS HIGH PRESSURE CRESTS JUST TO OUR SOUTH WITH RIDGING EXTENDING NORTHWARD INTO OUR AREA SATURDAY NIGHT...THERE COULD BE AREAS OF FROST DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WESTERN/SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION THIS POSSIBILITY IN THE HWO. ELSEWHERE IT WILL BE A CLEAR AND COOL NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S. SUNDAY SHOULD BE ANOTHER TRANQUIL DAY WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES...AS THE HIGH SLIDES SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. CLOUDS MAY START TO INCREASE LATE IN THE DAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE GREAT LAKES AND SOUTHEAST CANADA. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID-WEEK...WITH THE ONLY FEATURE PROVIDING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...BEING AN APPROACHING WARM FRONT. PRIOR TO THAT...THE PASSAGE OF A PRETTY DRY COLD FRONT MAY SQUEEZE OUT PERHAPS A FEW SPRINKLES ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ADIRONDACKS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 50S AND 60S MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WARMING INTO THE 60 TO MID 70S FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. LOWS SUNDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE 40S AND LOWER 50S...WITH READINGS AVERAGING ABOUT 10 DEGREES COOLER MONDAY NIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...LOW READINGS WILL BE BACK UP IN THE 40S AND LOWER 50S. && .AVIATION /20Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... MORE SHRA/TSRA ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND THIS EVENING AHEAD OF AND ALONG A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. CIGS AND VSBYS ARE LIKELY TO DIMINISH TO MVFR/IFR WITH HEAVIER PCPN. MVFR FLYING CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT AS WELL AS STEADY SHOWERS MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. IFR FOG WILL ALSO LIKELY DEVELOP AT KGFL AND KPSF LATE TONIGHT BEFORE DRIER AIR MOVES IN WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. VFR CONDITIONS WILL RETURN BY 13Z FRIDAY...WITH SOME LINGERING MVFR CEILINGS ESPECIALLY AT KGFL AND KPSF. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 10 KTS THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN WEST TO NORTHWEST AROUND 5 KTS THIS EVENING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL BE NORTHWESTERLY FRIDAY AROUND 10 KNOTS. OUTLOOK... FRIDAY NIGHT: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX. && .FIRE WEATHER... NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS AT THIS TIME...WITH MORE WET WEATHER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND INTO TONIGHT. SOME HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS AND FRONTAL PASSAGE. AN AUTUMNAL AIR MASS WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION ON FRIDAY...AND THE COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. && .HYDROLOGY... MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION IS EXPECTED INTO EARLY THIS EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT AND ANOTHER PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH DROPPING SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH OUR REGION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. DRIER AND MUCH COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO END THE WEEK. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE...URBAN...AND LOW LYING AREAS DUE TO HEAVY RAIN FALLING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME INTO THIS EVENING WITH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS EVEN A THREAT OF ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WHERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY REPEATEDLY MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THROUGH TONIGHT...RAINFALL TOTALS MAY REACH 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES. SOME SIGNIFICANT WITHIN BANK RISES WILL OCCUR ON MAIN STEM RIVERS...BUT NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED BASED ON THE LATEST GUIDANCE FROM THE NERFC. FLOWS REMAIN AT NORMAL TO BELOW NORMAL LEVELS HEADING INTO MID SEPTEMBER. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MAY FOCUS SOME ISOLD-SCT SHOWERS FRIDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY EVENING...BUT RAINFALL WILL BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE. THE WEEKEND IS EXPECTED TO BE DRY WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL. FOR DETAILS ON SPECIFIC AREA RIVERS AND LAKES...INCLUDING OBSERVED AND FORECAST RIVER STAGES AND LAKE ELEVATIONS...PLEASE VISIT THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ GRAPHS ON OUR WEBSITE. && .ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. NY...NONE. MA...NONE. VT...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JPV NEAR TERM...JPV SHORT TERM...JPV LONG TERM...ELH AVIATION...IRL FIRE WEATHER...JPV/WASULA HYDROLOGY...JPV/WASULA
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 12, 1:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 105 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084- VTZ013>015-131100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY- NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE- WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA- WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER- WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA- WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON- WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 105 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 523 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK EXCLUDING THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. ALSO...MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN...POOR DRAINAGE AND OTHER LOW LYING LOCATIONS IS POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. NYZ032-033-131100- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- 105 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 523 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. ALSO...MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN...POOR DRAINAGE AND OTHER LOW LYING LOCATIONS IS POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AREAS OF FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 12, 3:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
314 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0135 PM TSTM WND DMG NISKAYUNA 42.82N 73.90W
09/12/2013 SCHENECTADY NY NWS EMPLOYEE
SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN - MOHAWK TRAIL
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1300432
FRUGISLocal storm report, Sep 12, 3:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
316 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0135 PM TSTM WND DMG NISKAYUNA 42.82N 73.90W
09/12/2013 SCHENECTADY NY NWS EMPLOYEE
TREES DOWN - MOHAWK TRAIL
&&
CORRECTED REMARKS
EVENT NUMBER ALY1300432
FRUGISSpecial weather statement, Sep 12, 3:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
316 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
VTZ013>015-121945-
BENNINGTON VT-WESTERN WINDHAM VT-EASTERN WINDHAM VT-
316 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN
BENNINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...
WINDHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...
AT 312 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS AROUND 50
MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED NEAR STRATTON...OR ABOUT OVER STRATTON...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
STRATTON BY 325 PM EDT
WEST WARDSBORO BY 330 PM EDT
TOWNSHEND AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWFANE BY 345 PM EDT
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.
LAT...LON 4306 7246 4300 7244 4298 7246 4295 7253
4287 7295 4314 7316 4325 7276 4323 7270
4324 7244 4323 7243 4315 7245 4312 7243
4308 7243
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 245DEG 24KT 4300 7295
IRL/NASSpecial weather statement, Sep 12, 3:33 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
333 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
MAZ001-VTZ013-122000-
BENNINGTON VT-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-
333 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN
BENNINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...
BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
AT 331 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW
ASHFORD...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH ADAMS...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ADAMS BY 340 PM EDT
NORTH ADAMS AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAVOY BY 345 PM EDT
FLORIDA AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STAMFORD BY 355 PM EDT
6 MILES SOUTH OF READSBORO BY 400 PM EDT
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.
LAT...LON 4273 7301 4271 7301 4271 7295 4270 7294
4267 7298 4267 7295 4265 7294 4255 7297
4253 7297 4246 7337 4275 7326 4284 7293
4274 7293
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 244DEG 24KT 4262 7319
IRL/NASSpecial weather statement, Sep 12, 3:42 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
342 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
NYZ041-050-053-054-084-122015-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON NY-EASTERN RENSSELAER NY-WESTERN RENSSELAER NY-
SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY-NORTHERN SARATOGA NY-
342 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
RENSSELAER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
AT 340 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS AROUND 45 MPH...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MECHANICVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
8 MILES SOUTH OF GREENWICH BY 400 PM EDT
CAMBRIDGE BY 410 PM EDT
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.
LAT...LON 4327 7366 4323 7331 4293 7327 4280 7383
4300 7384
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 253DEG 33KT 4293 7368
BJFLocal storm report, Sep 12, 4:10 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 30 min |
| Sep 11, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 62 min |
| Sep 12, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schenectady | 34 min |
| Sep 12, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 36 min |
| Sep 12, 2:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Dutchess | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 37 min |
| Sep 12, 2:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 52 min |
| Sep 12, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington | 61 min |
| Sep 12, 3:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Rensselaer, Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga | 45 min |
| Sep 12, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 26 min |
| Sep 12, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Rensselaer | 33 min |
| Sep 12, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 27 min |
| Sep 12, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga | 33 min |
| Sep 12, 4:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Rensselaer, Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Columbia, Greene | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 6:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer | 4 hr |
| Sep 12, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Ulster | 47 min |
| Sep 12, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 43 min |
| Sep 12, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 64 min |
| Sep 11, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Windham | 33 min |
| Sep 12, 1:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Windham | 57 min |
| Sep 12, 1:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Windham | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Windham | 33 min |
| Sep 12, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Bennington | 27 min |
| Sep 12, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Windham | 29 min |
| Sep 12, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Bennington | 32 min |
| Sep 12, 3:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Windham | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 36 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.