Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 7, 2013, 1:29 PM EDT for Fulton County, Herkimer County, Montgomery County, New York. It was in force for 31 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
- Oct 7, 2013, 1:29 PM EDT (17:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2013, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fulton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 8:56 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Oct 7, 1:05 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 1:05 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 7, 9:21 AM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 921 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013 NYZ032-033-038>040-047>054-058>061-063>066-082-081100- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON- MONTGOMERY-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- 921 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013 ...TORNADO WATCH 543 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK EXCLUDING THE SOUTHEAST ADIRONDACKS AND LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. WIND ADVISORY. A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS MAY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HERKIMER...HAMILTON...FULTON...MONTGOMERY... SCHOHARIE...SCHENECTADY...SARATOGA...ALBANY...RENSSELAER... GREENE...COLUMBIA...ULSTER AND DUTCHESS. CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-VTZ015-081100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN WINDHAM- 921 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS FROM WEST TO EAST. THE MAIN HAZARD FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST AT 35 TO 45 MPH. A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS MAY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON. NYZ041>043-083-084-081100- NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON- 921 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013 ...TORNADO WATCH 543 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHEAST ADIRONDACKS AND LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. WIND ADVISORY. A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS MAY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. AREAS OF FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SHOULD CONFIDENCE INCREASE THAT FROST WILL OCCUR...THEN FROST ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...SARATOGA...WARREN AND WASHINGTON. VTZ013-014-081100- BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM- 921 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS OF VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS FROM WEST TO EAST. THE MAIN HAZARD FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST AT 35 TO 45 MPH. A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS MAY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. AREAS OF FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SHOULD CONFIDENCE INCREASE THAT FROST WILL OCCUR...THEN FROST ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 7, 9:51 AM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 951 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013 NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084-071615- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT... DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE... SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE... WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE... WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA... KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON... PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA... MILLERTON...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH 951 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT EASTERN NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE POTENTIAL OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS PRODUCING WINDS OF 58 MPH AND GREATER. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL UNTIL 5 PM. THE TIME FRAME FOR THE GREATEST POTENTIAL OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BETWEEN NOON AND 5 PM. TAW
Special weather statement, Oct 7, 12:40 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1240 PM EDT MON OCT 7 2013
NYZ032-033-038-071715-
HAMILTON NY-NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-
1240 PM EDT MON OCT 7 2013
...A CLUSTER OF HEAVY SHOWERS IN
HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
AT 1234 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF HEAVY SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH.
THESE SHOWERS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST
OF MCKEEVER TO 9 MILES WEST OF FRANKFORT TO UTICA...AND MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.
THESE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR...
MCKEEVER...POLAND...NORTHWOOD AND FRANKFORT BY 1245 PM EDT
OHIO...NEWPORT...MOHAWK AND MIDDLEVILLE BY 1250 PM EDT
LITTLE FALLS BY 100 PM EDT
DOLGEVILLE BY 105 PM EDT
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR EASTERN NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4322 7508 4326 7516 4330 7515 4331 7512
4334 7509 4367 7512 4367 7472 4301 7477
4299 7522 4306 7522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1639Z 272DEG 39KT 4358 7517 4307 7516
IRLSpecial weather statement, Oct 7, 1:14 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
114 PM EDT MON OCT 7 2013
NYZ038-040-047-071815-
MONTGOMERY NY-SCHOHARIE NY-SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-
114 PM EDT MON OCT 7 2013
...A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS IS MOVING TOWARDS
WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
WESTERN SCHOHARIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
AT 111 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS AROUND 50
MPH. THESE SHOWERS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES
WEST OF HARTWICK TO ONEONTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HEAVY SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR...
WEST WINFIELD BY 130 PM EDT
CEDARVILLE BY 135 PM EDT
JEFFERSON BY 140 PM EDT
SUMMIT AND JORDANVILLE BY 145 PM EDT
RICHMONDVILLE BY 150 PM EDT
SHARON SPRINGS AND AMES BY 155 PM EDT
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR EASTERN NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4318 7511 4295 7449 4237 7449 4241 7461
4251 7471 4262 7464 4274 7467 4283 7466
4289 7486 4282 7490 4290 7509 4285 7514
4286 7522 4306 7522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 238DEG 38KT 4274 7535 4267 7519
4247 7504
IRL/FRUGISThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 4:16 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more | 13 hr |
| Oct 7, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 35 min |
| Oct 7, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Otsego | 61 min |
| Oct 7, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Greene, Ulster | 42 min |
| Oct 7, 1:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer | 33 min |
| Oct 7, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga | 24 min |
| Oct 7, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and 2 more | 63 min |
| Oct 7, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Warren | 33 min |
| Oct 7, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren | 29 min |
| Oct 7, 2:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster | 55 min |
| Oct 7, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer, Washington | 38 min |
| Oct 7, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer | 56 min |
| Oct 7, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 61 min |
| Oct 7, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Bennington, Windham | 33 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.