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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Albany, NY

November 1, 2013Windham County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 1, 2013, 10:39 AM EDT for Windham County, Vermont. It was in force for 36 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: Nov 1, 2013, 10:39 AM EDT (14:39 UTC)
Expired: Nov 1, 2013, 11:15 AM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:39 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 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 479 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 663 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Nov 1, 10:25 AM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 10:25 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 1, 4:41 AM EDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
441 AM EDT FRI NOV 1 2013

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ039>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-083-084-
VTZ013>015-021100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
441 AM EDT FRI NOV 1 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN VERMONT...AND THE
LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY...GREATER CAPITAL
REGION...TACONICS...EASTERN CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...AND
THE SCHOHARIE VALLEY 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.

   WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...AND OR
MEASURED WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE VIA THE SEVERE WEATHER REPORT FORM ON THE INTERNET...OR BY
TELEPHONE.

NYZ032-033-038-082-021100-
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN FULTON-
441 AM EDT FRI NOV 1 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR HERKIMER...HAMILTON...AND
NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES 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.

   HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM EDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...AND OR
MEASURED WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR MORE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE VIA THE SEVERE WEATHER REPORT FORM ON THE INTERNET...OR BY
TELEPHONE.

FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 1, 9:08 AM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
908 AM EDT FRI NOV 1 2013

NYZ041-043-050-083-084-011415-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON NY-NORTHERN WASHINGTON NY-SOUTHEAST WARREN NY-
SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY-NORTHERN SARATOGA NY-
908 AM EDT FRI NOV 1 2013

...HEAVY SHOWERS CONTAINING STRONG WINDS IN

  SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  EXTREME SOUTHEAST WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

AT 905 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH. THIS HEAVY
SHOWER WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCK CITY FALLS...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SARATOGA SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

THE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR...
CORINTH BY 915 AM EDT
GLENS FALLS AND WEST GLENS FALLS BY 920 AM EDT
FORT EDWARD AND HUDSON FALLS BY 925 AM EDT
HARTFORD AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COMSTOCK BY 935 AM EDT
GRANVILLE BY 940 AM EDT

LAT...LON 4348 7324 4332 7325 4298 7396 4309 7409
      4356 7333
TIME...MOT...LOC 1308Z 235DEG 57KT 4314 7386

Local storm report, Nov 1, 10:04 AM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1004 AM EDT FRI NOV 01 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1002 AM     TSTM WND DMG     BEACON                  41.50N  73.97W
11/01/2013                   DUTCHESS           NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREE AND POWER LINES DOWN ON ROMBOUT AVENUE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1300491

IRL

Special weather statement, Nov 1, 10:12 AM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 1, 10:30 AM EDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 1, 10:33 AM EDT, 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 1, 10:38 AM EDT, 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 1, 9:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga, Washington	67 min
Nov 1, 9:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Ulster	55 min
Nov 1, 10:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	48 min
Nov 1, 9:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	62 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.