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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Albany, NY

June 24, 2013Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, Washington County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2013, 6:33 PM EDT for Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, Washington County, New York. It was in force for 57 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
Jun 24, 2013, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2013, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Washington County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 44 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2013-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 276 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2013-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
276 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.7

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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 Jun 24, 5:45 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 5:45 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 3:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
355 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-251100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
355 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING MAY PRODUCE 1 INCH SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT LESS THAN 20 MPH. THE
SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...AND REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER THE
SAME AREAS...COULD LEAD TO BANK FULL RISES ON STREAMS...CREEKS...AND
BROOKS.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY FROM
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 24, 5:43 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 11:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren32 min
Jun 24, 12:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton26 min
Jun 24, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren29 min
Jun 24, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton37 min
Jun 24, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Warren57 min
Jun 24, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer, Montgomery, Schoharie53 min
Jun 24, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYMontgomery, Schoharie65 min
Jun 24, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren32 min
Jun 24, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWashington37 min
Jun 24, 2:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYWarren, Washington3 hr
Jun 24, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton31 min
Jun 24, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWashington26 min
Jun 24, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer33 min
Jun 24, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWashington37 min
Jun 24, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer35 min
Jun 24, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer66 min
Jun 24, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWashington33 min
Jun 24, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer, Saratoga62 min
Jun 24, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess, Ulster56 min
Jun 24, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer67 min
Jun 24, 3:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more6 hr
Jun 24, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess, Ulster66 min
Jun 24, 4:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYWashington4 hr
Jun 24, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOtsego27 min
Jun 24, 4:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYHerkimer6 hr
Jun 24, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer60 min
Jun 24, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess60 min
Jun 24, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia53 min
Jun 24, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery35 min
Jun 24, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess52 min
Jun 24, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery, Schoharie35 min
Jun 24, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Saratoga65 min
Jun 24, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer, Saratoga62 min
Jun 24, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Schenectady, Schoharie37 min
Jun 24, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchenectady28 min
Jun 24, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga38 min
Jun 24, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBennington23 min
Jun 24, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBennington25 min
Jun 24, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBennington55 min
Jun 24, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBennington31 min
Jun 24, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY35 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.