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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Albany, NY

June 30, 2013Fulton County, Herkimer County, Montgomery County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2013, 4:33 PM EDT for Fulton County, Herkimer County, Montgomery 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 30, 2013, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2013, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
57 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 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2013-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 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 2013-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
860 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 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 Jun 30, 4:17 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 4:17 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
417 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
AN ELONGATED TROUGH IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND A
DIFFUSE STATIONARY FRONT REMAIN ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. WEAK UPPER
IMPULSES SHOULD RIDE UP ALONG IT TO PRODUCE BOUTS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN INTO THIS EVENING. SLIGHTLY STRONGER IMPULSES
LOOK TO BRING MORE IN THE WAY OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MONDAY AND
TUESDAY WHICH COULD CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WITH
TIME...THIS TROUGH WILL ACTUALLY MOVE WEST AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
IN FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WHICH SHOULD SUPPRESS CONVECTION A
LITTLE.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED...

COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN AREAS ALONG
AND SOUTH OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT TO THE MA/VT BORDER AND SOME
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE UNTIL THIS EVENING WHEN CURRENT
ACTIVITY SHOULD DISSIPATE. NOT ADDRESSING THE CURRENT SCATTERED
FLASH FLOODING IN FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT GOES INTO EFFECT TOMORROW
MORNING TO AVOID CONFUSION OF A SHORT FUSE WATCH FOR A FEW HOURS
AND SEPARATE WATCH BEGINNING TOMORROW MORNING. PLEASE SEE FFAALY
FOR THE DETAILS. AGAIN...CURRENT MORE ISOLATED/SCATTERED FLASH
FLOOD POTENTIAL SHOULD END THIS EVENING...AND THE MORE WIDESPREAD
ORGANIZED THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING SHOULD BEGIN TOMORROW MORNING.

LOWS TONIGHT IN THE 60S TO AROUND 70.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
ATMOSPHERIC RIVER OF HIGH PWATS HAS BEEN IN PLACE JUST OFFSHORE
FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND WILL BE DRIFTING NORTHWEST OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS UPPER RIDGING IN THE ATLANTIC
STRENGTHENS AND BUILDS INTO OUR REGION. SATELLITE BLENDED
TOTAL PWAT AND PERCENT OF NORMAL PWAT SHOWS SUPER SATURATED RIVER
OF AIR JUST OFFSHORE. UPPER ENERGY ON THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. SHOULD
TRACK NORTH AND NORTHEAST...ALONG WITH UPPER JET DIVERGENCE AND
GRADUAL CONVERGENCE BETWEEN NORTHERN STREAM ENERGY IN CANADA AND
THE BUILDING ATLANTIC RIDGE. THIS SQUEEZING OF THE MOISTURE LADEN
ATMOSPHERIC RIVER SHOULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR A WIDESPREAD
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE REGION...WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION PRODUCING
AREAS OF POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING.

INCREASING CONSENSUS FROM GUIDANCE AND ENSEMBLES FOR PWAT IN THE
2-3 SD ABOVE NORMAL RANGE...ALTHOUGH THE BEST LOW LEVEL JET
CONVERGENCE COULD BE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE REGION...THERE SHOULD
BE SOME CONVERGENCE IN A BROAD NORTHERN EDGE OF LOW LEVEL JET
ENERGY. THERE SHOULD BE SOME DIRECTIONAL CONVERGENCE WHERE WINDS
COULD BE TURNING IN PROXIMITY TO A LOW LEVEL TROUGH OR LOW
PRESSURE CENTER OVER EASTERN AND CENTRAL NY.

ALL THIS ADDS UP TO MORE RAIN IN OUR AREA WHERE SOILS ARE ALREADY
SATURATED SO THIS SITUATION SHOULD BE CLOSELY MONITORED.
FLOODING SHOULD NOT HAPPEN EVERYWHERE BUT LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD
BE QUITE THREATENING...AGAIN LOCALIZED...SO ALL INTERESTS SHOULD
KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS AS WE GRADUALLY ZERO IN ON AREAS
WITH THE GREATEST THREATS.

TEMPERATURES WITH ALL THE WET WEATHER SHOULD BE IN THE 70S TO
AROUND 80 MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH A FEW DEGREES WARMER ON
WEDNESDAY WITH SOME POTENTIAL BREAKING UP OF THE CLOUDS. LOWS EACH
NIGHT IN THE 60S TO AROUND 70.

IN REFERENCE TO THE BEAVER DAM FAILURE IN SCHOHARIE COUNTY...SEE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
THE UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.  MODEL
GUIDANCE INDICATING THERE WILL BE THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD.
THIS IS IN PART DUE TO THE CLASHING OF THE HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE
ATLANTIC AND THE TROUGH OVER THE MID WEST.  THIS WILL CREATE A
CHANCE OF CONVECTION EACH DAY WITH HEATING AND INSTABILITY.  EACH
DAY WILL NOT BE A WASH OUT BY ANY MEANS.  WITH THE DAY TIME
HEATING...THERE IS A CHANCE TO POP SHOWERS AND OR THUNDERSTORMS
DURING THE PEAK HEATING HOURS.

POPS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THE HIGH
PRESSURE WILL MOVE FURTHER WESTWARD.  THE CENTER OF THE HIGH SHOULD
REACH A POSITION JUST OFF THE EAST COAST.

HIGHS DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S.
BY THE WEEKEND...THERE IS A CHANCE OF BREAKING 90 AS THE HIGH MOVES
FURTHER WESTWARD. LOWS WILL BE GENERALLY BE IN THE 60S.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON
BEFORE A RETURN TO MVFR CONDITIONS AS RAIN OVERSPREADS TAF SITES BY
MONDAY MORNING.

THIS AFTERNOON...EXCEPT FOR MVFR FLYING CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH
SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS AT ALL TAF
SITES. DUE TO SCATTERED NATURE OF CONVECTION...HAVE GONE WITH VCSH
AT THIS TIME AND WILL AMEND AS NEEDED.

TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...LATE TONIGHT A MORE ORGANIZED AREA OF SHOWERS
WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER-LEVEL
IMPULSE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. EXPECT ALL TAF SITES TO BECOME
MVFR BY 12Z MONDAY. DEPENDING ON THE INTENSITY ON THE SHOWERS TAF
SITES MAY EVEN DROP TO IFR LATE IN THE TAF PERIOD BUT CONFIDENCE IN
THAT SCENARIO IS LOW AT THIS TIME.

SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST TODAY AT 8 KTS OR
LESS...THEN LIGHT AND VARIABLE TONIGHT AND BECOMING SOUTHERLY
GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 KNOTS MONDAY.

OUTLOOK...
MON-FRI...VFR/MVFR. CHC -SHRA/-TSRA. POSSIBLE LATE NIGHT AND OR
EARLY MORNING FOG/LOW STRATUS WITH MVFR/IFR.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
NO FIRE WEATHER ISSUES AT THIS TIME DUE TO PERSISTENT WET
CONDITIONS.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME MORE NUMEROUS
ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SOME OF THESE COULD CONTAIN HEAVY
RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

THE RH WILL REMAIN ELEVATED...NEARLY 100 PERCENT EVERY
NIGHT...DROPPING TO NO LOWER THAN 50-75 PERCENT EACH AFTERNOON.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
PLEASE REFER TO FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE
FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE MOHAWK RIVER...AND THE BEAVER DAM
FAILURE IN SCHOHARIE COUNTY.

TWO MID LEVEL DISTURBANCES SHOULD BRING A MORE WIDESPREAD ROUND OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AVERAGE RIVER BASIN FORECASTS RANGING FROM 1 TO
3 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE EASTERN CATSKILLS
NORTHEAST THROUGH WESTERN NEW ENGLAND AND LESS IN THE WESTERN
MOHAWK VALLEY AND SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. HOWEVER...IT IS A GOOD
BET THERE WILL BE A GREAT DEAL OF VARIATION OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS
THROUGH THIS TIME FRAME. ANY TRAINING OR BACKBUILDING
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WET GROUND COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER OR
EVEN LOCALIZED FLOODING ANY TIME THROUGH TUESDAY WITH THE CHANCES
INCREASING THROUGH THE PERIOD. LOCALLY HEAVIER RAINFALL COULD
EXCEED 4 INCHES THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD.

THIS RAINFALL COULD NOT ONLY BRING FLASH FLOODING BUT COULD CAUSE
RISES ON SOME MAJOR STEM RIVERS.

THERE STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON A
SCATTERED BASIS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BUT HEAVY RAINFALL ON THESE
DAYS SHOULD BE MUCH MORE LOCALIZED.

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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
     FOR CTZ001-013.
NY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
     FOR NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084.
MA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
     FOR MAZ001-025.
VT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
     FOR VTZ013>015.

&&

SYNOPSIS...NAS
NEAR TERM...NAS
SHORT TERM...NAS
LONG TERM...VTK
AVIATION...VTK/IRL
FIRE WEATHER...NAS
HYDROLOGY...HWJIV/NAS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 4:27 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
427 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-011100-
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-
427 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH
HEAVY RAIN...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST
AROUND 25 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL...FLOODING...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE VIA TELEPHONE OR INTERNET.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
241 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013

NYZ058>060-064-065-301915-
EASTERN GREENE NY-WESTERN GREENE NY-EASTERN ULSTER NY-
WESTERN DUTCHESS NY-WESTERN COLUMBIA NY-
241 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN

  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  ULSTER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  DUTCHESS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

AT 238 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGH
FALLS...OR ABOUT OVER CATSKILL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CATSKILL BY 255 PM EDT
ATHENS AND HUDSON BY 310 PM EDT
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAVERACK BY 315 PM EDT

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4238 7402 4225 7365 4206 7392 4217 7411
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 220DEG 14KT 4219 7394

IRL
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
317 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013

NYZ052>054-059-060-301945-
EASTERN ALBANY NY-EASTERN GREENE NY-WESTERN COLUMBIA NY-
EASTERN RENSSELAER NY-WESTERN RENSSELAER NY-
317 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN

  ALBANY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  RENSSELAER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RAVENA...OR
ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAST GREENBUSH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CASTLETON-ON-HUDSON BY 325 PM EDT
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DELMAR BY 330 PM EDT
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF NASSAU BY 335 PM EDT
EAST GREENBUSH BY 340 PM EDT
WEST SAND LAKE...RENSSELAER...6 MILES WEST OF AVERILL PARK AND 6
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALBANY BY 345 PM EDT

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4268 7384 4262 7345 4235 7379 4242 7402
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 219DEG 17KT 4251 7378

IRL
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
319 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013

CTZ001-NYZ065-066-301945-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-WESTERN DUTCHESS NY-EASTERN DUTCHESS NY-
319 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN

  LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  DUTCHESS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH
HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WAS
LOCATED NEAR AMENIA...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTH OF SHERMAN...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
AMENIA BY 325 PM EDT
SHARON BY 340 PM EDT

IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU
CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4197 7358 4188 7330 4166 7355 4179 7381
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 219DEG 17KT 4182 7358

IRL
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:42 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
342 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013

NYZ052>054-302015-
EASTERN ALBANY NY-EASTERN RENSSELAER NY-WESTERN RENSSELAER NY-
342 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN

  ALBANY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  RENSSELAER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

AT 338 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS
AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED NEAR CASTLETON-ON-HUDSON...OR ABOUT OVER EAST
GREENBUSH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
EAST GREENBUSH AND NASSAU BY 350 PM EDT
WEST SAND LAKE...AVERILL PARK...WYANTSKILL AND WYNANTSKILL BY 410 PM
EDT
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TROY BY 415 PM EDT

IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU
CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4248 7362 4247 7373 4252 7388 4275 7369
      4266 7337
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 219DEG 17KT 4254 7371

IRL
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 1:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYSchoharie3 hr
Jun 30, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess24 min
Jun 30, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess, Ulster39 min
Jun 30, 2:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYDutchess, Ulster3 hr
Jun 30, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia27 min
Jun 30, 2:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYColumbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster3 hr
Jun 30, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess33 min
Jun 30, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia34 min
Jun 30, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Greene50 min
Jun 30, 3:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYDutchess5 hr
Jun 30, 3:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady3 hr
Jun 30, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany28 min
Jun 30, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess26 min
Jun 30, 3:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchALYAlbany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more56 hr
Jun 30, 3:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer3 hr
Jun 30, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer33 min
Jun 30, 3:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYDutchess3 hr
Jun 30, 4:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYHerkimer3 hr
Jun 30, 5:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYFulton3 hr
Jun 30, 5:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYUlster3 hr
Jun 30, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton24 min
Jun 30, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton, Montgomery, Schenectady25 min
Jun 30, 6:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYMontgomery, Schoharie3 hr
Jun 30, 6:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYSaratoga, Warren3 hr
Jun 30, 7:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYMontgomery, Schoharie3 hr
Jun 30, 4:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYBennington, Windham3 hr
Jun 30, 5:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYWindham3 hr
Jun 30, 4:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region3 hr

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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.