Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at May 21, 2013, 5:31 PM EDT for Columbia County, Dutchess County, New York; Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 29 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 2013, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2013, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Berkshire County, MA, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 5:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Copake, NY | TREES AND MULTIPLE POWERLINES DOWN. |
| May 21, 5:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Copake, NY | WIRES DOWN. MAIN STREET. |
| May 21, 5:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Copake, NY | WIRES DOWN. ROUTE 7A NEAR MOUNTAIN VIEW RD |
| May 21, 5:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Salisbury, CT | MULTIPLE TREES ON POWERLINES. |
| May 21, 6:03 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Falls Village, CT | TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON VEHICLES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS51 KALY 212131
TORALY
CTC005-MAC003-NYC021-027-212200-
/O.NEW.KALY.TO.W.0002.130521T2131Z-130521T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
531 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
SOUTHWESTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHEASTERN DUTCHESS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SOUTH CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 529 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF COPAKE...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT
BARRINGTON... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SHEFFIELD BY 545 PM EDT...
ASHLEY FALLS BY 550 PM EDT...
CANAAN...EDDY FIELD AND FALLS VILLAGE BY 555 PM EDT...
NORFOLK BY 600 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS AND REPORTS OF TREES DOWN TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV...
ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV
OR TWITTER @NWSALBANY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.
&&
LAT...LON 4198 7360 4217 7353 4205 7305 4204 7305
4182 7312
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 283DEG 14KT 4203 7345
$$
SND/LFMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 64 min |
| May 21, 3:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren | 56 min |
| May 21, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 31 min |
| May 21, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer | 41 min |
| May 21, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 34 min |
| May 21, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schoharie | 32 min |
| May 21, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Rensselaer | 64 min |
| May 21, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer | 60 min |
| May 21, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany | 25 min |
| May 21, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 37 min |
| May 21, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer | 40 min |
| May 21, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 67 min |
| May 21, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 65 min |
| May 21, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 60 min |
| May 21, 4:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer | 6 hr |
| May 21, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 49 min |
| May 21, 4:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 33 min |
| May 21, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Saratoga, Warren | 54 min |
| May 21, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 42 min |
| May 21, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Otsego | 26 min |
| May 21, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga | 29 min |
| May 21, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 36 min |
| May 21, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 66 min |
| May 21, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 28 min |
| May 21, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 65 min |
| May 21, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 62 min |
| May 21, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 67 min |
| May 21, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 36 min |
| May 21, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 62 min |
| May 21, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 54 min |
| May 21, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Washington | 33 min |
| May 21, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 64 min |
| May 21, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 34 min |
| May 21, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 64 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.