Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2013, 7:04 PM EDT for Albany County, Greene County, Schoharie County, New York. It was in force for 26 min. 2 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 29, 2013, 7:04 PM EDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2013, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Albany County, NY, Greene County, NY, Schoharie County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:10 PM EDT | TORNADO | Summit, NY | EF-1 PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE |
| May 29, 7:28 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Jefferson, NY | TREES AND WIRES DOWN. |
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 29, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
416 WFUS51 KALY 292304 TORALY NYC001-039-095-292330- /O.NEW.KALY.TO.W.0004.130529T2304Z-130529T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 704 PM EDT WED MAY 29 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN SCHOHARIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... SOUTHWESTERN ALBANY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... NORTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... * UNTIL 730 PM EDT * AT 702 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NORTH BLENHEIM...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF COBLESKILL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BREAKABEEN...LIVINGSTONVILLE...PRESTON HOLLOW AND WESTERLO 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. && LAT...LON 4256 7393 4234 7398 4243 7462 4261 7459 TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 278DEG 34KT 4251 7449 $$ LFM/11
1 follow-up statement
217 WWUS51 KALY 292317 SVSALY SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 717 PM EDT WED MAY 29 2013 NYC001-039-095-292330- /O.CON.KALY.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130529T2330Z/ SCHOHARIE NY-ALBANY NY-GREENE NY- 717 PM EDT WED MAY 29 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL GREENE...SOUTHWESTERN ALBANY AND SOUTHEASTERN SCHOHARIE COUNTIES... AT 716 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BROOME CENTER...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COBLESKILL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HUNTERSLAND...LIVINGSTONVILLE...BATES...HAWVERSVILLE...ZUCKS CORNERS...WEST DURHAM...POTTER HOLLOW...PRESTON HOLLOW...COOKSBURG... WEST GREENVILLE...SOUTH WESTERLO...SOUTH BERNE...SNYDERS CORNERS... SMITH CORNER...SHOEFELT CORNERS...SANFORDS CORNERS... RENSSELAERVILLE...PLACE CORNERS...OAK HILL...O'HARA CORNERS...NORTON HILL...NEWRYS...MEDUSA...LAMBS CORNER...KEEFERS CORNERS...GREENVILLE CENTER...FREEHOLD...EAST GREENVILLE...EAST DURHAM...DURHAM... DORMANSVILLE...CORNWALLVILLE...BRAMANS CORNERS AND WESTERLO 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. && LAT...LON 4260 7449 4256 7393 4234 7398 4242 7453 TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 278DEG 34KT 4249 7431 $$ LFM/11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Oneida | 59 min |
| May 29, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 59 min |
| May 29, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 54 min |
| May 29, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 59 min |
| May 29, 6:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| May 29, 6:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| May 29, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington | 65 min |
| May 29, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Greene, Schenectady, Schoharie | 35 min |
| May 29, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Washington | 45 min |
| May 29, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady | 43 min |
| May 29, 7:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady | 3 hr |
| May 29, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington | 38 min |
| May 29, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Ulster | 61 min |
| May 29, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer | 54 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.