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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Albany, NY

July 28, 20144 counties in New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2014, 4:16 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 44 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
Jul 28, 2014, 4:16 AM EDT (08:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2014, 5:00 AM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 00:00Z on 2014-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1287 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 00:00Z on 2014-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
1287 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.0

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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 Jul 28, 1:36 AM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 1:36 AM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 4:46 PM EDT, 11 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
446 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

NYZ032-033-038>043-050-082>084-VTZ013>015-281115-
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-
MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
SOUTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
446 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...
WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN
VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE
SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ047>049-051>054-058>061-063>066-281115-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-
WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
446 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SCHOHARIE VALLEY...
CAPITAL DISTRICT...TACONICS...EASTERN CATSKILLS AND MID HUDSON
VALLEY...NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH
LARGE HAIL OF AN INCH OR GREATER IN DIAMETER... AND DAMAGING
WINDS...ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST AT
20 MPH.

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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE TO LIKELY EARLY
MONDAY MORNING AND THROUGH MIDDAY. HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:37 AM EDT, 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 3:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga, Schenectady38 min
Jul 28, 4:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga, Washington26 min
Jul 28, 1:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia24 min
Jul 28, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery32 min
Jul 28, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie33 min
Jul 28, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia46 min
Jul 28, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany, Schenectady52 min
Jul 28, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia46 min
Jul 28, 2:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYColumbia4 hr
Jul 28, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany42 min
Jul 28, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie24 min
Jul 28, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie33 min
Jul 28, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWashington41 min
Jul 28, 7:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYSaratoga, Warren, Washington3 hr
Jul 28, 7:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBennington, Windham63 min
Jul 28, 8:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBennington, Windham58 min
Jul 28, 3:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYWindham6 hr
Jul 28, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWindham28 min
Jul 28, 7:05 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYWindham3 hr
Jul 28, 5:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBerkshire35 min
Jul 28, 6:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYBerkshire3 hr
Jul 28, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBerkshire46 min
Jul 28, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBerkshire37 min
Jul 28, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBerkshire33 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.