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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2014, 1:59 PM EDT for Columbia County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 46 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, 1:59 PM EDT (17:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2014, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Berkshire County, MA, Columbia County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
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, 1:57 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 1:57 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 134 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014 CTZ001-013-NYZ032-033-038>042-047>052-058-059-063>066-082-083-291100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA- NORTHERN WARREN-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN GREENE- EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- 134 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...T HE MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN TACONICS...EASTERN CATSKILLS... SCHOHARIE VALLEY...WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...CAPITAL DISTRICT...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...AND SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL OF 1 INCH OR GREATER IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY...FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MAZ001-025-NYZ043-053-054-060-061-084-VTZ013>015-291100- NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN COLUMBIA- EASTERN COLUMBIA-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM- EASTERN WINDHAM- 134 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH SOME STORMS WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY...FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 8:32 AM EDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
113 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014
NYZ038-040-047-281745-
MONTGOMERY NY-SCHOHARIE NY-SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-
113 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
SCHOHARIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
AT 110 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS
AROUND 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SHARON SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CANAJOHARIE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SHARON SPRINGS BY 125 PM EDT
AMES BY 135 PM EDT
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT PLAIN BY 140 PM EDT
CANAJOHARIE BY 145 PM EDT
LAT...LON 4292 7482 4297 7450 4272 7440 4268 7465
4274 7467 4279 7467 4283 7466 4287 7481
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 246DEG 16KT 4278 7470
IRLSpecial weather statement, Jul 28, 1:27 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 127 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014 NYZ047-051-281800- SCHOHARIE NY-WESTERN ALBANY NY- 127 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014 ...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SCHOHARIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... ALBANY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... AT 123 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS AROUND 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR BREAKABEEN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COBLESKILL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... LIVINGSTONVILLE BY 135 PM EDT MIDDLEBURGH BY 140 PM EDT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCHOHARIE BY 145 PM EDT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WESTERLO BY 200 PM EDT LAT...LON 4270 7429 4251 7403 4240 7440 4254 7454 TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 239DEG 18KT 4252 7436 IRL
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 1:29 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 129 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014 NYZ059>061-281815- EASTERN GREENE NY-WESTERN COLUMBIA NY-EASTERN COLUMBIA NY- 129 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... AT 126 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CATSKILL...OR ABOUT OVER CATSKILL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HUDSON...ATHENS AND CLAVERACK BY 140 PM EDT CLAVERACK BY 145 PM EDT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COXSACKIE BY 150 PM EDT PHILMONT BY 155 PM EDT LAT...LON 4244 7380 4226 7347 4209 7386 4223 7403 TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 232DEG 18KT 4222 7384 IRL
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 1:53 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 153 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014 NYZ047>049-051-052-281845- SCHOHARIE NY-WESTERN SCHENECTADY NY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY- WESTERN ALBANY NY-EASTERN ALBANY NY- 153 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SCHOHARIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... SCHENECTADY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... ALBANY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... AT 150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR BERNE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF COBLESKILL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... BERNE BY 200 PM EDT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DELANSON BY 205 PM EDT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUANESBURG BY 215 PM EDT ALTAMONT BY 220 PM EDT VOORHEESVILLE BY 230 PM EDT ROTTERDAM...GUILDERLAND...SCHENECTADY AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF SCOTIA BY 245 PM EDT LAT...LON 4292 7402 4262 7378 4242 7426 4270 7445 TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 239DEG 15KT 4263 7417 IRL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 3:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga, Schenectady | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 4:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 26 min |
| Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 1:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 24 min |
| Jul 28, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 32 min |
| Jul 28, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schoharie | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany, Schenectady | 52 min |
| Jul 28, 2:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Columbia | 4 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany | 42 min |
| Jul 28, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schoharie | 24 min |
| Jul 28, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schoharie | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Washington | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 7:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 7:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Bennington, Windham | 63 min |
| Jul 28, 8:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Bennington, Windham | 58 min |
| Jul 28, 3:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Windham | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Windham | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 7:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Windham | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 5:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 6:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 37 min |
| Jul 28, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 33 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.