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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Albany, NY

July 3, 2014Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2014, 4:10 PM EDT for Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 50 min. 6 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
Jul 3, 2014, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Herkimer County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 3, 4:18 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGJordanville, NYBARN COMPLETELY BLOWN DOWN.
Jul 3, 4:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 E Cullen, NYROOF BLOWN OFF
Jul 3, 4:28 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGColumbia Center, NYBUILDING DAMAGE. LARGE BARN DOOR BLOWN OUT
Jul 3, 4:28 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGColumbia Center, NYBUILDING DAMAGE. LARGE BARN DOOR BLOWN OUT NEAR DUGAN RD.
Jul 3, 4:28 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGColumbia Center, NYMULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON JORDAN VILLE RD.
Jul 3, 4:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 E Columbia Center, NYAT LEAST 20 TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2014-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2014-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-251 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1010 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

239 
WFUS51 KALY 032010
TORALY
NYC043-032100-
/O.NEW.KALY.TO.W.0003.140703T2010Z-140703T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
410 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 408 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  JORDANVILLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF ILION...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SMITH CORNERS...DECK AND PAINES HOLLOW BY 415 PM EDT...
  VAN HORNESVILLE...STARKVILLE...WILLSE FOUR CORNERS AND CRAMER
  CORNERS BY 420 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 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

&&

LAT...LON 4296 7508 4296 7475 4287 7476 4286 7477
      4289 7487 4284 7488 4282 7492 4290 7509
      4296 7509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 262DEG 39KT 4289 7494

$$
SNYDER
2 follow-up statements
481 
WWUS51 KALY 032018
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
418 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

NYC043-032100-
/O.CON.KALY.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140703T2100Z/
HERKIMER NY-
418 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HERKIMER COUNTY...

AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VAN HORNESVILLE...
OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF LITTLE FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

&&

LAT...LON 4296 7508 4296 7475 4287 7476 4286 7477
      4289 7487 4284 7488 4282 7492 4290 7509
      4296 7509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 262DEG 39KT 4290 7484

$$

SNYDER
156 
WWUS51 KALY 032051
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
451 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

NYC043-032101-
/O.EXP.KALY.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140703T2100Z/
HERKIMER NY-
451 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HERKIMER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 500 PM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA.

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 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

LAT...LON 4296 7508 4296 7475 4287 7476 4286 7477
      4289 7487 4284 7488 4282 7492 4290 7509
      4296 7509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 262DEG 39KT 4295 7434

$$

WRS/IRL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton66 min
Jul 2, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer29 min
Jul 2, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren54 min
Jul 2, 9:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton58 min
Jul 2, 9:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery65 min
Jul 2, 10:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer, Montgomery, Schoharie29 min
Jul 2, 10:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady67 min
Jul 2, 11:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga, Schenectady62 min
Jul 2, 11:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie33 min
Jul 3, 4:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchALYAlbany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more19 hr
Jul 3, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Herkimer66 min
Jul 3, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer65 min
Jul 3, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga30 min
Jul 3, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Saratoga, Warren54 min
Jul 3, 4:27 PM EDTTornado WarningALYFulton, Herkimer, Montgomery48 min
Jul 3, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton36 min
Jul 3, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Warren28 min
Jul 3, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren66 min
Jul 3, 5:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYFulton, Saratoga3 hr
Jul 3, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster44 min
Jul 3, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie26 min
Jul 3, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWarren, Washington56 min
Jul 3, 5:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYHamilton3 hr
Jul 3, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia37 min
Jul 3, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster55 min
Jul 3, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYMontgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie33 min
Jul 3, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Ulster49 min
Jul 3, 6:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYUlster3 hr
Jul 3, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess22 min
Jul 3, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess63 min
Jul 3, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess, Ulster30 min
Jul 3, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga28 min
Jul 3, 6:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady3 hr
Jul 3, 6:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYSaratoga, Warren, Washington3 hr
Jul 3, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess23 min
Jul 3, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga, Washington44 min
Jul 3, 6:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYDutchess3 hr
Jul 3, 6:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYColumbia3 hr
Jul 3, 6:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYDutchess, Ulster6 hr
Jul 3, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess34 min
Jul 3, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess62 min
Jul 3, 7:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYColumbia6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.