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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Albany, NY

July 8, 2014Hamilton County, Warren County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2014, 7:50 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Warren County, New York. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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 8, 2014, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2014, 8:20 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hamilton County, NY, Warren County, NY

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 8:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLake Pleasant, NY3 TREES 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2014-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 315 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 2014-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
315 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
951 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

693 
WFUS51 KALY 082350
TORALY
NYC041-113-090030-
/O.NEW.KALY.TO.W.0006.140708T2350Z-140709T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
750 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SPECULATOR...INDIAN LAKE...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 746 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
  LAKE PLEASANT...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPECULATOR...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE PLEASANT BY 755 PM EDT...
  SPECULATOR AND MOFFITT BEACH CAMPGROUND BY 800 PM EDT...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEWEY LAKE CAMPGROUND BY 805 PM EDT...
  NORTH CREEK...JOHNSBURG AND 9 MILES WEST OF CHESTERTOWN BY 830 PM
  EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 
70 MPH.

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 MIDNIGHT EDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

&&

LAT...LON 4381 7411 4380 7405 4375 7405 4380 7346
      4353 7365 4332 7461 4364 7478 4384 7424
      4382 7421 4383 7414
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 246DEG 42KT 4351 7455

$$

NAS/IRL
1 follow-up statement
361 
WWUS51 KALY 090020
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
820 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

NYC041-113-090030-
/O.CAN.KALY.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140709T0030Z/
HAMILTON NY-WARREN NY-
820 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WARREN AND CENTRAL HAMILTON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS RAPIDLY DIMINISHED 
WITH SEVERE WINDS NOW THE PRIMARY THREAT.

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 MIDNIGHT EDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

LAT...LON 4381 7411 4380 7405 4375 7405 4380 7346
      4353 7365 4332 7461 4364 7478 4384 7424
      4382 7421 4383 7414
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 246DEG 42KT 4365 7411

$$

NAS/IRL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia36 min
Jul 8, 6:55 PM EDTTornado WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer65 min
Jul 8, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer57 min
Jul 8, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery54 min
Jul 8, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer32 min

Nearby

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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.