Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2015, 4:27 PM EDT for Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 63 min. 3 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
- Jun 12, 2015, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2015, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Ulster County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 5:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Gardiner, NY | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN PERSON TRAPPED IN CAR. |
| Jun 12, 5:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ireland Corners, NY | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 208. |
| Jun 12, 5:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tuthill, NY | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 44 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:07 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 1641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
686
WUUS51 KALY 122027
SVRALY
NYC111-122130-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0021.150612T2027Z-150612T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
427 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ULSTER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 427 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
ELLENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
KERHONKSON AROUND 430 PM EDT.
WALLKILL AROUND 445 PM EDT.
MODENA AROUND 450 PM EDT.
NEW PALTZ AND PLATTEKILL AROUND 455 PM EDT.
HIGHLAND AND MARLBORO AROUND 505 PM EDT.
POUGHKEEPSIE AROUND 510 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
LIBERTYVILLE...TUTHILLTOWN...OHIOVILLE...GALEVILLE...SPRINGTOWN...
ULSTERVILLE...SAINT ELMO...JENKINSTOWN...HIGHLAND LANDING AND
AWOSTING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
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/NWSALBANY OR TWITTER @NWSALBANY.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4160 7407 4162 7413 4158 7413 4159 7419
4161 7425 4163 7425 4163 7426 4159 7434
4160 7437 4164 7439 4168 7446 4177 7447
4181 7395 4177 7395 4176 7394 4173 7394
4159 7395 4158 7405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 269DEG 28KT 4169 7435
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JPV/GJM2 follow-up statements
845
WWUS51 KALY 122053
SVSALY
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
453 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015
NYC111-122130-
/O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150612T2130Z/
ULSTER NY-
453 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ULSTER COUNTY...
AT 452 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALLKILL...OR
7 MILES EAST OF ELLENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NEW PALTZ...PLATTEKILL AND MODENA AROUND 510 PM EDT.
HIGHLAND AND MARLBORO AROUND 525 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
LIBERTYVILLE...TUTHILLTOWN...GALEVILLE...SAINT ELMO...JENKINSTOWN...
HIGHLAND LANDING...AWOSTING...CRAWFORD...LLOYD AND BRUYNSWICK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4160 7407 4162 7413 4158 7413 4159 7419
4161 7425 4163 7425 4163 7434 4168 7432
4172 7427 4175 7394 4159 7395 4158 7405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 271DEG 20KT 4167 7422
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JPV/GJM661
WWUS51 KALY 122120
SVSALY
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
520 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015
NYC111-122130-
/O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150612T2130Z/
ULSTER NY-
520 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ULSTER COUNTY...
AT 519 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHLAND...OR
NEAR POUGHKEEPSIE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE JUST WEST OF...
POUGHKEEPSIE AROUND 530 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
STONECO...JENKINSTOWN...HIGHLAND LANDING...LLOYD...CLINTONDALE
STATION...OAKES...LATTINTOWN...TUCKERS CORNER...SYLVA AND ARDONIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE ACROSS WALKILL AND GARDINER. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4161 7415 4173 7411 4175 7394 4159 7395
4158 7405 4160 7407 4162 7413 4160 7413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 271DEG 19KT 4167 7400
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JPV/GJMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Ulster | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Otsego | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 6:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schoharie | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 52 min |
| Jun 12, 6:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Albany, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 7:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 8 min |
| Jun 12, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schoharie | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 48 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.