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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Albany, NY

July 1, 2015Fulton County, Montgomery County, Saratoga County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2015, 2:23 PM EDT for Fulton County, Montgomery County, Saratoga County, New York. It was in force for 40 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 1, 2015, 2:23 PM EDT (18:23 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2015, 3:03 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fulton County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Saratoga County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 51 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 1, 1:50 PM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 1:50 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 7:57 AM EDT, 6 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
757 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-021100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-
WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-
WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-
WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
757 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE
STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL.
THERE IS AN ISOLATED THREAT THAT A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE
SEVERE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH DURING THE
AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 12:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:41 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
141 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

VTZ013-014-011845-
BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
141 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN BENNINGTON AND
NORTHWESTERN WINDHAM COUNTIES...

AT 141 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER ARLINGTON...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MANCHESTER AND MANCHESTER CENTER AROUND 155 PM EDT.
  STRATTON AROUND 210 PM EDT.
  WEST WARDSBORO AROUND 220 PM EDT.
  LONDONDERRY AROUND 230 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE WEST JAMAICA...SOUTH
LONDONDERRY...WINDHAM...PERU TOWN CENTER...RAWSONVILLE...WEST
SANDGATE...LAWRENCE FOUR CORNERS...PODUNK...STRATTON MOUNTAIN AND
MANCHESTER DEPOT.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 4299 7270 4300 7326 4317 7325 4326 7282
      4325 7282 4322 7268
TIME...MOT...LOC 1741Z 262DEG 20KT 4309 7314

FRUGIS

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:15 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
215 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

NYZ039-040-082-011845-
SOUTHERN FULTON-NORTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-
215 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND
SOUTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTIES...

AT 215 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR EPHRATAH...OR NEAR
JOHNSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...BROADALBIN...MAYFIELD...PERTH...
BERKSHIRE...SMITHS CORNERS...RICEVILLE...KINGSBORO...MUNSONVILLE...
EPPIE CORNERS...BRADTVILLE...CORK...SAMMONSVILLE...MECO...WEST
PERTH...DENNIES CROSSING...GAROGA...KECKS CENTER AND CHURCH CORNERS.

LAT...LON 4296 7454 4308 7454 4311 7420 4297 7418
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 264DEG 23KT 4302 7446

FRUGIS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 11:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Ulster	3 hr
Jul 1, 12:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	62 min
Jul 1, 12:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery	3 hr
Jul 1, 12:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	61 min
Jul 1, 1:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	47 min
Jul 1, 2:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Rensselaer	3 hr
Jul 1, 2:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	40 min
Jul 1, 3:03 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster	5 hr
Jul 1, 3:45 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	6 hr
Jul 1, 4:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	39 min
Jul 1, 4:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	43 min
Jul 1, 5:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Rensselaer	3 hr
Jul 1, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	30 min
Jul 1, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Otsego	24 min
Jul 1, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Washington	31 min
Jul 1, 12:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington	54 min
Jul 1, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington, Windham	64 min
Jul 1, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	9 min
Jul 1, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington	23 min
Jul 1, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington	31 min
Jul 1, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Windham	36 min
Jul 1, 5:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	3 hr
Jul 1, 5:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	31 min
Jul 1, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	25 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.