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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Albany, NY

June 12, 2015Montgomery County, Schoharie County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2015, 6:22 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Schoharie County, New York. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 2015, 6:22 PM EDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2015, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Montgomery County, NY, Schoharie County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 63 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: 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

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The text

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

878 
WFUS51 KALY 122222
TORALY
NYC057-095-122300-
/O.NEW.KALY.TO.W.0001.150612T2222Z-150612T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
622 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  NORTHWESTERN SCHOHARIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
    
* AT 622 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SHARON SPRINGS...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  CANAJOHARIE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AMES AROUND 625 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MAPLETOWN...KILMARTIN CORNERS...CHARLESTON FOUR CORNERS...ROOT
CENTER...LYKERS...ARGUSVILLE...LITTLE YORK...FLAT CREEK...SHARON AND
RURAL GROVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4279 7466 4283 7465 4284 7464 4285 7441
      4274 7438 4276 7460 4276 7465 4279 7467
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 261DEG 16KT 4280 7463 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

JPV/GJM

1 follow-up statement

297 
WWUS51 KALY 122238
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
638 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

NYC057-095-122300-
/O.CON.KALY.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150612T2300Z/
MONTGOMERY NY-SCHOHARIE NY-
638 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND NORTH CENTRAL SCHOHARIE COUNTIES...
    
AT 638 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF AMES...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF COBLESKILL...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND NORTH CENTRAL SCHOHARIE COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LITTLE YORK...KILMARTIN
CORNERS...CARLISLE...CHARLESTON FOUR CORNERS...ROOT CENTER...LYKERS
AND BROWNS HOLLOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4276 7452 4284 7451 4285 7441 4274 7438
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 270DEG 15KT 4280 7447 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

JPV/GJM

The 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, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Ulster	63 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, 6:38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.