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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Albany, NY

July 19, 20154 counties in New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 2015, 6:00 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 20 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: Jul 19, 2015, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2015, 6:20 PM EDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

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

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 19, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 29 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: 280 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 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.

934 
WFUS51 KALY 192200
TORALY
NYC035-057-091-093-192245-
/O.NEW.KALY.TO.W.0005.150719T2200Z-150719T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
600 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  NORTHEASTERN SCHENECTADY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  SOUTHWESTERN SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  SOUTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
    
* AT 600 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER GLENVILLE...OR NEAR AMSTERDAM...MOVING
  EAST AT 25 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...
  SCOTIA AROUND 615 PM EDT.
  SCHENECTADY...NISKAYUNA...EAST GLENVILLE AND ALPLAUS AROUND 620 PM
  EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
RECTORS...STOODLEY CORNERS...BUNN CORNERS...HUTCHINSON CROSSING...
ROCKTON...GLENVILLE CENTER...BLUE CORNERS...HOFFMANS...LOWER CORNERS
AND WALLINS CORNERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE SAME AREA.

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 4302 7418 4303 7410 4299 7404 4297 7400
      4296 7397 4294 7394 4293 7392 4291 7391
      4291 7390 4285 7390 4285 7388 4283 7388
      4282 7386 4284 7417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 269DEG 23KT 4294 7408 

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

$$
BGM/VTK

2 follow-up statements

941 
WWUS51 KALY 192211
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
611 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

NYC035-057-192219-
/O.CAN.KALY.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150719T2245Z/
MONTGOMERY NY-FULTON NY-
611 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHEASTERN
FULTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED 
AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4297 7409 4303 7410 4299 7404 4297 7400
      4296 7397 4294 7394 4293 7392 4291 7391
      4291 7390 4285 7390 4285 7388 4283 7388
      4282 7386 4286 7407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 269DEG 23KT 4294 7400 

$$

NYC091-093-192245-
/O.CON.KALY.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150719T2245Z/
SCHENECTADY NY-SARATOGA NY-
611 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SCHENECTADY AND SOUTHWESTERN SARATOGA COUNTIES...
    
AT 609 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER GLENVILLE...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF SCOTIA...MOVING EAST
AT 25 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SCHENECTADY...NISKAYUNA...EAST GLENVILLE AND ALPLAUS AROUND 620 PM
EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GLENRIDGE...RECTORS...STOODLEY CORNERS...BUNN CORNERS...WOODRUFF
HEIGHTS...WEST CHARLTON...HUTCHINSON CROSSING...GLENVILLE CENTER...
HARDING CROSSING AND BLUE CORNERS.

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 4297 7409 4303 7410 4299 7404 4297 7400
      4296 7397 4294 7394 4293 7392 4291 7391
      4291 7390 4285 7390 4285 7388 4283 7388
      4282 7386 4286 7407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 269DEG 23KT 4294 7400 

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

$$
BGM/VTK

727 
WWUS51 KALY 192220
SVSALY

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
620 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

NYC091-093-192229-
/O.CAN.KALY.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150719T2245Z/
SCHENECTADY NY-SARATOGA NY-
620 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SCHENECTADY AND SOUTHWESTERN
SARATOGA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4297 7409 4303 7410 4299 7404 4297 7400
      4296 7397 4294 7394 4293 7392 4291 7391
      4291 7390 4285 7390 4285 7388 4283 7388
      4282 7386 4286 7407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 269DEG 23KT 4294 7391 

$$
BGM/VTK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 8:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	34 min
Jul 19, 4:09 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	14 hr
Jul 19, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Albany	22 min
Jul 19, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	35 min
Jul 19, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Albany	30 min
Jul 19, 4:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer	3 hr
Jul 19, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer	36 min
Jul 19, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer	44 min
Jul 19, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery, Schoharie	51 min
Jul 19, 5:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Columbia, Rensselaer	45 min
Jul 19, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	28 min
Jul 19, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Schoharie	43 min
Jul 19, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	37 min
Jul 19, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Rensselaer	56 min
Jul 19, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady	64 min
Jul 19, 5:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady	3 hr
Jul 19, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady	46 min
Jul 19, 5:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Columbia, Rensselaer	6 hr
Jul 19, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	52 min
Jul 19, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	31 min
Jul 19, 6:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington	3 hr
Jul 19, 6:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington	3 hr
Jul 19, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Ulster	65 min
Jul 19, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer	60 min
Jul 19, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Washington	23 min
Jul 19, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Washington	26 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.