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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Albany, NY

August 18, 2019Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2019, 3:28 PM EDT for Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 47 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: Aug 18, 2019, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired: Aug 18, 2019, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Herkimer County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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: 635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Aug 18, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 4:34 AM EDT, 10 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 18, 9:48 AM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 18, 9:54 AM EDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
954 AM EDT SUN AUG 18 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLIFTON PARK            42.85N  73.81W
08/17/2019                   SARATOGA           NY   911 CALL CENTER

            A FEW TREES DOWN.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1902757

MSE

Local storm report, Aug 18, 10:19 AM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1019 AM EDT SUN AUG 18 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0253 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GALWAY                  43.02N  74.03W
08/17/2019                   SARATOGA           NY   911 CALL CENTER

            REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN THE TOWN OF GALWAY.
            TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1902758

JLV

Local storm report, Aug 18, 11:08 AM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1108 AM EDT SUN AUG 18 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0250 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 NE SCHENECTADY        42.81N  73.92W
08/17/2019                   SCHENECTADY        NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FLASH FLOODING REPORTED AT INTERSECTION OF PARKWOOD
            BLVD AND RUGBY RD.

0253 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GALWAY                  43.02N  74.03W
08/17/2019                   SARATOGA           NY   911 CALL CENTER

            REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN THE TOWN OF GALWAY.
            TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSW NISKAYUNA         42.81N  73.90W
08/17/2019                   SCHENECTADY        NY   NWS EMPLOYEE

            SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON WEST ALLEY IN THE CITY OF
            SCHENECTADY.

0255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NISKAYUNA               42.82N  73.89W
08/17/2019                   SCHENECTADY        NY   SOCIAL MEDIA

            TREE DOWN NEAR THE NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL.

0300 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SCHENECTADY             42.80N  73.93W
08/17/2019                   SCHENECTADY        NY   SOCIAL MEDIA

            STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF SCHENECTADY.

0300 PM     HAIL             SCHENECTADY             42.80N  73.93W
08/17/2019  M1.00 INCH       SCHENECTADY        NY   SOCIAL MEDIA

            DIME TO NICKLE SIZED HAIL IN THE CITY OF SCHENECTADY.

0325 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 NNE HAWTHORNE HILL    42.80N  73.88W
08/17/2019  M2.60 INCH       SCHENECTADY        NY   NWS EMPLOYEE

            2.6 INCHES OF RAIN.

0400 PM     FLASH FLOOD      POLAND                  43.23N  75.06W
08/17/2019                   HERKIMER           NY   911 CALL CENTER

            FLOODING IN THE TOWNS OF POLAND AND NEWPORT. 2.5 FEET
            OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

0455 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NE COBLESKILL         42.70N  74.46W
08/17/2019                   SCHOHARIE          NY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE AND WIRES DOWN.

0502 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNE SCHOHARIE         42.68N  74.30W
08/17/2019                   SCHOHARIE          NY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE ON WIRES.

0507 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NNE ESPERANCE         42.80N  74.25W
08/17/2019                   SCHENECTADY        NY   SOCIAL MEDIA

            WIRES DOWN ON EATON CORNERS ROAD

0509 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N ESPERANCE           42.81N  74.25W
08/17/2019                   SCHENECTADY        NY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREE AND WIRES DOWN.

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ROTTERDAM               42.78N  73.95W
08/17/2019                   SCHENECTADY        NY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE LIMB ON WIRES IN ROTTERDAM.

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KNOX                    42.67N  74.12W
08/17/2019                   ALBANY             NY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN IN KNOX.

0519 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSW CORINTH           43.20N  73.85W
08/17/2019                   SARATOGA           NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE AND POWERLINES DOWN IN ROADWAY.

0519 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SW NISKAYUNA          42.81N  73.91W
08/17/2019                   SCHENECTADY        NY   SOCIAL MEDIA

            MULTIPLE TREES SNAPPED AND BLOCKING ARDSLEY ROAD

0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NW GALWAY             43.05N  74.08W
08/17/2019                   SARATOGA           NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE AND LINES DOWN IN ROADWAY.

0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CORINTH                 43.24N  73.83W
08/17/2019                   SARATOGA           NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LINES DOWN IN THE ROADWAY.

0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 WNW BERNE             42.64N  74.20W
08/17/2019                   SCHOHARIE          NY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE AND WIRES DOWN.

0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BALLSTON LAKE           42.91N  73.87W
08/17/2019                   SARATOGA           NY   911 CALL CENTER

            A FEW TREES DOWN.

0524 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NW GANSEVOORT         43.23N  73.71W
08/17/2019                   SARATOGA           NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN IN ROADWAY.

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MALTA                   42.99N  73.79W
08/17/2019                   SARATOGA           NY   911 CALL CENTER

            A FEW TREES DOWN.

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLIFTON PARK            42.85N  73.81W
08/17/2019                   SARATOGA           NY   911 CALL CENTER

            A FEW TREES DOWN.

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SARATOGA SPRINGS        43.07N  73.78W
08/17/2019                   SARATOGA           NY   911 CALL CENTER

            MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN
            THROUGHOUT SARATOGA COUNTY.

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     STILLWATER              42.95N  73.64W
08/17/2019                   SARATOGA           NY   911 CALL CENTER

            A FEW TREES DOWN IN STILLWATER.

0537 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N ESPERANCE           42.77N  74.26W
08/17/2019                   SCHOHARIE          NY   911 CALL CENTER

            WIRES DOWN.

0558 PM     HEAVY RAIN       EDINBURG                43.22N  74.13W
08/17/2019  M1.70 INCH       SARATOGA           NY   WEATHERNET6

            WEATHERNET6

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GRANVILLE               43.41N  73.26W
08/17/2019                   WASHINGTON         NY   911 CALL CENTER

            LIMBS ON WIRES IN GRANVILLE.

0605 PM     HEAVY RAIN       WELLS                   43.44N  74.32W
08/17/2019  M1.56 INCH       HAMILTON           NY   WEATHERNET6

            WEATHERNET6

0609 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E HUDSON FALLS        43.30N  73.48W
08/17/2019                   WASHINGTON         NY   911 CALL CENTER

            LIMBS DOWN ON WIRES IN KINGSBURY EAST OF HUDSON FALLS.

0621 PM     HEAVY RAIN       FISHHOUSE               43.14N  74.14W
08/17/2019  M1.00 INCH       FULTON             NY   WEATHERNET6

            WEATHERNET6

1043 PM     HEAVY RAIN       GILBOA                  42.42N  74.32W
08/17/2019  M1.00 INCH       SCHOHARIE          NY   WEATHERNET6

            WEATHERNET6

1045 PM     HEAVY RAIN       JEFFERSON               42.49N  74.60W
08/17/2019  M1.00 INCH       SCHOHARIE          NY   WEATHERNET6

            WEATHERNET6

1047 PM     HEAVY RAIN       RED HOOK                42.02N  73.88W
08/17/2019  M2.20 INCH       DUTCHESS           NY   WEATHERNET6

            WEATHERNET6

1050 PM     HEAVY RAIN       GREENWHICH              43.13N  73.48W
08/17/2019  M1.55 INCH       WASHINGTON         NY   WEATHERNET6

            WEATHERNET6

1052 PM     HEAVY RAIN       LIVINGSTON              42.13N  73.79W
08/17/2019  M1.58 INCH       COLUMBIA           NY   WEATHERNET6

            WEATHERNET6

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1902723 ALY1902758 ALY1902724 ALY1902728 ALY1902726
ALY1902727 ALY1902725 ALY1902729 ALY1902741 ALY1902740 ALY1902753
ALY1902738 ALY1902731 ALY1902734 ALY1902732 ALY1902744 ALY1902733
ALY1902735 ALY1902742 ALY1902755 ALY1902736 ALY1902754 ALY1902757
ALY1902730 ALY1902756 ALY1902743 ALY1902745 ALY1902737 ALY1902746
ALY1902739 ALY1902747 ALY1902748 ALY1902749 ALY1902750 ALY1902751
ALY1902752

VTK

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 3:15 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
315 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2019

NYZ038-182000-
Southern Herkimer-
315 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY...

At 314 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Stittville, or
8 miles north of Utica, moving east at 35 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Dolgeville, Ohio, Newport, Middleville, Poland, Cold Brook, Russia,
Fairfield, Norway, Curtis, Farrel Corner, Burrell Corners, Shedd
Corners, Hurricane, Old City, Grant, Gray, Black Creek Reservoir,
Carey Corners and Dillenbeck Corners.

LAT...LON 4322 7507 4324 7507 4323 7510 4325 7513
      4325 7515 4326 7516 4330 7515 4330 7512
      4333 7509 4334 7499 4334 7485 4312 7476
      4309 7477 4308 7478 4311 7516
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 269DEG 31KT 4322 7527

ROK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 17, 10:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	51 min
Aug 18, 3:00 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga and 2 more	26 hr
Aug 18, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Oneida	45 min
Aug 18, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	46 min
Aug 18, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer	62 min
Aug 18, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess	40 min
Aug 18, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga	66 min
Aug 18, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Saratoga	64 min
Aug 18, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady	55 min
Aug 18, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Washington	63 min
Aug 18, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Greene, Ulster	61 min
Aug 18, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington	63 min
Aug 18, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie	65 min
Aug 18, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Greene, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie	55 min
Aug 18, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Washington	62 min
Aug 18, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Ulster	56 min
Aug 18, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga	59 min
Aug 18, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess	56 min
Aug 18, 7:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Rensselaer	53 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.