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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT for Dutchess County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 60 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 21, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Berkshire County, MA, Dutchess County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 21, 6:40 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 6:40 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albany NY 514 PM EDT Wed Aug 21 2019 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-VTZ014-015-221100- Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire- Southern Berkshire-Western Greene-Eastern Greene-Western Columbia- Eastern Columbia-Western Ulster-Eastern Ulster-Western Dutchess- Eastern Dutchess-Western Windham-Eastern Windham- 514 PM EDT Wed Aug 21 2019 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 609 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the eastern Catskills, mid Hudson Valley and Taconics of northwestern Connecticut, western Massachusetts, and Windham county of southern Vermont. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms are possible Thursday afternoon into the evening. There is Marginal Risk a few of the storms may become severe with damaging winds the main threat. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is needed through 900 PM today. Please send reports of wind damage and or large hail to the National Weather Service at Albany. NYZ039>041-043-047>054-082-084-VTZ013-221100- Southern Fulton-Montgomery-Northern Saratoga-Northern Washington- Schoharie-Western Schenectady-Eastern Schenectady-Southern Saratoga- Western Albany-Eastern Albany-Western Rensselaer-Eastern Rensselaer- Northern Fulton-Southern Washington-Bennington- 514 PM EDT Wed Aug 21 2019 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 609 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the central and eastern Mohawk Valley, Schoharie Valley, Capital District, Saratoga region and Washington county of eastern New York, and Bennington county of southern Vermont. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Isolated non severe thunderstorms are possible Thursday afternoon into early evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is needed through 900 PM today. Please send reports of wind damage and or large hail to the National Weather Service at Albany. NYZ032-033-038-042-083-221100- Northern Herkimer-Hamilton-Southern Herkimer-Northern Warren- Southeast Warren- 514 PM EDT Wed Aug 21 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Herkimer, Hamilton and Warren counties of east central New York. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 21, 6:10 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
610 PM EDT WED AUG 21 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM FLOOD WATERVLIET 42.72N 73.71W
08/21/2019 ALBANY NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
PORTIONS OF ROUTE 7 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH ROUTE
787 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1902847
MSELocal storm report, Aug 21, 6:15 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 3:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 47 min |
| Aug 21, 4:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 47 min |
| Aug 21, 4:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery, Schenectady | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 4:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schoharie | 50 min |
| Aug 21, 4:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 5:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 85 min |
| Aug 21, 5:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington | 50 min |
| Aug 21, 7:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington | 89 min |
| Aug 21, 8:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 8:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 47 min |
| Aug 21, 9:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 9:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 24 min |
| Aug 21, 9:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga, Warren | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 10:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Washington | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 11:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany | 29 min |
| Aug 21, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 33 min |
| Aug 21, 11:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 12:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 47 min |
| Aug 21, 12:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 59 min |
| Aug 21, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton | 31 min |
| Aug 21, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 27 min |
| Aug 21, 2:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga | 60 min |
| Aug 21, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 45 min |
| Aug 21, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Saratoga | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Ulster | 40 min |
| Aug 21, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington | 62 min |
| Aug 21, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 56 min |
| Aug 21, 4:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Saratoga | 116 min |
| Aug 21, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schenectady, Schoharie | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess, Ulster | 60 min |
| Aug 21, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 36 min |
| Aug 21, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Washington | 36 min |
| Aug 21, 4:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Rensselaer, Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga | 58 min |
| Aug 21, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 51 min |
| Aug 21, 5:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 88 min |
| Aug 21, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer | 55 min |
| Aug 21, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia, Ulster | 63 min |
| Aug 21, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 26 min |
| Aug 21, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 64 min |
| Aug 21, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Ulster | 54 min |
| Aug 21, 5:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 17 min |
| Aug 21, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 6:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Bennington | 54 min |
| Aug 21, 6:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Windham | 39 min |
| Aug 21, 7:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Bennington | 83 min |
| Aug 21, 8:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Windham | 39 min |
| Aug 21, 9:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Windham | 114 min |
| Aug 21, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Bennington, Windham | 67 min |
| Aug 21, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Windham | 29 min |
| Aug 21, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2019Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019
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.