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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Albany, NY

July 30, 2019Hamilton County, Warren County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2019, 3:33 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Warren County, New York. It was in force for 57 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 30, 2019, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2019, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, NY, Warren County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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
Jul 30, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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: 197 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1331 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 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 Jul 30, 1:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 1:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 4:43 AM EDT, 10 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 30, 1:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 1:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 2:53 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:04 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:08 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
308 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2019

NYZ033-302000-
Hamilton-
308 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...

At 307 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest of
Brown Tract Pond Campground, or 15 miles northeast of Old Forge,
moving northeast at 25 mph.

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

This storm will be near...
  Forked Lake Public Campground around 340 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this storm include Hasbroucks, Nehasane,
Russian Lake, Sabattis, Partlow, Robinwood, Woods, Quaker Beach,
Little Tupper Lake and Lake Lila.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

LAT...LON 4390 7442 4377 7480 4407 7485 4410 7456
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 236DEG 20KT 4389 7479

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 3:20 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
320 PM EDT TUE JUL 30 2019

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

0300 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 NE COLD BROOK         43.28N  74.99W
07/30/2019  M55 MPH          HERKIMER           NY   NYS MESONET

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1902550

JPV

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 8:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	28 min
Jul 29, 8:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady	62 min
Jul 29, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga	36 min
Jul 29, 9:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	34 min
Jul 29, 9:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga	32 min
Jul 29, 10:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Washington	30 min
Jul 30, 11:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	46 min
Jul 30, 12:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	24 min
Jul 30, 12:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Greene	45 min
Jul 30, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schenectady	33 min
Jul 30, 2:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer	66 min
Jul 30, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	37 min
Jul 30, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	41 min
Jul 30, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	56 min
Jul 30, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	52 min
Jul 30, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	31 min
Jul 30, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Warren	53 min
Jul 30, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Warren, Washington	58 min
Jul 30, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Oneida	39 min
Jul 30, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Warren, Washington	64 min
Jul 30, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga	34 min
Jul 30, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga	27 min
Jul 30, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Warren, Washington	67 min
Jul 30, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Washington	61 min
Jul 30, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schenectady	37 min
Jul 30, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady	47 min
Jul 30, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	32 min
Jul 30, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Greene	44 min
Jul 30, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	33 min
Jul 30, 7:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Washington	55 min
Jul 30, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Schoharie	33 min
Jul 30, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington	35 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.