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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Albany, NY

July 30, 2019Washington County, New York; Bennington County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2019, 7:50 PM EDT for Washington County, New York; Bennington County, Vermont. It was in force for 55 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, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2019, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 71 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, 7:45 PM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 7:45 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 4:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albany NY
401 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2019

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047-048-051-054-058-061-063-
066-082>084-VTZ013>015-311100-
Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire-
Southern Berkshire-Northern Herkimer-Hamilton-Southern Herkimer-
Southern Fulton-Montgomery-Northern Saratoga-Northern Warren-
Northern Washington-Schoharie-Western Schenectady-Western Albany-
Eastern Rensselaer-Western Greene-Eastern Columbia-Western Ulster-
Eastern Dutchess-Northern Fulton-Southeast Warren-
Southern Washington-Bennington-Western Windham-Eastern Windham-
401 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2019

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 545 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwestern Connecticut,
western Massachusetts, all of eastern New York except for the Capital
Region and Mid Hudson Valley and 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...Wednesday through Monday.

There is a chance of thunderstorms Wednesday. Thunderstorms will be
capable of producing very heavy rainfall, which may lead to flooding
of urban, low lying and poor drainage areas. In addition,
thunderstorms on Wednesday may produce gusty winds, with the best
chance of isolated severe thunderstorms with damaging winds for areas
south and east of the Capital Region.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report any thunderstorm wind
damage, hail or flooding to the National Weather Service at Albany
via email, social media or phone.

NYZ049-050-052-053-059-060-064-065-311100-
Eastern Schenectady-Southern Saratoga-Eastern Albany-
Western Rensselaer-Eastern Greene-Western Columbia-Eastern Ulster-
Western Dutchess-
401 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2019

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 545 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Capital Region and Mid
Hudson Valley of eastern New York.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Heat Advisory.
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

There is a chance of thunderstorms Wednesday. Thunderstorms will be
capable of producing very heavy rainfall, which may lead to flooding
of urban, low lying and poor drainage areas. In addition,
thunderstorms on Wednesday may produce gusty winds, with the best
chance of isolated severe thunderstorms with damaging winds for areas
south and east of the Capital Region.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report any thunderstorm wind
damage, hail or flooding to the National Weather Service at Albany
via email, social media or phone.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 6:58 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 7:01 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 7:24 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 7:29 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 7:40 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 7:42 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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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, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Warren	57 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, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Schoharie	33 min
Jul 30, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington	35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2019 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Vermont, 2019 Every 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.