Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2021, 7:41 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York; Bennington County, Vermont. It was in force for 64 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2021, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 7:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Saratoga Springs, NY | A FEW TREES DOWN IN SARATOGA SPRINGS. |
| Jul 29, 8:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Halfmoon, NY | A FEW TREES DOWN IN HALFMOON TOWNSHIP. |
| Jul 29, 8:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hoosick Falls, NY | TREE ON WIRES. |
| Jul 29, 8:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Cambridge, NY | TREE DOWN ON ROADWAY ON ASH GROVE NEAR HILL LANE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1046 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
737
WUUS51 KALY 292341
SVRALY
NYC083-091-093-115-VTC003-300045-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0135.210729T2341Z-210730T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albany NY
741 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021
The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Schenectady County in east central New York...
Southern Saratoga County in east central New York...
Southern Washington County in east central New York...
Northern Rensselaer County in east central New York...
Western Bennington County in southern Vermont...
* Until 845 PM EDT.
* At 741 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Burnt Hills,
or near Scotia, moving east at 85 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Schenectady, Bennington, Clifton Park, Saratoga Springs, Scotia,
Mechanicville, Hoosick Falls, Arlington, Salem, Manchester,
Glenville, Niskayuna, Ballston Spa, Shaftsbury, Cambridge,
Greenwich, Round Lake, Rotterdam Junction, East Glenville and Burnt
Hills.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
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 4281 7416 4289 7411 4290 7408 4292 7409
4315 7394 4321 7301 4286 7301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 267DEG 73KT 4293 7393
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MSE1 follow-up statement
711
WWUS51 KALY 292356
SVSALY
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
756 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021
NYC083-091-093-115-VTC003-300045-
/O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0135.000000T0000Z-210730T0045Z/
Schenectady NY-Saratoga NY-Washington NY-Rensselaer NY-Bennington VT-
756 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL SCHENECTADY...SOUTHERN SARATOGA...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON...
NORTHERN RENSSELAER AND WESTERN BENNINGTON COUNTIES...
At 756 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mechanicville,
moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Schenectady, Bennington, Clifton Park, Saratoga Springs, Scotia,
Mechanicville, Hoosick Falls, Arlington, Salem, Manchester,
Glenville, Niskayuna, Ballston Spa, Shaftsbury, Cambridge, Greenwich,
Round Lake, Rotterdam Junction, East Glenville and Burnt Hills.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4281 7416 4289 7411 4290 7408 4292 7409
4315 7394 4321 7301 4286 7301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 268DEG 38KT 4295 7369
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 5:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Saratoga, Warren | 115 min |
| Jul 29, 7:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 115 min |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.