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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Albany, NY

August 13, 2021Albany County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT for Albany County, New York. It was in force for 45 min. 7 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
Aug 13, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Albany County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 13, 7:10 PM EDTHAIL 1Voorheesville, NY
Aug 13, 7:16 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Clarksville, NYTREE DOWN ON ROAD.
Aug 13, 7:21 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sse Westmere, NYTREE BLOCKING ROAD.
Aug 13, 7:21 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 S Colonie, NYTREE DOWN ON DUTCH QUAD AT UNIVERSITY OF ALBANY.
Aug 13, 7:21 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ese Westmere, NYMULITPLE LARGE LIMBS AND SMALL TREES DOWN ON COLONIAL QUAD ON THE UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY CAMPUS
Aug 13, 7:26 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nnw Delmar, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Aug 13, 7:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 S Feura Bush, NYTWO MEDIUM SIZE TREES DOWN, ONE ON LINES

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 13, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 4 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 239 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
239 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

479 
WUUS51 KALY 132245
SVRALY
NYC001-132330-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0153.210813T2245Z-210813T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albany NY
645 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Albany County in east central New York...

* Until 730 PM EDT.

* At 645 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near
  Voorheesville, or near Delmar, moving east at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Albany, Cohoes, Watervliet, Colonie, Latham, Delmar, Guilderland,
  Menands, Berne, Voorheesville, Green Island, Loudonville, Feura
  Bush, New Scotland, Knox, Clarksville, Shakers, Bleecker Stadium,
  East Berne and Spawn Hollow.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

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 4267 7415 4278 7368 4274 7369 4272 7370
      4270 7370 4265 7375 4262 7376 4259 7376
      4258 7375 4253 7376 4256 7417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 258DEG 11KT 4261 7396 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

DBT
1 follow-up statement
826 
WWUS51 KALY 132316
SVSALY

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
716 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021

NYC001-132330-
/O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0153.000000T0000Z-210813T2330Z/
Albany NY-
716 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ALBANY COUNTY...

At 716 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Albany, moving
northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Albany, Cohoes, Watervliet, Colonie, Latham, Delmar, Guilderland,
Menands, Voorheesville, Green Island, Feura Bush, Loudonville, New
Scotland, Clarksville, Shakers, Bleecker Stadium, Slingerlands,
Meadowdale, Normansville and South Albany.

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 4270 7401 4278 7368 4274 7369 4272 7370
      4270 7370 4265 7375 4262 7376 4259 7376
      4258 7375 4253 7376 4255 7406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 246DEG 16KT 4267 7381 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

DBT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 11:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster46 min
Aug 13, 12:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess45 min
Aug 13, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOneida46 min
Aug 13, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer39 min
Aug 13, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton49 min
Aug 13, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYLewis45 min
Aug 13, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Herkimer, Montgomery48 min
Aug 13, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOneida44 min
Aug 13, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery50 min
Aug 13, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Montgomery44 min
Aug 13, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton51 min
Aug 13, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOneida47 min
Aug 13, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery48 min
Aug 13, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga50 min
Aug 13, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga46 min
Aug 13, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchenectady, Schoharie38 min
Aug 13, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYFulton42 min
Aug 13, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer50 min
Aug 13, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Montgomery, Schoharie47 min
Aug 13, 5:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYHerkimer, Montgomery3 hr
Aug 13, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer47 min
Aug 13, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery42 min
Aug 13, 6:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYMontgomery, Schoharie3 hr
Aug 13, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchenectady49 min
Aug 13, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany44 min
Aug 13, 6:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany2 hr
Aug 13, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie39 min
Aug 13, 7:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYAlbany2 hr
Aug 13, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer35 min
Aug 13, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster49 min
Aug 13, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.