Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2021, 7:28 PM EDT for Albany County, Rensselaer County, New York. It was in force for 35 min. 3 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, 7:28 PM EDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2021, 8:03 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Albany County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 7:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Feura Bush, NY | TWO MEDIUM SIZE TREES DOWN, ONE ON LINES |
| Aug 13, 7:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Castleton-On-Hudson, NY | TREE DOWN ON SCOTT AVENUE |
| Aug 13, 7:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Selkirk, NY | TREE DOWN ON ROAD. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 15 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
833
WUUS51 KALY 132328
SVRALY
NYC001-083-140030-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0154.210813T2328Z-210814T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albany NY
728 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Albany County in east central New York...
Southwestern Rensselaer County in east central New York...
* Until 830 PM EDT.
* At 728 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Loudonville to near Westerlo, moving east at 15 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, Troy, East Greenbush, Watervliet, Rensselaer, Colonie,
Delmar, Menands, Ravena, Green Island, Grafton,
Castleton-On-Hudson, Loudonville, West Sand Lake, Center Brunswick,
Wyantskill, Averill Park, Feura Bush, Selkirk and Wynantskill.
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 4248 7365 4243 7409 4273 7382 4280 7339
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 248DEG 14KT 4271 7375 4250 7399
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
DBT2 follow-up statements
671
WWUS51 KALY 132343
SVSALY
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
743 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
NYC001-083-140030-
/O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-210814T0030Z/
Albany NY-Rensselaer NY-
743 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALBANY AND SOUTHWESTERN RENSSELAER COUNTIES...
At 743 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over
Castleton-On-Hudson, or near East Greenbush, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Albany, East Greenbush, Rensselaer, Delmar, Menands, Ravena,
Castleton-On-Hudson, West Sand Lake, Wyantskill, Averill Park, Feura
Bush, Selkirk, Wynantskill, North Greenbush, Sand Lake, Coeymans,
Poestenkill, Coeymans Hollow, Bleecker Stadium and Brookview.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4248 7365 4244 7401 4266 7386 4274 7344
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 269DEG 25KT 4254 7373
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
DBT044
WWUS51 KALY 140003
SVSALY
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
803 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
NYC001-083-140013-
/O.CAN.KALY.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-210814T0030Z/
Albany NY-Rensselaer NY-
803 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALBANY AND
SOUTHWESTERN RENSSELAER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for
east central New York.
LAT...LON 4248 7365 4244 7401 4266 7386 4274 7344
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 248DEG 14KT 4257 7363
$$
DBTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 11:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Ulster | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Oneida | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 49 min |
| Aug 13, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Lewis | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Oneida | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 51 min |
| Aug 13, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Oneida | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schenectady, Schoharie | 38 min |
| Aug 13, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 5:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Herkimer, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 6:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Montgomery, Schoharie | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schenectady | 49 min |
| Aug 13, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 6:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Albany | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schoharie | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 7:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Albany | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Ulster | 49 min |
| Aug 13, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 42 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.