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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Albany, NY

August 13, 2021Columbia County, Dutchess County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2021, 8:47 PM EDT for Columbia County, Dutchess County, New York. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 13, 2021, 8:47 PM EDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2021, 9:32 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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: 935 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

709 
WUUS51 KALY 140047
SVRALY
NYC021-027-140145-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0156.210814T0047Z-210814T0145Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Dutchess County in east central New York...
  South central Columbia County in east central New York...

* Until 945 PM EDT.

* At 847 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Staatsburg,
  or near Rhinebeck, 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...
  Rhinebeck, Amenia, Pine Plains, Stanfordville, Staatsburg, Bethel,
  Milan, Smithfield, Ellerslie, Pachin Mills, Ancramdale, Norrie
  Heights, Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Lithgow, Rhinecliff, Dewitt
  Mills, Attlebury, Shunpike, Pleasant Plains and Shekomeko.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

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 4183 7395 4185 7395 4186 7394 4187 7394
      4190 7396 4192 7396 4193 7395 4196 7395
      4204 7357 4179 7355
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 261DEG 12KT 4188 7393 

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

$$

KSL

1 follow-up statement

370 
WWUS51 KALY 140132
SVSALY

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

NYC021-027-140142-
/O.CAN.KALY.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-210814T0145Z/
Dutchess NY-Columbia NY-
932 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN DUTCHESS AND SOUTH
CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for
east central New York.

LAT...LON 4183 7395 4185 7395 4186 7394 4187 7394
      4190 7396 4192 7396 4193 7395 4196 7395
      4204 7357 4179 7355
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 261DEG 12KT 4190 7373 

$$

KSL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	52 min
Aug 13, 8:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	50 min
Aug 13, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	47 min
Aug 13, 8:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	40 min
Aug 13, 8:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	40 min
Aug 13, 9:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	42 min
Aug 14, 3:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	75 min
Aug 14, 4:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	53 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.