Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2021, 7:16 PM EDT for Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, Washington County, New York. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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
- Sep 8, 2021, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 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, Washington County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 7:34 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw North Easton, NY | TREE DOWN ON ROAD, ROUTE 113. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Sep 8, 7:41 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Middle Falls, NY | WIRES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 1380 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
844 WUUS51 KALY 082316 SVRALY NYC083-091-115-090000- /O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0161.210908T2316Z-210909T0000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Albany NY 716 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021 The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Saratoga County in east central New York... Southern Washington County in east central New York... Northern Rensselaer County in east central New York... * Until 800 PM EDT. * At 716 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mechanicville, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Mechanicville, Hoosick Falls, Cambridge, Greenwich, Malta, Hoosick, Lee, Easton, Stillwater, Schaghticoke, Valley Falls, Schaghticoke Hill, Center White Creek, Hoosick Junction, Center Falls, Johnsonville, Willow Glen, Coons, Wayville and Eagleville. 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 4283 7377 4301 7380 4316 7332 4286 7328 TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 255DEG 22KT 4292 7371 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Rathbun
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Sep 8, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 29 min |
| Sep 8, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren | 34 min |
| Sep 8, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 42 min |
| Sep 8, 6:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Warren | 87 min |
| Sep 8, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Greene | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Washington | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 39 min |
| Sep 8, 7:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Washington | 112 min |
| Sep 8, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga | 34 min |
| Sep 8, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 49 min |
| Sep 8, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 55 min |
| Sep 8, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 56 min |
| Sep 8, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer | 53 min |
| Sep 8, 7:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady | 101 min |
| Sep 8, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Ulster | 30 min |
| Sep 8, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga | 54 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.