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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Albany, NY

September 8, 20214 counties in New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2021, 7:37 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report 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, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired: Sep 8, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Greene County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 8, 7:56 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ne Nassau, NY	TREES DOWN ON CURTIS HILL ROAD IN NASSAU, NY

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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 33 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

934 
WUUS51 KALY 082337
SVRALY
NYC001-021-039-083-090030-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0164.210908T2337Z-210909T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albany NY
737 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Columbia County in east central New York...
  Southeastern Albany County in east central New York...
  Northeastern Greene County in east central New York...
  Southern Rensselaer County in east central New York...

* Until 830 PM EDT.

* At 736 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Coxsackie, or
  11 miles northwest of Hudson, moving northeast at 25 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...
  Chatham, Nassau, New Baltimore, Ravena, Stephentown, Coxsackie, New
  Lebanon, Valatie, Castleton-On-Hudson, Kinderhook, Selkirk,
  Coeymans, Cairo, Ghent, Stockport, Stuyvesant, Canaan, East Nassau,
  Brookview and Van Hoesen Station.

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.

&&

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 4235 7341 4226 7413 4249 7405 4268 7329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 242DEG 21KT 4241 7388 

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

$$

Wasula

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, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington	44 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, 7:41 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 Considerable damage threat	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.