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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Albany, NY

September 8, 2021Columbia County, Greene County, Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2021, 8:18 PM EDT for Columbia County, Greene County, Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 42 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, 8:18 PM EDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired: Sep 8, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Columbia County, NY, Greene County, NY, Ulster County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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, 8:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ene Palenville, NY	DOWNED TREE NEAR RAMSEY SCHOOL ROAD AND ROUTE 23A

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
Sep 8, 7:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 58 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: 769 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1050 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

661 
WUUS51 KALY 090018
SVRALY
NYC021-039-111-090100-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0167.210909T0018Z-210909T0100Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Ulster County in east central New York...
  West central Columbia County in east central New York...
  Southeastern Greene County in east central New York...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 817 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near North-South
  Lake Campground, or 7 miles north of Saugerties, moving east at 30
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Hudson, Catskill, Claverack, Livingston, Athens, Philmont, Lorenz
  Park, Claverack-Red Mills, North-South Lake Campground, Ghent,
  Veteran, Stockport, Germantown, Taghkanic, Centerville,
  Tannersville, Quarryville, Burden Dock, Manorville and Katsbaan.

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 4205 7419 4227 7413 4234 7358 4214 7360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 259DEG 25KT 4217 7400 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Rathbun

1 follow-up statement

058 
WWUS51 KALY 090058
SVSALY

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
858 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

NYC021-039-111-090108-
/O.EXP.KALY.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-210909T0100Z/
Ulster NY-Columbia NY-Greene NY-
858 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ULSTER...WEST
CENTRAL COLUMBIA AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900
PM EDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire. However gusty 
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

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

LAT...LON 4205 7419 4227 7413 4234 7358 4214 7360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 259DEG 25KT 4222 7364 

$$

Rathbun

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 8, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	45 min
Sep 8, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer	59 min
Sep 8, 8:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	37 min
Sep 8, 8:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Greene, Ulster	3 hr
Sep 8, 8:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Greene, Ulster	3 hr
Sep 8, 8:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer	2 hr
Sep 8, 8:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	48 min
Sep 8, 9:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess	115 min
Sep 8, 9:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Rensselaer	21 min
Sep 8, 9:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia	112 min
Sep 8, 9:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	31 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.