Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 16, 2021, 3:41 PM EDT for Greene County, Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 64 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
- Oct 16, 2021, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 16, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Greene County, NY, Ulster County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 3:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Boiceville, NY | LOW HANGING TREE ON WIRES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Oct 16, 3:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Olive, NY | TREE AND WIRES DOWN AT RT 28A AND BRODHEAD RD. TIME STIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Oct 16, 3:57 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Kerhonkson, NY | TREE AND WIRES DOWN WITH TRANSFORMER FIRE ON FOORDMORE RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 12:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 735 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
288
WUUS51 KALY 161941
SVRALY
NYC039-111-162045-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0182.211016T1941Z-211016T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albany NY
341 PM EDT Sat Oct 16 2021
The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Ulster County in east central New York...
Greene County in east central New York...
* Until 445 PM EDT.
* At 340 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Fleischmanns to 7 miles northeast of
Grahamsville to near Phillipsport, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Kingston, Ellenville, Catskill, Saugerties, Hunter, Hurley,
Woodstock, New Baltimore, Coxsackie, Athens, Kerhonkson, West
Hurley, Napanoch, Saugerties South, North-South Lake Campground,
Woodland Valley Campground, West Shokan, Kenneth L Wilson
Campground, Lake Katrine and Phoenicia.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
poor drainage 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 4165 7440 4172 7454 4179 7453 4187 7445
4190 7451 4214 7444 4243 7410 4246 7378
4227 7379 4223 7385 4220 7385 4217 7389
4211 7392 4196 7395
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 223DEG 48KT 4220 7446 4193 7446 4166 7449
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
WASULA2 follow-up statements
701
WWUS51 KALY 162011
SVSALY
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
411 PM EDT Sat Oct 16 2021
NYC039-111-162045-
/O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-211016T2045Z/
Ulster NY-Greene NY-
411 PM EDT Sat Oct 16 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN ULSTER AND EASTERN GREENE COUNTIES...
At 410 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles northeast of North-South Lake Campground to
near Woodstock to near High Falls, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Kingston, Ellenville, Catskill, Saugerties, Hunter, Hurley,
Woodstock, Coxsackie, Athens, Kerhonkson, West Hurley, Napanoch,
Saugerties South, North-South Lake Campground, West Shokan, Kenneth L
Wilson Campground, Lake Katrine, Phoenicia, Mount Tremper and
Lanesville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
poor drainage and street flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through
flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4165 7440 4206 7433 4242 7411 4240 7378
4227 7379 4223 7385 4220 7385 4217 7389
4211 7392 4196 7395
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 270DEG 41KT 4229 7399 4204 7404 4177 7416
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
WASULA144
WWUS51 KALY 162047
SVSALY
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
447 PM EDT Sat Oct 16 2021
NYC039-111-162057-
/O.EXP.KALY.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-211016T2045Z/
Ulster NY-Greene NY-
447 PM EDT Sat Oct 16 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ULSTER AND EASTERN
GREENE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for
east central New York.
LAT...LON 4165 7440 4206 7433 4242 7411 4240 7378
4227 7379 4223 7385 4220 7385 4217 7389
4211 7392 4196 7395
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 223DEG 48KT 4262 7357 4237 7363 4210 7375
$$
WASULAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schoharie | 36 min |
| Oct 15, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 29 min |
| Oct 16, 12:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 45 min |
| Oct 16, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 44 min |
| Oct 16, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 50 min |
| Oct 16, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer | 52 min |
| Oct 16, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Warren | 42 min |
| Oct 16, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery, Schoharie | 33 min |
| Oct 16, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Washington | 57 min |
| Oct 16, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie | 45 min |
| Oct 16, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Greene | 30 min |
| Oct 16, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schenectady | 37 min |
| Oct 16, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Ulster | 29 min |
| Oct 16, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany | 37 min |
| Oct 16, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany | 49 min |
| Oct 16, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 55 min |
| Oct 16, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 42 min |
| Oct 16, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 32 min |
| Oct 16, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 33 min |
| Oct 16, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 40 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.