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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Albany, NY

October 16, 2021Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 16, 2021, 5:53 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 23 min. 5 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, 5:53 PM EDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired: Oct 16, 2021, 6:16 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Berkshire County, MA

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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, 5:53 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ene Dalton, MA	SEVERAL MULTIPLE LARGE BRANCHES DOWN ON MARCELLA WAY. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Oct 16, 5:53 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Dalton, MA	PUBLIC REPORTED SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES DOWN AND POWER FLICKERING. TIME ESTIAMTED BASED ON RADAR.
Oct 16, 5:54 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Dalton, MA	ORCHARD RD CLOSED DUE TO DOWNED TREES NEAR WAHCONAH COUNTRY CLUB. TIME ESTIAMTED FROM RADAR.
Oct 16, 5:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ene Dalton, MA	TREE AND WIRES DOWN ON CLEVELAND RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Oct 16, 6:02 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Windsor, MA	REPORT OF RT 9 CLOSED BETWEEN DALTON AND WINDSOR DUE TO MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIAMTED 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 67 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

649 
WUUS51 KALY 162153
SVRALY
MAC003-162300-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0183.211016T2153Z-211016T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albany NY
553 PM EDT Sat Oct 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Berkshire County in western Massachusetts...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 553 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cheshire, or
  near Pittsfield, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Adams and East Windsor around 605 PM EDT.
  Savoy around 610 PM EDT.
  Florida around 615 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Windsor,
Soldiers Memorial Field, Cheshire Harbor, Arnoldville, Town Crest
Village, Lakeview Terrace, Maple Grove, Eastern Summit, Berkshire and
The Boulders.

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 4255 7298 4254 7297 4245 7299 4237 7319
      4254 7331 4270 7302 4270 7295 4269 7295
      4269 7298 4267 7300 4266 7298 4266 7296
      4264 7295
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 236DEG 32KT 4250 7318 

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

$$

DBT

2 follow-up statements

487 
WWUS51 KALY 162154
SVSALY

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
554 PM EDT Sat Oct 16 2021

MAC003-162300-
/O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-211016T2300Z/
Berkshire MA-
554 PM EDT Sat Oct 16 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY...

At 554 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cheshire, or
near Pittsfield, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

This severe storm will be near...
  Adams and East Windsor around 605 PM EDT.
  Savoy around 610 PM EDT.
  Florida around 615 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Windsor,
Soldiers Memorial Field, Cheshire Harbor, Arnoldville, Town Crest
Village, Lakeview Terrace, Maple Grove, Eastern Summit, Berkshire and
The Boulders.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4255 7298 4254 7297 4245 7299 4237 7319
      4254 7331 4270 7302 4270 7295 4269 7295
      4269 7298 4267 7300 4266 7298 4266 7296
      4264 7295
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 236DEG 32KT 4251 7316 

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

$$

DBT

854 
WWUS51 KALY 162216
SVSALY

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
616 PM EDT Sat Oct 16 2021

MAC003-162225-
/O.CAN.KALY.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-211016T2300Z/
Berkshire MA-
616 PM EDT Sat Oct 16 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY
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 700 PM EDT for
western Massachusetts.

LAT...LON 4255 7298 4254 7297 4245 7299 4237 7319
      4254 7331 4270 7302 4270 7295 4269 7295
      4269 7298 4267 7300 4266 7298 4266 7296
      4264 7295
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 236DEG 32KT 4262 7294 

$$

DBT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 16, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	36 min
Oct 16, 5:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Berkshire	20 min
Oct 16, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	26 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.