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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Albany, NY

June 21, 2021Washington County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2021, 9:15 PM EDT for Washington County, New York. It was in force for 60 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: Jun 21, 2021, 9:15 PM EDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2021, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Washington County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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
Jun 21, 9:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ene Schuylerville, NY	TREE ACROSS ROADWAY (HOGSBACK RD).
Jun 21, 9:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ne Middle Falls, NY	TREE ACROSS ROADWAY (SPRAGUETOWN RD).

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
Jun 21, 1:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 53 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: 1525 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1247 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 283 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 12.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

858 
WUUS51 KALY 220115
SVRALY
NYC115-220215-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0045.210622T0115Z-210622T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albany NY
915 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Washington County in east central New York...

* Until 1015 PM EDT.

* At 914 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Hudson Falls to Country Knolls, moving east at 25
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Emergency management. A few reports of downed trees and 
           wires have been received in Saratoga County.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Hudson Falls, Salem, Fort Edward, Granville, Hartford, Cambridge,
  Greenwich, Porter, Lee, White Creek, Easton, Argyle, Cossayuna,
  Center White Creek, Dunham Basin, Smiths Basin, Center Falls, Goose
  Island, Adamsville and East Hebron.

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 4294 7328 4294 7338 4296 7341 4296 7343
      4294 7345 4294 7363 4298 7362 4301 7359
      4312 7357 4313 7359 4322 7358 4324 7360
      4326 7359 4327 7360 4330 7359 4333 7360
      4344 7325
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 250DEG 22KT 4330 7355 4293 7383 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DBT

1 follow-up statement

282 
WWUS51 KALY 220156
SVSALY

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
956 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

NYC115-220215-
/O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-210622T0215Z/
Washington NY-
956 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...

At 956 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles east of Saratoga Springs to 6 miles south of
Greenwich to 8 miles east of Mechanicville, moving northeast at 55
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Salem, Granville, Cambridge, Greenwich, Porter, Lee, White Creek,
Easton, Argyle, Cossayuna, Center White Creek, Center Falls, Goose
Island, East Hebron, South Granville, Middle Falls, Eagleville, North
Cambridge, Fitch Point and Shushan.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4294 7328 4294 7338 4296 7341 4296 7343
      4294 7345 4294 7363 4298 7362 4301 7359
      4312 7357 4313 7359 4321 7358 4344 7325
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 236DEG 46KT 4307 7363 4300 7353 4288 7353 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DBT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 8:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Warren, Washington	3 hr
Jun 21, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Greene, Schoharie	51 min
Jun 21, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Warren, Washington	43 min
Jun 21, 8:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Saratoga	41 min
Jun 21, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Greene, Ulster	53 min
Jun 21, 8:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady	62 min
Jun 21, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Schenectady, Schoharie	30 min
Jun 21, 9:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Rensselaer	26 min
Jun 21, 9:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Washington	72 min
Jun 21, 9:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga	61 min
Jun 21, 9:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster	56 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.