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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Albany, NY

June 29, 2021Albany County, Schenectady County, Schoharie County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2021, 6:53 PM EDT for Albany County, Schenectady County, Schoharie County, New York. It was in force for 52 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: Jun 29, 2021, 6:53 PM EDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Albany County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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 29, 6:53 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Schoharie, NY	REPORT OF TREES DOWN

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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 5 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: 333 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1057 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

692 
WUUS51 KALY 292253
SVRALY
NYC001-093-095-292345-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0053.210629T2253Z-210629T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albany NY
653 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Schenectady County in east central New York...
  Albany County in east central New York...
  Northeastern Schoharie County in east central New York...

* Until 745 PM EDT.

* At 653 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Schoharie, or
  11 miles east of Cobleskill, moving east at 35 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...
  Albany, Cohoes, Watervliet, Colonie, Latham, Delmar, Guilderland,
  Menands, Westerlo, Berne, Voorheesville, Green Island, Altamont,
  Middleburgh, Schoharie, Delanson, Loudonville, Feura Bush, Central
  Bridge and Selkirk.

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 4275 7438 4277 7368 4276 7368 4273 7369
      4272 7370 4270 7370 4265 7375 4262 7376
      4256 7375 4253 7376 4249 7378 4254 7438
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 269DEG 30KT 4266 7426 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JPV

1 follow-up statement

629 
WWUS51 KALY 292313
SVSALY

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
713 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

NYC093-095-292322-
/O.CAN.KALY.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-210629T2345Z/
Schenectady NY-Schoharie NY-
713 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SCHENECTADY AND
NORTHEASTERN SCHOHARIE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4265 7417 4273 7416 4277 7368 4270 7370
      4265 7375 4261 7376 4256 7375 4249 7378
      4253 7421 4256 7423
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 286DEG 27KT 4260 7408 

$$

NYC001-292345-
/O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-210629T2345Z/
Albany NY-
713 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR ALBANY COUNTY...

At 712 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Berne, or 12
miles west of Delmar, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Albany, Cohoes, Watervliet, Colonie, Latham, Delmar, Guilderland,
Menands, Westerlo, Berne, Voorheesville, Green Island, Altamont,
Loudonville, Feura Bush, Selkirk, New Scotland, Knox, Clarksville and
Shakers.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4265 7417 4273 7416 4277 7368 4270 7370
      4265 7375 4261 7376 4256 7375 4249 7378
      4253 7421 4256 7423
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 286DEG 27KT 4260 7408 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JPV

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	36 min
Jun 29, 1:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	31 min
Jun 29, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery	29 min
Jun 29, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	22 min
Jun 29, 2:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess	64 min
Jun 29, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	32 min
Jun 29, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	30 min
Jun 29, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	23 min
Jun 29, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Washington	29 min
Jun 29, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schenectady	27 min
Jun 29, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Washington	31 min
Jun 29, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Washington	13 min
Jun 29, 3:52 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga and 4 more	27 hr
Jun 29, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	40 min
Jun 29, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Rensselaer	63 min
Jun 29, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Otsego	26 min
Jun 29, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	28 min
Jun 29, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	38 min
Jun 29, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Rensselaer	60 min
Jun 29, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Otsego	25 min
Jun 29, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery	46 min
Jun 29, 5:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia	119 min
Jun 29, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie	63 min
Jun 29, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery	45 min
Jun 29, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	43 min
Jun 29, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schenectady	31 min
Jun 29, 7:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Albany	37 min
Jun 29, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer	60 min
Jun 29, 7:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	28 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.