Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2021, 5:34 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Columbia County, New York. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2021, 5:34 PM EDT (21:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Berkshire County, MA, Columbia County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 30, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1162 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
213
WUUS51 KALY 302134
SVRALY
MAC003-NYC021-302230-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0067.210630T2134Z-210630T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albany NY
534 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Berkshire County in western Massachusetts...
East central Columbia County in east central New York...
* Until 630 PM EDT.
* At 534 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Philmont, or
near Chatham, moving east at 30 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...
Great Barrington, Chatham, Lee, Lenox, Becket, Austerlitz, Otis,
Philmont, Housatonic, Ghent, Stockbridge, Richmond, West
Stockbridge, Monterey, Washington, Alford, Tyringham, Glendale,
North Hillsdale and Williamsville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash 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 4215 7303 4224 7369 4236 7367 4239 7301
4238 7301 4238 7307 4233 7306 4231 7303
4231 7300 4225 7300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 271DEG 26KT 4228 7360
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KSL1 follow-up statement
246
WWUS51 KALY 302159
SVSALY
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
559 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021
NYC021-302209-
/O.CAN.KALY.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-210630T2230Z/
Columbia NY-
559 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
western Massachusetts.
LAT...LON 4215 7303 4221 7345 4237 7340 4239 7301
4238 7301 4238 7307 4233 7306 4231 7303
4231 7300 4225 7300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 271DEG 26KT 4228 7336
$$
MAC003-302230-
/O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-210630T2230Z/
Berkshire MA-
559 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY...
At 559 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Housatonic, or
near Great Barrington, moving east at 30 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...
Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Becket, Otis, Housatonic, Stockbridge,
West Stockbridge, Monterey, Washington, Alford, Tyringham, Mahkeenac
Heights, North Otis, Glendale, Tanglewood, Williamsville, Lenox Dale,
East Otis and Mahkeenac Terrace.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4215 7303 4221 7345 4237 7340 4239 7301
4238 7301 4238 7307 4233 7306 4231 7303
4231 7300 4225 7300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 271DEG 26KT 4228 7336
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KSLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 31 min |
| Jun 30, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 43 min |
| Jun 30, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 40 min |
| Jun 30, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 14 min |
| Jun 30, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 21 min |
| Jun 30, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 36 min |
| Jun 30, 5:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 9:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 10:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Columbia, Greene, Ulster | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene, Ulster | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 11:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 31 min |
| Jun 30, 12:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 25 min |
| Jun 30, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 29 min |
| Jun 30, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 38 min |
| Jun 30, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer | 49 min |
| Jun 30, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren | 42 min |
| Jun 30, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schenectady | 39 min |
| Jun 30, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schoharie | 34 min |
| Jun 30, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 37 min |
| Jun 30, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington | 36 min |
| Jun 30, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Jun 30, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 30 min |
| Jun 30, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Washington | 30 min |
| Jun 30, 3:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Rensselaer | 44 min |
| Jun 30, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 29 min |
| Jun 30, 3:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Rensselaer | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schoharie | 24 min |
| Jun 30, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Schoharie | 43 min |
| Jun 30, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 44 min |
| Jun 30, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Ulster | 47 min |
| Jun 30, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 30 min |
| Jun 30, 5:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Columbia | 80 min |
| Jun 30, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 41 min |
| Jun 30, 6:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 107 min |
| Jun 30, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 67 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.