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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Albany, NY

July 6, 2021Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2021, 2:38 PM EDT for Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 52 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: Jul 6, 2021, 2:38 PM EDT (18:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Ulster County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 6, 1:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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: 326 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

876 
WUUS51 KALY 061838
SVRALY
NYC111-061930-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0076.210706T1838Z-210706T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albany NY
238 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Ulster County in east central New York...

* Until 330 PM EDT.

* At 238 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near
  Margaretville, or 18 miles southeast of Delhi, moving east at 25
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Woodstock, Woodland Valley Campground, West Shokan, Kenneth L
  Wilson Campground, Mount Tremper, Olivebridge, Phoenicia, West
  Hurley, Denning, Ashokan, Mapledale, Samsonville, Glenford,
  Palentown, Big Indian, Sundown, Oliverea, Pacama, Brodhead and
  Liebhardt.

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.

Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
this storm passes. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now!

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 4212 7455 4209 7409 4183 7419 4189 7448
      4202 7478
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 279DEG 23KT 4207 7469 

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

KSL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 9:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	35 min
Jul 5, 10:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	39 min
Jul 5, 11:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery	28 min
Jul 5, 11:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery	27 min
Jul 5, 11:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Otsego	45 min
Jul 5, 11:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Otsego	36 min
Jul 6, 12:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery	38 min
Jul 6, 12:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	23 min
Jul 6, 1:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	33 min
Jul 6, 1:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	52 min
Jul 6, 1:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery	52 min
Jul 6, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	44 min
Jul 6, 1:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Otsego	40 min
Jul 6, 1:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer	26 min
Jul 6, 1:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Montgomery	37 min
Jul 6, 2:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	40 min
Jul 6, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Rensselaer	47 min
Jul 6, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie	38 min
Jul 6, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schoharie	43 min
Jul 6, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Albany	52 min
Jul 6, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Greene, Schoharie	39 min
Jul 6, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Rensselaer	37 min
Jul 6, 3:33 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster	27 hr
Jul 6, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	35 min
Jul 6, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	62 min
Jul 6, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	24 min
Jul 6, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	24 min
Jul 6, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess	45 min
Jul 6, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Putnam	39 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.