Alert archive / Vermont / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 4:57 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont. It was in force for 48 min. 4 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
- May 26, 2021, 4:57 PM EDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Berkshire County, MA, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nnw Athens, VT | LARGE TREE DOWN |
| May 26, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Savoy, MA | LARGE TREE DOWN. |
| May 26, 5:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Athens, VT | TREE DOWN ON HERRING HILL RD |
| May 26, 5:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brattleboro, VT | TREE DOWN NEAR EXIT 2 NORTHBOUND ON I-91 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
439
WUUS51 KALY 262057
SVRALY
MAC003-VTC003-025-262145-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0008.210526T2057Z-210526T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albany NY
457 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Berkshire County in western Massachusetts...
Eastern Bennington County in southern Vermont...
Windham County in southern Vermont...
* Until 545 PM EDT.
* At 457 PM EDT, a line of showers and thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from Weston to near Wilmington to Adams,
moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
North Adams, Brattleboro, Bellows Falls, Londonderry, Townshend,
Stratton, Adams, Williamstown, Cheshire, Putney, Vernon,
Wilmington, Stamford, Readsboro, Florida, Hancock, Savoy, Saxtons
River, New Ashford and Newfane.
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 4305 7247 4300 7244 4295 7253 4288 7255
4277 7252 4273 7246 4274 7302 4270 7302
4270 7295 4267 7300 4264 7295 4250 7298
4250 7336 4291 7301 4330 7293 4330 7282
4325 7282 4322 7269 4323 7243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 270DEG 39KT 4330 7283 4293 7287 4262 7314
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Rathbun/Wasula1 follow-up statement
602
WWUS51 KALY 262125
SVSALY
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
525 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
MAC003-VTC003-262134-
/O.CAN.KALY.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210526T2145Z/
Berkshire MA-Bennington VT-
525 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BERKSHIRE AND
EASTERN BENNINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
southern Vermont.
LAT...LON 4295 7253 4288 7255 4281 7254 4277 7252
4273 7246 4274 7286 4295 7276 4308 7273
4322 7273 4322 7269 4323 7244 4305 7247
4300 7244
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 272DEG 36KT 4329 7248 4292 7252 4262 7279
$$
VTC025-262145-
/O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210526T2145Z/
Windham VT-
525 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN WINDHAM COUNTY...
At 524 PM EDT, a line of showers and thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from Springfield to near Putney to Buckland,
moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Brattleboro, Townshend, Putney, Vernon, Saxtons River, Newfane,
Guilford Center, Windham, Rockingham, Guilford, Marlboro, Halifax,
Grafton, Brookline, Athens, North Westminster, Jacksonville, East
Putney, Brockways Mills and South Windham.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4295 7253 4288 7255 4281 7254 4277 7252
4273 7246 4274 7286 4295 7276 4308 7273
4322 7273 4322 7269 4323 7244 4305 7247
4300 7244
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 272DEG 36KT 4329 7248 4292 7252 4262 7279
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Rathbun/WasulaThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 37 min |
| May 26, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 32 min |
| May 26, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 25 min |
| May 26, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 66 min |
Nearby
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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.