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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Albany, NY

July 6, 2021Columbia County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2021, 4:08 PM EDT for Columbia County, New York. It was in force for 24 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
Jul 6, 2021, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2021, 4:32 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Columbia County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 6, 4:08 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ese Kinderhook, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jul 6, 4:09 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Se Valatie, NYA TREE WAS DOWNED AT ROUTE 203 AND FAIRWAY DRIVE
Jul 6, 4:09 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sse Valatie, NYTREE AND WIRES DOWNED ON MCCAGG ROAD
Jul 6, 4:11 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Se Kinderhook, NYTREES AND WIRES WERE DOWNED AT ROUTE 21 AND MERWIN LAKE ROAD

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 6, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 42 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 326 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

775 
WUUS51 KALY 062008
SVRALY
NYC021-062115-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0082.210706T2008Z-210706T2115Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Columbia County in east central New York...

* Until 515 PM EDT.

* At 408 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kinderhook,
  or near Chatham, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Chatham, Valatie, Austerlitz, Kinderhook, Ghent, Stockport,
  Stuyvesant, Canaan, Stuyvesant Falls, Chatham Center,
  Columbiaville, Rossman, Red Rock, North Hillsdale, Stockport
  Station, Arnolds Mill, Harlemville, Sunnyside, Pulvers and Rock
  City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 4220 7347 4231 7378 4237 7379 4247 7376
      4248 7366 4243 7338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 285DEG 29KT 4238 7367 

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

BGM
2 follow-up statements
549 
WWUS51 KALY 062027
SVSALY

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
427 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

NYC021-062115-
/O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-210706T2115Z/
Columbia NY-
427 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY...

At 427 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Austerlitz, or
7 miles east of Chatham, moving east at 35 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Austerlitz, Canaan, Red Rock, Arnolds Mill, Old Chatham, New Concord,
Canaan Center, Moorhouse Corner, Spencertown, Flatbrook, East Chatham
and Queechy.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4227 7344 4229 7360 4233 7360 4241 7357
      4246 7356 4243 7338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 285DEG 29KT 4234 7346 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BGM
174 
WWUS51 KALY 062032
SVSALY

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
432 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

NYC021-062042-
/O.CAN.KALY.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-210706T2115Z/
Columbia NY-
432 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
western Massachusetts...and east central New York.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Albany.

LAT...LON 4227 7344 4229 7360 4233 7360 4241 7357
      4246 7356 4243 7338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 285DEG 29KT 4233 7340 

$$

BGM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 9:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer35 min
Jul 5, 10:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer39 min
Jul 5, 11:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery28 min
Jul 5, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery27 min
Jul 5, 11:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOtsego45 min
Jul 5, 11:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOtsego36 min
Jul 6, 12:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery38 min
Jul 6, 12:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie23 min
Jul 6, 1:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer33 min
Jul 6, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie52 min
Jul 6, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery52 min
Jul 6, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer44 min
Jul 6, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYOtsego40 min
Jul 6, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer26 min
Jul 6, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYMontgomery37 min
Jul 6, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie40 min
Jul 6, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer47 min
Jul 6, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie38 min
Jul 6, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster52 min
Jul 6, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie43 min
Jul 6, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany52 min
Jul 6, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene, Schoharie39 min
Jul 6, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Columbia, Rensselaer37 min
Jul 6, 3:33 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryALYColumbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster27 hr
Jul 6, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess35 min
Jul 6, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess, Ulster62 min
Jul 6, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia24 min
Jul 6, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess45 min
Jul 6, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYPutnam39 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.