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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Albany, NY

July 7, 20214 counties in New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2021, 2:58 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 32 min. 5 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 7, 2021, 2:58 PM EDT (18:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Greene County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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 7, 3:04 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wnw Stuyvesant, NYSEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES DOWN BETWEEN NEW BALTIMORE AND COXSACKIE
Jul 7, 3:11 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGStuyvesant, NYSEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN THE STUYVESANT AREA
Jul 7, 3:12 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ese Coxsackie, NYTREES DOWN ON WIRES AT ROUTE 9J AND COUNTY ROUTE 46
Jul 7, 3:17 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 N Stottville, NYROUTE 9J CLOSED BETWEEN DAY ROAD AND ROUTE 26A NEAR STOCKPORT DUE TO DOWNED TREES
Jul 7, 3:17 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 N Stottville, NYROUTE 9J IMPASSIBLE NEAR STOCKPORT DUE TO DOWNED TREES

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 7, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 2021-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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 2021-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
923 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

008 
WUUS51 KALY 071858
SVRALY
NYC001-021-039-083-071930-
/O.NEW.KALY.SV.W.0087.210707T1858Z-210707T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albany NY
258 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Columbia County in east central New York...
  Southeastern Albany County in east central New York...
  Northeastern Greene County in east central New York...
  Southwestern Rensselaer County in east central New York...

* Until 330 PM EDT.

* At 257 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over New
  Baltimore, or 9 miles west of Nassau, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Chatham, Nassau, New Baltimore, Ravena, Coxsackie, New Lebanon,
  Valatie, Austerlitz, Castleton-On-Hudson, Kinderhook, Selkirk,
  Coeymans, Ghent, Stuyvesant, Canaan, East Nassau, Brookview, Van
  Hoesen Station, Jacks Corners and Beckers Corners.

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 4236 7393 4258 7385 4251 7336 4224 7346
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 283DEG 33KT 4246 7379 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

NAS
1 follow-up statement
004 
WWUS51 KALY 071916
SVSALY

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
316 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

NYC001-071926-
/O.CAN.KALY.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-210707T1930Z/
Albany NY-
316 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALBANY 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 1100 PM EDT for
east central New York.

LAT...LON 4224 7346 4235 7388 4246 7379 4247 7378
      4247 7379 4256 7371 4251 7336
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 283DEG 33KT 4242 7356 

$$

NYC021-039-083-071930-
/O.CON.KALY.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-210707T1930Z/
Columbia NY-Greene NY-Rensselaer NY-
316 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIA...NORTHEASTERN GREENE AND SOUTHWESTERN
RENSSELAER COUNTIES...

At 316 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Chatham, moving
east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Chatham, Nassau, New Baltimore, Coxsackie, New Lebanon, Valatie,
Austerlitz, Kinderhook, Ghent, Stuyvesant, Canaan, East Nassau,
Brookview, Van Hoesen Station, Jacks Corners, Rossman, Rayville,
Otter Hook, Riders Mills and Climax.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4224 7346 4235 7388 4246 7379 4247 7378
      4247 7379 4256 7371 4251 7336
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 283DEG 33KT 4242 7356 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

NAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie53 min
Jul 7, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany31 min
Jul 7, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Greene, Schoharie35 min
Jul 7, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYGreene23 min
Jul 7, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia37 min
Jul 7, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer31 min
Jul 7, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Greene31 min
Jul 7, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYGreene29 min
Jul 7, 4:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYColumbia119 min
Jul 7, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia34 min
Jul 7, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess31 min
Jul 7, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia16 min
Jul 7, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYGreene27 min
Jul 7, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia26 min
Jul 7, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess49 min
Jul 7, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchoharie48 min
Jul 7, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany27 min
Jul 7, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer39 min
Jul 7, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie30 min
Jul 7, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Schoharie54 min
Jul 7, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Schoharie70 min
Jul 7, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer59 min
Jul 7, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer27 min
Jul 7, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany24 min
Jul 7, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster38 min
Jul 7, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia41 min
Jul 7, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess46 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.