Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 335
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 6, 2021, 1:13 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2021, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 55 kt
All 56 counties
Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Berkshire County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Albany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Greene County, NY, Madison County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Pike County, PA, Potter County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 10%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 70%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 20%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
49 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Cortland, Onondaga, Tompkins | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Madison, Onondaga | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Tioga | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Onondaga, Tompkins | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Delaware, Otsego, Sullivan | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Oneida | 21 min |
| Jul 6, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 21 min |
| Jul 6, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chemung, Tioga, Tompkins | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung, Tioga | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Delaware | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 52 min |
| Jul 6, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Tioga | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Madison, Oneida, Otsego | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware, Sullivan | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene, Schoharie | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Tioga | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 63 min |
| Jul 6, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Sullivan | 23 min |
| Jul 6, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Rensselaer | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Sullivan | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Sullivan | 63 min |
| Jul 6, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 55 min |
| Jul 6, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware, Sullivan | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, Worcester | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 31 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
546 WWUS20 KWNS 061710 SEL5 SPC WW 061710 CTZ000-MAZ000-NHZ000-NYZ000-PAZ000-RIZ000-VTZ000-CWZ000-070000- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 335 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 115 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Connecticut Massachusetts Southern New Hampshire Southern New York Northern Pennsylvania Rhode Island Southern Vermont Coastal Waters * Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 115 PM until 800 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph likely Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible SUMMARY...Clusters of storms will continue to develop and intensify and generally move east-southeastward across the region through late afternoon and early evening. Although some hail is possible, damaging thunderstorm winds will be the most common hazard. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles west of Elmira NY to 25 miles southeast of Boston MA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 31025. ...Guyer
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 12:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr | |
| Jul 6, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 8 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min | |
| Jul 5, 9:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Monroe, Oneida, Onondaga and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Queens and 3 more | 95 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.