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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Albany, NY

July 13, 2023Hamilton County, Warren County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2023, 4:24 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Warren County, New York. It was in force for 21 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2023, 4:24 PM EDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2023, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, NY, Warren County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 13, 12:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 316 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: 52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 13, 4:19 PM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 4:19 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 1:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:58 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 4:05 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:15 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren	32 min
Jul 13, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	37 min
Jul 13, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	58 min
Jul 13, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	53 min
Jul 13, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Warren, Washington	48 min
Jul 13, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton	47 min
Jul 13, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Dutchess	30 min
Jul 13, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer	60 min
Jul 13, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer, Montgomery	41 min
Jul 13, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Warren	34 min
Jul 13, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	25 min
Jul 13, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Schenectady	34 min
Jul 13, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie	42 min
Jul 13, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia	48 min
Jul 13, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schoharie, Warren	60 min
Jul 13, 5:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie	25 min
Jul 13, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer	62 min
Jul 13, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Warren, Washington	42 min
Jul 13, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Schoharie	23 min
Jul 13, 5:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Warren	2 hr
Jul 13, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Warren, Washington	28 min
Jul 13, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ALY	Warren, Washington	40 min
Jul 13, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	49 min
Jul 13, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie	46 min
Jul 13, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Ulster	36 min
Jul 13, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer	44 min
Jul 13, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Warren, Washington	26 min
Jul 13, 6:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Warren, Washington	2 hr
Jul 13, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ALY	Saratoga, Warren, Washington	17 min
Jul 13, 6:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Columbia	15 min
Jul 13, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ALY	Albany, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie and 1 more	66 min
Jul 13, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	41 min
Jul 13, 7:07 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Columbia, Greene	3 hr
Jul 13, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Greene, Ulster	49 min
Jul 13, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ALY	Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington	42 min
Jul 13, 7:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Columbia, Greene	38 min
Jul 13, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Greene, Ulster	47 min
Jul 13, 7:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess	66 min
Jul 13, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Rensselaer	32 min
Jul 13, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Bennington, Windham	61 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.