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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2023, 2:15 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 60 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 29, 2023, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2023, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fulton County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 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 29, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
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 29, 2:00 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 2:00 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albany NY 208 PM EDT Sat Jul 29 2023 CTZ001-013-NYZ064>066-301100- Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Eastern Ulster- Western Dutchess-Eastern Dutchess- 208 PM EDT Sat Jul 29 2023 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 568 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwestern Connecticut and east central New York. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Heat Advisory. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is requested through 9 pm this evening. MAZ001-025-NYZ040-047>049-051>054-058>061-063-VTZ013>015-301100- Northern Berkshire-Southern Berkshire-Montgomery-Schoharie- Western Schenectady-Eastern Schenectady-Western Albany- Eastern Albany-Western Rensselaer-Eastern Rensselaer-Western Greene- Eastern Greene-Western Columbia-Eastern Columbia-Western Ulster- Bennington-Western Windham-Eastern Windham- 208 PM EDT Sat Jul 29 2023 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 568 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Massachusetts, east central New York, eastern New York and southern Vermont. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation requested through 9 pm this evening. NYZ032-033-042-043-301100- Northern Herkimer-Hamilton-Northern Warren-Northern Washington- 208 PM EDT Sat Jul 29 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central New York and eastern New York. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. There is Marginal Risk of severe thunderstorms today as a cold front moves across the region. The main threat is damaging wind gusts. Localized flash flooding is also possible, especially where storms repeatedly move across the same areas. A Marginal Risk for excessive rainfall is also in effect for the area. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. NYZ038-039-041-050-082>084-301100- Southern Herkimer-Southern Fulton-Northern Saratoga- Southern Saratoga-Northern Fulton-Southeast Warren- Southern Washington- 208 PM EDT Sat Jul 29 2023 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central New York and eastern New York. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. There is Marginal Risk of severe thunderstorms today as a cold front moves across the region. The main threat is damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed.
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Local storm report, Jul 29, 1:38 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 29, 11:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 40 min |
| Jul 29, 11:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 55 min |
| Jul 29, 11:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 115 min |
| Jul 29, 12:05 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Jul 29, 12:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 38 min |
| Jul 29, 12:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Hamilton | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 44 min |
| Jul 29, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 41 min |
| Jul 29, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 50 min |
| Jul 29, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schenectady | 37 min |
| Jul 29, 2:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany | 34 min |
| Jul 29, 3:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 31 min |
| Jul 29, 4:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Rensselaer | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 47 min |
| Jul 29, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer | 37 min |
| Jul 29, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 34 min |
| Jul 29, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 31 min |
| Jul 29, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 35 min |
| Jul 29, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 34 min |
| Jul 29, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 31 min |
| Jul 29, 6:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 81 min |
| Jul 29, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Windham | 51 min |
| Jul 29, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Windham | 32 min |
| Jul 29, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Bennington | 40 min |
| Jul 29, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Windham | 31 min |
| Jul 29, 4:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Windham | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 5:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Windham | 101 min |
| Jul 29, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 33 min | |
| Jul 29, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 35 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.