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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Albany, NY

August 2, 2024Dutchess County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2024, 4:05 PM EDT for Dutchess County, New York. It was in force for 40 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
Aug 2, 2024, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2024, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Dutchess County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2024-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 106 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2024-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1116 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 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 Aug 2, 3:43 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:43 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 5:17 AM EDT, 10 hours 48 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albany NY
517 AM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024

CTZ001-013-MAZ025-NYZ040-041-043-049-050-052-053-059>061-064>066-083-
084-031000-
Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Southern Berkshire-
Montgomery-Northern Saratoga-Northern Washington-Eastern Schenectady-
Southern Saratoga-Eastern Albany-Western Rensselaer-Eastern Greene-
Western Columbia-Eastern Columbia-Eastern Ulster-Western Dutchess-
Eastern Dutchess-Southeast Warren-Southern Washington-
517 AM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwestern Connecticut,
western Massachusetts, east central New York and eastern New York.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Heat Advisory.

There is a chance for thunderstorms today into tonight. Some storms may produce
locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds.

There is a slight risk for excessive rainfall in the mid-Hudson
Valley today into tonight which may result in scattered instances of
flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

There is a chance for thunderstorms Saturday through Monday, mainly
during the afternoon and evening hours. Some storms may produce
locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds.

Additional heat advisories may be needed for some lower elevation
areas again on Saturday, as heat indices may approach or slightly
exceed 95 degrees.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

MAZ001-NYZ032-033-038-039-042-047-048-051-054-058-063-082-VTZ013>015-
031000-
Northern Berkshire-Northern Herkimer-Hamilton-Southern Herkimer-
Southern Fulton-Northern Warren-Schoharie-Western Schenectady-
Western Albany-Eastern Rensselaer-Western Greene-Western Ulster-
Northern Fulton-Bennington-Western Windham-Eastern Windham-
517 AM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Massachusetts, east
central New York, eastern New York and southern Vermont.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

There is a slight risk for excessive rainfall in the eastern Catskills
today into tonight which may result in scattered instances of flash
flooding. Some storms may produce locally heavy rainfall and gusty
winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

There is a chance for thunderstorms Saturday through Monday, mainly
during the afternoon and evening hours. Some storms may produce
locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:05 PM EDT, 1 hour before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster40 min
Aug 2, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess45 min
Aug 2, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess38 min
Aug 2, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster46 min
Aug 2, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess37 min
Aug 2, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton39 min
Aug 2, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYUlster49 min
Aug 2, 6:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYHamilton2 hr
Aug 2, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess56 min
Aug 2, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWindham41 min
Aug 2, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWindham42 min
Aug 2, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYBennington28 min
Aug 2, 12:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY47 min
Aug 2, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY44 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.