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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Albany, NY

August 19, 2024Albany County, Rensselaer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2024, 1:11 PM EDT for Albany County, Rensselaer County, New York. It was in force for 34 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 19, 2024, 1:11 PM EDT (17:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2024, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Albany County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 8 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 2024-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 59 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 2024-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
59 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 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 19, 1:01 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 1:01 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 4:09 AM EDT, 9 hours 2 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albany NY
409 AM EDT Mon Aug 19 2024

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-192100-
Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire-
Southern Berkshire-Northern Herkimer-Hamilton-Southern Herkimer-
Southern Fulton-Montgomery-Northern Saratoga-Northern Warren-
Northern Washington-Schoharie-Western Schenectady-
Eastern Schenectady-Southern Saratoga-Western Albany-Eastern Albany-
Western Rensselaer-Eastern Rensselaer-Western Greene-Eastern Greene-
Western Columbia-Eastern Columbia-Western Ulster-Eastern Ulster-
Western Dutchess-Eastern Dutchess-Northern Fulton-Southeast Warren-
Southern Washington-Bennington-Western Windham-Eastern Windham-
409 AM EDT Mon Aug 19 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop late this morning
into this afternoon. Locally heavy rainfall will be possible as
repeated heavy downpours may be lead to flooding of urban, low lying,
and poor drainage areas, especially in southern Vermont and southern
Litchfield County which was hard hit with heavy rain yesterday. Some
localized flash flooding and, in southern Litchfield County, renewed
flooding along small streams and creeks is possible. The Weather
Prediction Center has expanded its slight risk into parts of southern
Vermont into parts of Litchfield County with a marginal risk across
the rest of the region.

In addition, a few storms may severe and the Storm Prediction Center
has expanded its marginal risk for severe thunderstorms to cover
most of eastern New York into western New England. Damaging winds
gusts will be the main threat with any storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to relay severe weather and
flooding reports to the National Weather Service in Albany New York.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 8:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer50 min
Aug 18, 9:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHerkimer46 min
Aug 19, 12:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany, Saratoga, Schenectady119 min
Aug 19, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga36 min
Aug 19, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer32 min
Aug 19, 2:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany, Saratoga, Schenectady2 hr
Aug 19, 3:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYAlbany, Schenectady2 hr
Aug 19, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany31 min
Aug 19, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer34 min
Aug 19, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer44 min
Aug 19, 4:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany, Columbia, Rensselaer87 min
Aug 19, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia28 min
Aug 19, 4:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYColumbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster79 min
Aug 19, 7:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYSaratoga119 min
Aug 19, 1:09 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region7 hr
Aug 19, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY23 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.