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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2025, 5:51 PM EDT for Columbia County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 39 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
- May 17, 2025, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2025, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Berkshire County, MA, Columbia County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 17, 3:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 3:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 17, 5:24 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, May 17, 5:28 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albany NY
528 PM EDT Sat May 17 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 E Ilion 43.01N 75.03W
05/17/2025 Herkimer NY Trained Spotter
Multiple trees down on wires in Ilion on
Maple Place due to an outflow boundary.
&&
TAWLocal storm report, May 17, 5:29 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albany NY
529 PM EDT Sat May 17 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 NE Middle Falls 43.11N 73.52W
05/17/2025 Washington NY 911 Call Center
Report of tree down north of Greenwich on
Rte. 40.
&&
PSLocal storm report, May 17, 5:32 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albany NY
532 PM EDT Sat May 17 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 WSW Greenwich 43.07N 73.53W
05/17/2025 Washington NY 911 Call Center
Report of trees and wires down along Rte. 40
south of Greenwich.
&&
PSSpecial weather statement, May 17, 5:47 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
547 PM EDT Sat May 17 2025
MAZ001-NYZ041-049-050-052>054-084-VTZ013-172230-
Northern Berkshire MA-Eastern Albany NY-Western Rensselaer NY-
Eastern Schenectady NY-Eastern Rensselaer NY-Southern Washington NY-
Southern Saratoga NY-Northern Saratoga NY-Bennington VT-
547 PM EDT Sat May 17 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL BERKSHIRE...EAST
CENTRAL SCHENECTADY...NORTHEASTERN ALBANY...SOUTHEASTERN SARATOGA...
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON...RENSSELAER AND SOUTHWESTERN BENNINGTON COUNTIES
THROUGH 630 PM EDT...
At 547 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Greenwich to Latham. Movement was east at
35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Deans Corners, Shakers, Bleecker Stadium, Chiselville, Grangerville,
North Hancock, Cheshire Harbor, Northumberland, Cambridge, South
Shaftsbury, Wayville, Middle Falls, Loudonville, Halls Corner, Best,
East Kansas, Arlington, Albany, Clifton Park Center, and Cohoes.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 90 between exits 9 and 24.
Interstate 87 between exits 23 and 7, and between exits 8A and 16.
Interstate 787 between exits 1 and 9.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
east central New York...and southern Vermont.
&&
LAT...LON 4310 7308 4255 7313 4264 7391 4319 7379
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 265DEG 29KT 4314 7353 4275 7378
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
MEMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 45 min |
| May 17, 8:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 28 min |
| May 17, 8:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 46 min |
| May 17, 8:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 43 min |
| May 17, 8:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 35 min |
| May 17, 9:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 32 min |
| May 17, 9:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 36 min |
| May 17, 11:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 28 min |
| May 17, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 48 min |
| May 17, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 45 min |
| May 17, 12:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schenectady | 52 min |
| May 17, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington | 63 min |
| May 17, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Hamilton | 48 min |
| May 17, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 46 min |
| May 17, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 25 min |
| May 17, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga | 32 min |
| May 17, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Warren | 56 min |
| May 17, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Washington | 33 min |
| May 17, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 31 min |
| May 17, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 27 min |
| May 17, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 42 min |
| May 17, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 35 min |
| May 17, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 37 min |
| May 17, 3:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Warren | 3 hr |
| May 17, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 34 min |
| May 17, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 58 min |
| May 17, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga | 41 min |
| May 17, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 51 min |
| May 17, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer | 50 min |
| May 17, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 30 min |
| May 17, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 63 min |
| May 17, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton | 52 min |
| May 17, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Montgomery | 48 min |
| May 17, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Schenectady, Schoharie | 39 min |
| May 17, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga | 36 min |
| May 17, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 64 min |
| May 17, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Columbia | 48 min |
| May 17, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Rensselaer | 43 min |
| May 17, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington | 68 min |
| May 17, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Ulster | 44 min |
| May 17, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Dutchess | 46 min |
| May 17, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Bennington, Windham | 48 min |
| May 17, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Windham | 39 min |
| May 17, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 44 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.