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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Albany, NY

June 19, 2025Rensselaer County, New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2025, 4:23 PM EDT for Rensselaer County, New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont. It was in force for 52 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
Jun 19, 2025, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2025, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Rensselaer County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2025-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2025-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-197 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 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 Jun 19, 3:34 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:34 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 1:23 PM EDT, 3 hours before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
123 PM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025

NYZ064>066-191800-
Eastern Dutchess NY-Western Dutchess NY-Eastern Ulster NY-
123 PM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL ULSTER AND CENTRAL
DUTCHESS COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT...

At 122 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Hyde Park, or 7 miles northeast of New Paltz, moving northeast at 25
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size 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...
Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck, Hyde Park, Pleasant Valley, Amenia,
Highland, Pine Plains, Millbrook, Fairview, Stanfordville,
Staatsburg, Tillson, Port Ewen, Lloyd, Esopus, Rosendale, Bethel,
Milan, Smithfield, and Salt Point.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
east central New York.

&&

LAT...LON 4185 7410 4202 7374 4200 7371 4200 7366
      4180 7353 4168 7398
TIME...MOT...LOC 1722Z 244DEG 23KT 4181 7395

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

RW
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 2:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
231 PM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025

CTZ001-NYZ061-064>066-191900-
Northern Litchfield CT-Eastern Dutchess NY-Eastern Columbia NY-
Western Dutchess NY-Eastern Ulster NY-
231 PM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN LITCHFIELD...EAST
CENTRAL ULSTER...CENTRAL DUTCHESS AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTIES
THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

At 231 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Hyde Park, or 7 miles north of Poughkeepsie, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size 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...
Poughkeepsie, Hyde Park, Pleasant Valley, Amenia, Sharon, Highland,
Pine Plains, Millbrook, Millerton, Fairview, Stanfordville,
Staatsburg, Cornwall Bridge, Esopus, Bethel, Salisbury, Smithfield,
Salt Point, Pachin Mills, and Ancramdale.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
northern Connecticut...western Massachusetts...and east central New
York.

&&

LAT...LON 4185 7404 4206 7350 4205 7349 4205 7345
      4182 7332 4168 7395
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 248DEG 38KT 4180 7390

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:18 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess37 min
Jun 19, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess29 min
Jun 19, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess39 min
Jun 19, 3:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYAlbany, Rensselaer72 min
Jun 19, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer26 min
Jun 19, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBerkshire35 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.