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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Albany, NY

July 1, 20264 counties in New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2026, 3:35 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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
Jul 1, 2026, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Greene County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 2026-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 312 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 2026-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 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
312 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
891 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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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 Jul 1, 1:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 1:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 9:35 AM EDT, 6 hours before
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Local storm report, Jul 1, 12:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:46 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 3:20 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 12:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton40 min
Jul 1, 12:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton35 min
Jul 1, 12:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton50 min
Jul 1, 1:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia48 min
Jul 1, 2:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchoharie65 min
Jul 1, 2:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYColumbia51 min
Jul 1, 3:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster57 min
Jul 1, 3:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess56 min
Jul 1, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYGreene44 min
Jul 1, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYAlbany40 min
Jul 1, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYDutchess38 min
Jul 1, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton27 min
Jul 1, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess, Ulster31 min
Jul 1, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchenectady33 min
Jul 1, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Montgomery, Schenectady50 min
Jul 1, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSchenectady46 min
Jul 1, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady40 min
Jul 1, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYRensselaer48 min
Jul 1, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYSaratoga45 min
Jul 1, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Herkimer, Montgomery51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2026Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

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.