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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Albany, NY

July 1, 2026Columbia County, Rensselaer County, New York; Bennington County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2026, 10:14 PM EDT for Columbia County, Rensselaer County, New York; Bennington County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 61 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, 10:14 PM EDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2026, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Columbia County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Bennington County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 1, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 40 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1271 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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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, 7:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 7:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 8:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 8:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albany NY
816 PM EDT Wed Jul 1 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0746 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 SSW Frankfort         43.00N 75.09W
07/01/2026                   Herkimer           NY   Law Enforcement

            Report of tree down on Joslin Hill Rd in
            Frankfort, NY.

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 9:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 10:00 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 10:01 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 8:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie	47 min
Jul 1, 8:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer	2 hr
Jul 1, 8:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton, Saratoga	51 min
Jul 1, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	61 min
Jul 1, 9:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Albany, Schenectady, Schoharie	41 min
Jul 1, 9:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady	48 min
Jul 1, 9:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer	38 min
Jul 1, 10:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	44 min
Jul 1, 10:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia, Greene	64 min
Jul 1, 10:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Warren, Washington	42 min
Jul 1, 11:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	21 min
Jul 2, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton	27 min
Jul 2, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Albany	23 min
Jul 2, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Herkimer	29 min
Jul 2, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Greene	34 min
Jul 1, 10:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Bennington, Windham	61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2026 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Vermont, 2026 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2026 Every 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.