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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Albany, NY

July 15, 2026Warren County, Washington County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2026, 2:41 AM EDT for Warren County, Washington County, New York. It was in force for 47 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 15, 2026, 2:41 AM EDT (06:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2026, 3:28 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:41 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
Jul 15, 1:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 00:00Z on 2026-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 957 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 00:00Z on 2026-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 260 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
957 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-316 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2034 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 1:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Warren33 min
Jul 15, 1:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYHamilton39 min
Jul 15, 3:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren45 min
Jul 15, 3:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALYWarren31 min
Jul 15, 4:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBennington, Windham40 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.