Severe Storm Squall, High Winds in Albany NY. May 23, 2019.

On May 23, 2019 a cold front associated with an area of low pressure in Quebec Canada, sank down into Upstate New York. Mild instability with high westerly mid level winds resulted in a rather low topped, but intense thunderstorm squall line. Winds likely gusted to near 50 mph as the storm downdraft moved through from the west. Also of note was rather impressive southerly warm inflow being ingested by the storms prior to their passage at the beginning of the video. It was quite fascinating to see the wind shift from southerly to westerly within 30 seconds as the squall line passed over.

[@robertaprince180]

Love the rain pouring down in the street lights.

[@storm12weather]

Thanks! For nighttime chases, I usually try to seek out an area with really good lighting. I was happy with my choice here. Filming toward street lights is an excellent way to video wind driven rain.

[@megakhanimran]

Same Here As Well !!!!!

[@sharppointy1]

I grew up in Schenectady. Your good video rimended me so much of the intense storms we had when I was a kid. Loved thunderstorms until our house got hit. We were very lucky, there was no fire. I was a little wary of storms for a while after that. Thanks for sharing this.

[@storm12weather]

Thankyou. Glad you enjoyed it, and I'm glad that lightning strike didn't damage your house. I've had a few close calls myself!

[@Ablackring]

nice to see a beautiful clear video with no unnecessary chatter. thank you.

[@kingcheese1065]

Woah it kinda looks like a tropical storm

[@storm12weather]

Definitely possible that there were a few TS force gusts in this squall.

[@stronkgod6180]

3:23 The people in that city: YAY THE MORNING The storm: NOPE NOT MORNING WHAT ARE U TALKING ABT?

[@Nieosl]

We just had a 15 minute squall in slovenia, we dont even live there, we're on vacation. We heard that bled is flooded and generally a lot of damages have been caused

[@MissStabby]

On Wednesday 28th July 2021 we had 4 Squalls with hail and a month and a half of rain in Bendigo Australia

[@brasilinobatistafilho9594]

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[@nikkojacinto5643]

Looks like Robinson Pittsburgh PA getting hit by a storm.

[@severestormhungary4641]

Brutal Storm⚡️⚡️Super video😃👍

[@storm12weather]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@severestormhungary4641]

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[@storm12weather]

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[@severestormhungary4641]

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[@NikoStorm]

Wow! Nice video!! 👍

[@storm12weather]

Thankyou my friend!

[@storm12weather]

I just uploaded a new vid of a downburst in a supercell in New Jersey. It's more intense than this. Let me know what you think!

[@HSR_Weathering_158.3]

I like the 0:16 part the most and it's the most surprising O.o

[@tristanberecz8024]

the rain was heavy

[@tristanberecz8024]

inch of rain in 20 mins

[@jamiesaviation7390]

How long did the storm last?

[@storm12weather]

They were organized into a bit of a squall line so not too long. The high winds only lasted about 3 minutes. It rained heavily for about 15 minutes and tapered off during the next 15 minutes after that.

[@hurricanemegan8092]

Wow!

[@stevenrico3190]

Was there any hail in those storms?

[@storm12weather]

I didn't see any hail in this area. It's possible some of them produced small hail but for the most part these storms were exclusively wind producers.

[@enzometeo5124]

Magnifique !!!

[@storm12weather]

Thankyou! I found a good area to film this one. Worked out perfectly!

[@enzometeo5124]

Brett.storm12weather i saw that. Where Was it in your country ?

[@storm12weather]

@@enzometeo5124 This was near the City of Albany. It's a city near the center of New York state.

[@enzometeo5124]

@@storm12weather Okay . Good day to you, see you soon for one of your next video.

[@storm12weather]

@@enzometeo5124 Thanks for the support!

[@margaridafontes1512]

Linda.🙏🙏🙏

[@anthonyanderson2880]

Looks like a normal thunderstorm to me. Were the high winds somewhere else?

[@storm12weather]

This was a squall line that was severe warned at the time. As far as winds at the location I filmed, I'd estimate they gusted to around 40 mph. For a NY storm it was a pretty good intensity. I suppose it comes down to what you consider "high winds". I used that label in this video because, despite the severe warning, I didn't observe severe criteria (58 mph winds or greater) but I felt it was intense enough to include that in the title. There were also several wind damage reports (downed trees) across the area. I do have other videos where I actually observed severe level winds though.

[@Carbivore67]

Is that Wolf Road?

[@storm12weather]

Van Rensselaer shopping center. Where west sand lake road and north greenbush road intersect. It's actually just across the river from Albany in Rensselaer county. About 2 miles east of the city.

[@Carbivore67]

Okay, did you get footage of the storm in Albany, New Scotland area, many trees down, just a month ago?

[@ViktorGonzalez-jw7ij]

Is close

[@mattjenssen7518]

Quasi linear or bow echo?

[@storm12weather]

This was a small QLCS, but it had several bowing segments.

[@mattjenssen7518]

@@storm12weather does qlcs mean bow echo? Mini bows are called lewp( seriel bow echo)

[@storm12weather]

@@mattjenssen7518 qlcs stands for Quasi Linear Convective System. Basically an organized squall line of thunderstorms. A "bow echo" is just a term used to identify sections of a squall line on radar that advance faster than the rest of the line. Areas of a qlcs or squall line that "bow" out tend to hint at stronger downdrafts in that area forcing the convection to grow forward more rapidly. Thus the strongest winds tend to be located along those bowed out segments.

[@mattjenssen7518]

@@storm12weather how strong arecwinds usually in the bows?

[@storm12weather]

@@mattjenssen7518 That can vary drastically. The wind speed a storm can produce is dependent on several variables. The strength of the downdraft and how heavy the precip is, the mid level wind fields the storm is interacting with, the amount of instability available, etc. In this case the winds were probably gusting between 40 and 50 mph in my footage. But its hard to estimate wind speeds just by looking at them.

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