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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Albany, NY

May 31, 1986Columbia County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1986, 10:00 PM EDT for Columbia County, New York. It was in force for 75 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 1986, 10:00 PM EDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 1986, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 75 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Whole counties

County Columbia County, NY

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 31, 10:37 PM EDT	Hail 1	Columbia, NY

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 8:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 31, 8:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 9:56 PM EDT, 4 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
May 31, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess	61 min
May 31, 9:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	54 min
Jun 1, 1:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer	44 min
Jun 1, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer	60 min
Jun 1, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery	35 min
Jun 1, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Schenectady	49 min
Jun 1, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga	33 min
Jun 1, 7:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Rensselaer	57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1986 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.