Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1986, 7:10 PM EDT for Saratoga County, New York. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 1, 1986, 7:10 PM EDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1986, 7:43 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saratoga 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:28 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Saratoga, 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 nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 46 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 310 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1986 VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BLAST THE ADIRONDACKS. A LINE OF NUMEROUS VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AT 305 PM WAS FROM CENTRAL HERKIMER COUNTY INTO HAMILTON COUNTY AND THROUGH NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN NEW YORK STATE. TORRENTIAL RAIN..FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS REPORTED WITH RHE STORMS. THE VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 40 MILES AND HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED SEEK A SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM MOVES AWAY. BOATERS ON THE LAKES IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS..AND SEEK A SAFE HARBOR IF THE SKY DARKENS AND THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN. < MONTE
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 400 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1986 LARGE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING CLOSER TO THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. A LINE OF NUMEROUS VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AT 350 PM EDT WAS FROM UTICA TO GLENS FALLS. TORRENTIAL RAIN..FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS REPORTED WITH THE LARGE STORMS. THE VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MILES AND HOUR BUT THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTH AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WILL TAKE THE LARGE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN HERKIMER.. FULTON..MONTGOMERY..SARATOGA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. BOATERS ON THE LAKES IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS..AND HEAD FOR SHORE AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER. MONTE
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:10 PM EDT, 3 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 405 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1986 LARGE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING CLOSER TO THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. A LINE OF NUMEROUS VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AT 400 PM EDT WAS FROM UTICA TO GLENS FALLS. TORRENTIAL RAIN..FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS REPORTED WITH THE LARGE STORMS. THE VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MILES AND HOUR BUT THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTH AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WILL TAKE THE LARGE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN HERKIMER.. FULTON..MONTGOMERY..SARATOGA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. < BOATERS ON THE LAKES IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS..AND HEAD FOR SHORE AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN..CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK UNTIL 8 PM EDT TONIGHT. MONTE
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 500 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1986 CLUSTERS OF LARGE THUNDERSTORMS ARE THREATENING THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS JUST NORTHEAST OF SARATOGA SPRINGS AT 450 PM EDT. THESE LARGE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THEY CONTAIN PEA SIZE HAIL..FREQUENT LIGHTNINGG AND COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH DAMAGING WINDS. THE LARGE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH SARATOGA COUNTY THIS HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED..TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. BOATERS ON THE LAKES IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS..AND HEAD FOR SHORE AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER. < A SEVERE THUND ERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN..CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK UNTIL 8 PM EDT TONIGHT. MONTE
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 |
| May 31, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 75 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, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 57 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1986Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.