Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1986, 2:18 PM EDT for Saratoga County, New York. It was in force for 57 min. 2 reports 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 19, 1986, 2:18 PM EDT (18:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1986, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2:30 PM EDT | Hail 1.25 | Saratoga, NY | |
| May 19, 2:55 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | 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, 6.3 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALB 191820 SVRALB NYC091-191915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 218 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NEW YORK...SARATOGA AT 200 PM..WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A DANGEROUS STORM JUST NORTH OF SCHENECTADY. THE STORM WILL DUMP VERY HEAVY RAINS AND LARGE HAIL AS IT TARCKS ACROSS SARATOGA COUNTY TO NEAR SARATOGA SPRINGS BY 300 PM. ALSO..STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY. . THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU/RE IN THE WARNED AREA.. ESPECIALLY BOATING ON A LAKE..MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER FAST. BE READY FOR DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL AND LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..GO TO A SAFE PLACE RIGHT AWAY. ONCE THE STORM PASSES..CALL AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCMENT PEOPLE. ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY.
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, May 19, 1:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 100 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS OUT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEW YORK ..VERMONT AND WESTERN MASSACHSETTS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON..VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE FINGER LAKES REGION AND MAY SWEEP INTO EASTERN COUNTIES IN ABOUT TWO OR THREE HOURS. THE STORMS WERE CAUSING HEAVY RAINS..AND QUITE A BIT OF LIGHTNING. IN EASTERN NEW YORK..A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER ESSEX COUNTY AT 100 PM..ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELIZABETHTOWN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH END OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN..AND BOATERS SHOULD BE READY TO GET TO SHORE IN CONDITIONS GET THRETENDING ABOUT 200 PM. AGAIN..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 130 PM UNTIL 800 PM THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THAT MEANS THE HEAT.. HUMIDITY..AND OTHER WEATHER FACTORS HAVE GIVEN RISE TO A POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOUR WEATHER GETS STORMY..GO TO A SAFE PLACE RIGHT AWAY. ONCE IT LETS UP..CALL YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE AND GIVE THEM ANY DETAILS ABOUT SEVERE OR DAMAGING WEATHER. ASK THEM TO RELAY THE INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBAaNY.
Special weather statement, May 19, 1:52 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 150 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1986 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS AND LOTS OF LIGHTNING WERE THREATENING BOATERS IN THE HEART OF THE ADIRONDACKS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 145 PM..A CLUSTER OF STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR..COVERED THE REGION FROM ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SARANAC LAKE TO NEAR NEWCOMB IN ESSEX COUNTY. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY RAINS IN THE STORMS..AND THE SUNY AT ALBANY LIGHTNING SYSTEM PICKED UP QUITE A BIT OF LIGHTNING. THE MOST THREATENING STORM WAS 10 MILES WEST OF NEWCOMB..AND WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN ESSEX COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO..TO NEAR LAKE PLACID. IN OTHER PARTS OF EASTERN NEW YORK..THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BROKEN OUT IN THE CATSKILLS FROM SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY INTO SULLIVAN COUNTY NEAR LIBERTY. THERE WAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING..BUT NO REAL SIGN OF SEVERE WEATHER. IN THE CAPITAL DISTRICT..A STORM WITH LIGHTNING WAS JUST EAST OF SCHENECTADY AT 145 PM. IF YOU/RE BOATING..GET TO SHORE AT THE FIRST SIGN OF STORMY OR THREATENING WEATHER. TORRENTIAL RAINS AND CHOPPY WATERS COULD EASILY SWAMP SMALLER BOATS. AND LIGHTNING IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN USUAL WHEN YOU/RE OUT ON THE WATER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 62 min |
| May 19, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Saratoga | 59 min |
| May 19, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Warren | 67 min |
| May 19, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady | 3 hr |
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.