Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Albany, NY

Issued

Aug 7, 1986, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)

Expired

Aug 7, 1986, 5:30 PM EDT

In force

68 min

Issued by

NWS Albany, NY

Area

Whole counties

County Washington County, NY

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

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.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
422 PM EDT THU AUG 7 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF

NEW YORK...WASHINGTON

AT 415 PM EDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR SARATOGA SPRINGS IN
SARATOGA COUNTY.  GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED THERE WITH THIS
STORM.  IT/S MOVING TO THE EAST ABOUT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM ALSO CONTAINS FREQUENT LIGHTNING.  REMEMBER..LIGHTNING
CAN BE A KILLER.

IT MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS..ROADS AND UNDERPASSES

IT/S 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.

GET TO A SHELTERED PLACE FAST IF THE WEATHER LOOKS THREATENING.
HIGH WINDS WILL DOWN BRANCHES AND POWER LINES..AND MAY UPROOT
TREES.  SO STAY OUT OF SPOTS WHERE FALLING DEBRIS COULD BE
DANGEROUS.

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 ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE.  ASK THEM .TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY.

BACH

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1150 AM EDT THU AUG 7 1986

MORE RAIN IS SCHEDULED FOR ALL OF VERMONT AND NEW YORK.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS..PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS..STRONG WINDS..
AND HAIL WILL PLAGUE EASTERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

TORRENTIAL RAINS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND NEAR
SMALL STREAMS.

IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLOODING FROM HEAVY DOWNPOURS
KEEP ALERT.  AND BE READY TO TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES SHOULD
RISING WATER THREATEN YOU.

SPECIAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AS TO WHERE THE HEAVIEST THUNDERlSTORMS ARE.

WILEY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
200 PM EDT THU AUG 7 1986

THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OVER THE WESTERN MOHAWK VALEY

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS, AND GUSTY WINDS WERE IN THE
WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY. THEY MAY HAVE SMALL HAIL. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS
BETWEEN SYACUSE AND UTICA..NEAR LONDON IN ONEIDA COUNTY.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY BETWEEN
WAPPENGERS FALLS AND BEACON DUTCHESS COUNTY. ANOTHER THUNDERRSTORM
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER BENNINGTON COUNTY VERMONT. IT WAS JUST
NORTH OF THE TOWN OF BENNINGTON.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS WERE OVER CONNECTICUT.

SNYDER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
310 PM EDT THU AUG 7 1986

A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHWEST SARATOGA COUNTY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM2 WITH TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS OVER SOUTHWEST SARATOGA COUNTY. IT HAD FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND MAY HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY.

SNYDER

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

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.