Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 1986, 8:38 PM EDT for Rensselaer County, New York. It was in force for 52 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
- Aug 7, 1986, 8:38 PM EDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 1986, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rensselaer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:40 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Rensselaer, NY | |
| Aug 7, 8:45 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Rensselaer, 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
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:10 PM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 55 min |
Nearby
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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.