Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Albany, NY

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
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.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
248 PMEDT MON MAY 19 1986

200 PM EDT MAY 19 - EAST GLENVILLE /9 NNW ALB/ GOLF BALL SIZED
                    HAIL.  GROUND COVERED.  (REPORT FROM TV
     0               WXCASTER)

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
304 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1986

200 PM EDT MAY 19 - EAST GLENVILLE /9 NNW ALB/ GOLF BALL SIZED
                    HAIL.  GROUND COVERED.  (REPORT FROM TV
    L                WXCASTER)

255 PM EDT MAY 19 - REXFORD /7 NNW ALB/ ONE QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR
                    SIZED HAIL SOMETIME DURIG PAST HALF HOUR.  REPORT
                    FROM CONSERVATION DEPT.