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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Albany, NY

May 31, 1986Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1986, 7:48 PM EDT for Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1986, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1986, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Ulster County, NY

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1986-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 190 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1986-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
190 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1188 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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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, May 31, 2:57 PM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
255 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1986

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE CATSKILLS AND LOWER HUDSON
VALLEY.

A CLUSTER OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHERN GREEN COUNTY
AND NORTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY AT 245 PM EDT.

A VERY HEAVY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS IN ULSTER COUNTY NEAR KINGSTON
AT 245 PM EDT.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN. CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING WAS @INFREQUENT WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. THEY COULD CONTAIN
STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED..SEEK A SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE
STORM MOVES AWAY.

MONTE
Special weather statement, May 31, 3:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
330 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1986

A THUNDERSTORM WAS HEADED FOR LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT.

AN ISOLATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHERN DUTCHESS COUNTY
IN NEW YORK STATE AT 325 PM EDT.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN. THERE WAS VERY
LITTLE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM. THE THUNDERSTORM
COULD CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS RMOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. IT
WILL PASS SOUTH OF MILLERTON BY 340 PM EDT AND WILL REACH KENT IN
LITCHFIELD COUNTY BY 4 PM EDT.

IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED..SEEK A SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE
STORM MOVES AWAY.
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MONTE
Special weather statement, May 31, 4:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
400 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1986

A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN
CONNECTICUT.

AN ISOLATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS IN DUTCHESS COUNTY WAS
MOVING TOWARDS CORNWALL BRIDGE AND KENT IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN
CONNECTICUT AT 4 PM EDT.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN. CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING HAS INCREASED WITH THIS STORM AND A LOCAL HAMd RADIO NETWORK
OBSERVER REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM.

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.

IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED..SEEK A SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE
STORM MOVES AWAY.
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MONTE
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
535 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1986

A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY.

AN ISOLATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS IN DUTCHESS COUNTY JUST EAST
OF POUGHKEEPSIE AT 525 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON.  IT WAS MOVING EAST
ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING.  IT COULD ALSO HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTH CENTRAL TIER OF NEW YORK..THE CATSKILLS..AND LOWER HUDSON
VALLEY TO THE NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND AREA.

IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED..SEEK A SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE
STORM MOVES AWAY.
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Special weather statement, May 31, 6:50 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
645 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1986

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST NEW YORK AT
630 PM.  BUT NO SEVERE ACTVITY WAS IMMINENT.

STORMS WERE IN THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY NEAR KINGSTON IN ULSTER
COUNTY..ALONG THE CONNECTICUT BORDER IN NORTHEAST PUTNAM COUNTY..
AND IN COLUMBIA COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF THE TACONIC STATE PARK.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORM NEAR KINGSTON WILL GO INTO DUTCHESS COUNTY BY 700 PM..
AND WILL PASS JUST SOUTH OF RHINEBECK.  THEN IT/LL SLOWLY MOVE
TO THE TACONIC STATE PARKWAY A LITTLE NORTH OF CLINTON CORNERS
AT 730 PM.  HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE IN THE STORM..SO
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL.

THE OTHER TWO STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN CONNECTICUT BY 700 PM.
.
OMINOUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AT 630 PM..
AND MAY AFFECT THE SOUTHERN CATSKILLS AROUND 800 PM.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA REGION..THE
SOUTHERN CATSKILLS..AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM.

IF YOU/RE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA..TAKE SHELTER AT THE
FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER.
Special weather statement, May 31, 7:19 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
715 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1986

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTS OF RAIN WERE OVER SULLIVAN COUNTY
OF NEW YORK AT 700 PM THIS EVENING.

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE STORMS ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF
LIBERTY..AND ALONG ROUTE 52 NEAR THE PENNSYLVANIA BORDER.  THE
SHERIFF/S DEPARTMENT COMFIRMED VERY HEAVY RAINS AND LOTS OF
LIGHTNING IN THE CALICOON AREA.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH
THE NEVERSINK RESERVOIR TO MONTICELLO BETWEEN 745 AND 800 PM.
ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS..THERE/LL BE SMALL HAIL..AND LOTS
OF LIGHTNING.

BOATERS IN THE AREA SHOULD IMEEDIATELY GET TO SHORE.  AND
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE READY TO+ PULL OVER IF VISIBILITY GETS TOO
BAD.  ALSO..THE RAINS COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING ON ROADS
WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR.

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.