Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1986, 8:29 PM EDT for Dutchess County, New York. It was in force for 61 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 31, 1986, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1986, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dutchess 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 31, 9:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Dutchess, NY | |
| May 31, 9:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Dutchess, 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 972 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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, 3:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 56 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. < MONTE
Special weather statement, May 31, 4:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 23 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. < MONTE
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 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. < BACH
Special weather statement, May 31, 6:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 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, 1 hour 10 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.
Local storm report, May 31, 8:13 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
815 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1986
740 PM EDT MAY 31 - GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AT ULSTER HEIGHTS /25 WNW
POU/ IN ULSTER COUNTY. SKYWARN REPORT.
KThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 54 min |
| May 31, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 75 min |
| Jun 1, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Schenectady | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 57 min |
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.