Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Burlington, VT

June 16, 1986Madison County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1986, 7:50 PM EDT for Madison County, New York. It was in force for 70 min. 1 report 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
Jun 16, 1986, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1986, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
70 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Whole counties

County Madison 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 8:39 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Madison, 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 1986-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 672 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 1986-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
672 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
745 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVBennington, Rutland65 min
Jun 16, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVRutland60 min
Jun 16, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVRutland60 min
Jun 16, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVGrand Isle75 min
Jun 16, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin75 min
Jun 16, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVChittenden65 min
Jun 16, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVJefferson, St. Lawrence90 min
Jun 16, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVLewis, Oswego75 min
Jun 16, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVOnondaga70 min
Jun 16, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVOneida70 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.