Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1987, 6:04 PM EDT for Saratoga County, New York. It was in force for 46 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
- Jul 11, 1987, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1987, 6:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saratoga 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 6:08 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Saratoga, 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 1164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KALB 112205 RRA
SVRALB
NYC091-112250-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
604 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 650 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
NEW YORK... SARATOGA
AT 600 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN
SARATOGA COUNTY NEAR BALLSTON LAKE. IT WAS MOVING SOUTH AND WILL
MOVE INTO CLIFTON PARK SHORTLY.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS...
DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIG HTNING.
PALKOWhat 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, Jul 11, 2:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 205 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 1987 A LINE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING OUT OF THE ADIRONDACKS TOWARD LAKE GEORGE. AT 205 PM A LINE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM CROWN POINT ESSEX COUNTY TO NEAR THURMAN IN WARREN COUNTY. THESE THUNERSTORMS HAVE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THEY WILL CROSS LAKE GEORGE BETWEEN 2.30 PM AND 330 PM. BOATERS SHOULD HEAD TO SHORE AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER. GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS COULD EASILY CAPSIZE SMALL BOATS SNYDER
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 3:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 335 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 1987 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE LAKE GEORGE REGION...AND ALSO THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LAKE GEORGE. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THAT MAY CAPSIZE SMALL BOATS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORM IS MOVING SLOWLY EAST AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...BETWEEN WHITEHALL AND GLENS FALLS BY 420 PM. HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS CAN CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH A FLOODED AREA. LIGHTNING CAN BE DANGEROUS. GET OFF OF GOLF COURSES AND NEVER STAND UNDER A TALL LONE TREE DURING A THUNDERSTORM. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING THROUGH THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY. THE LARGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS BETWEEN SAUGERTIES AND WEST CAMP IN NORTHWEST ULSTER COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL CROSS THE HUDSON RIVER SHORTLY AND MOVE INTO SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY...NEAR CLERMONT BY 415 PM. PALKO
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 430 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 1987 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE MOVING THROUGH THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE LARGEST THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN ULSTER COUNTY...BETWEEN NEW PALTZ AND ELLENVILLE. IT IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY EAST AND WILL PASS NEAR POUGHKEEPSIE BY 515 PM. SINCE THE STORM IS MOVING SO SLOWLY...HEAVY RAINS WILL PRESIST FOR SOME TIME OVER THE SAME AREA. THE RAIN MAYBE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO CAUSE STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE RAPIDLY...SO WATCH FOR RISING WATER. A SKYWRAN SPOTTER IN NAPANOCH REPORTED OVER AN INCH /1.25/ OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR. VERY GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS... SO IF YOU ARE OUT BOATING AND SEE A STORM APPROACHING...HEAD FOR SHORE AT ONCE. PALKO
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:04 PM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 500 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 1987 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ARE HEADED FOR NORTHERN PARTS OF THE CAPITIAL DISTRIST. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL SARATOGA COUNTY FROM ROCK CITY FALLS TO SARATOGA SPRINGS TO SCHUYLERVILLE. IT WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY SOUTH...DOWN THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY. IT WILL MOVE OVER MECHANICIVILLE AND CLIFTON PARK BY 540 PM. SINCE THE STORM IS MOVING SO SLOWLY...HEAVY RAINS WILL PRESIST FOR SOME TIME OVER THE SAME AREA. THE RAIN MAYBE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY/S LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEM IS SHOWING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES IN SARATOGA COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS CAN CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RAPIDLY RISE...SO WATCH FOR RISING WATER. PALKO
Local storm report, Jul 11, 5:53 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
550 PM EDT JUL 11 1987
500 PM EDT JUL 11 FT EDWARD NY...60 NNE ALB...WIND BLEW ROOF
OFF OLDER HOUSE DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES.
(TIME APPROX...REPORT FROM SHERIFFS DEPT)
LJMNearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987
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.