Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1987, 4:33 PM EDT for Albany County, New York. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 1987, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1987, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Albany 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 15 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 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 232035
SVRALB
NYC001-232130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
433 PM EDT SAT MAY 23 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
NEW YORK... ALBANY
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS BETWEEN CENTRAL BRIDGE AND BERNE...ALONG
ROUTE 443...AT 425 PM. AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS SAID THE STORM CAUSED
HIGH WINDS...HAIL...AND LOTS OF LIGHTNING.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE STORM MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES
AN HOUR. THIS WILL TAKE IT ACROSS THE HELDERBERGS...AROUND BERNE BY
500 PM.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS...
DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.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 23, 12:47 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1247 PM EDT SAT MAY 23 1987 THUNDERSTORMS WERE POPPING UP IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW YORK. AT 1240 EDT A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN THE UTICA AREA. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THAT COURSE WILL BRING THEM DOWN THE MOHAWK RIVER TOWARD LITTLE FALLS AND DOLGEVILLE. THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE BRIEF DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE ST. LAWRENCE AND NORTHERN CHAMPLAIN VALLEYS. MOST OF THE STORMS WERE NORTH OF THE BORDER IN CANADA. THE ATMOSPHERE IS RIPE FOR THUNDERSTORM FORMATION THIS AFTERNOON... SO WATCH FOR THEM. BE ESPECIALLY ALERT IF YOU/RE OUT ON A BOAT. BE READY TO HEAD TO SHORE AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER. LAPENTA
Special weather statement, May 23, 1:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 130 PM EDT SAT MAY 23 1987 THUNDERSTORMS WERE GROWING IN EASTERN NEW YORK. AT 120 PM TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING HERKIMER COUNTY SOUTH OF HINCKLEY LAKE. THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL REACH FULTON COUNTY A LITTLE AFTER 200 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS AND THE CATSKILLS. IN THE CATSKILLS...NEW STORMS WERE GROWING BEWTEEN CAIRO AND PHOENICIA. THESE STORMS COULD ALSO CAUSE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACH YOU...HEAD INDOORS FAST. IF YOU/RE BOATING GET TO SHORE AT THE FIRST SIGN6 OF THREATENING WEATHER. LAPENTA
Special weather statement, May 23, 2:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 220 PM EDT SAT MAY 23 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT IN MUCH OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK. AT 215 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN HERKIMER COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF HERKIMER AND THE VILLAGE OF ALDER CREEK. THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. THE SUNYA LIGHTNING DETECTOR AT ALBANY ALSO SHOWED FREQUENT LIGHTNING. OTHER ACTIVE STORMS WERE IN THE ADIRONDACKS BETWEEN SARANAC LAKE AND THE STILLWATER RESERVOIR. STORMS WERE GROWING IN THE CATSKILLS WITH THE BIGGEST ONE 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGSTON. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DfAMAGING WINDS. THUNDERSTORM RAINS CAN CAUSE FLOODING. LAPENTA
Special weather statement, May 23, 3:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 305 PM EDT SAT MAY 23 1987 THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK. AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTERS IN ULSTER COUNTY SAID THE THUNDERSTORM NEAR KINGSTON WAS CAUSING TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THERE WAS SOME MINOR ROAD FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 28 BETWEEN KINGSTON AND WEST HURLEY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL CROSS THE HUDSON NEAR RHINEBECK ABOUT 315 PM. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. IT/LL REACH FT PLAIN AND CANAJOHARIE A LITTLE BEFORE 330 PM. OTHER ACTIVE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE ADIRONDACKS BETWEEN LAKE PLACID AND INDIAN LAKE. < A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORM RAINS CAN CAUSE RAPID FLOODING. IF YOU/RE BOATING THIS AFTERNOON WATCH THE SKY. HEAD TO THE SHORE AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER. LAPENTA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schoharie | 65 min |
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.