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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Albany, NY

June 13, 1987Dutchess County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1987, 5:51 PM EDT for Dutchess County, New York. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 1987, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 1987, 6:50 PM EDT
In force: 59 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KALB 132152
SVRALB
NYC027-132250-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
551 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 650 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
 
NEW YORK... DUTCHESS
                                                                         
SHERIFF DEPARTMENT PEOPLE SAID A THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL HIT] 
THE MILLERTOWN AREA AT 545 PM.  ALSO A STORM PELTED THE RHINEBECK  
AREA WITH PEA SIZED HAIL. 
 
 
WGC

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

Local storm report, Jun 13, 2:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
230 PM EDT JUN 13 1987

201 PM EDT JUN 13  DIME SIZED HAIL IN THUNDERSTORM AT VALATIE...
                   COLUMBIA COUNTY.  /20 SSE ALB/

220 PM EDT JUN 13  1.30 INCHES RAIN AT VALATIE /20 SSE ALB/ IN
                   THUNDERSTORM.  RAIN FELL IN 20 MINUTES.

225 PM EDT JUN 13  1.64 INCHES RAIN AT AVERILL PARK /12 SE ALB/
                   ...RENSSELAER COUNTY IN THUNDERSTORM.  RAIN
                   FELL IN 15 MINUTES.  /WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE/

Local storm report, Jun 13, 3:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
326 PM EDT JUN 13 1987

201 PM EDT JUN 13  DIME SIZED HAIL IN THUNDERSTORM AT VALATIE...
                   COLUMBIA COUNTY.  /20 SSE ALB/

220 PM EDT JUN 13  1.30 INCHES RAIN AT VALATIE /20 SSE ALB/ IN
                   THUNDERSTORM.  RAIN FELL IN 20 MINUTES.

225 PM EDT JUN 13  1.64 INCHES RAIN AT AVERILL PARK /12 SE ALB/
                   ...RENSSELAER COUNTY IN THUNDERSTORM.  RAIN
                   FELL IN 15 MINUTES.  /WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE/

310 PM EDT JUN 13  PEA SIZED HAIL AT SELKIRK /13 S ALB/ IN ALBANY
                   COUNTY.  /PUBLIC REPORT/

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
4.15 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 1987

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND CATSKILLS
AS WELL AS FROM LAKE GEORGE ACROSS CENTRAL VERMONT...

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTH OF HUDSON.
IT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS COLUMBIA COUNTY NORTH OF LIVINGSTON
PASSING NEAR HILLSDALE BY ABOUT 5PM.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM GRAHAMSVILLE SULLIVAN COUNTY TO NEAR
SCRANTON PENNSYLVANNIA. THESE WILL MOVE ACORSS ULSTER COUNTY SOUTH OF
ASHOKEN RESERVOIR AS WELL THE REST OF SULLIVAN COUNTY BY 5.15 PM.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER WASHINGTON COUNTY FROM FORT
ANN NORTH. THESE WERE WEAKENING SLOWLY AND WILL MOVE INTO VERMONT
BY 5PM.
                                                                 SNYDER

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
4.15 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 1987

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND CATSKILLS
AS WELL AS FROM LAKE GEORGE ACROSS CENTRAL VERMONT...

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTH OF HUDSON.
IT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS COLUMBIA COUNTY NORTH OF LIVINGSTON
PASSING NEAR HILLSDALE BY ABOUT 5PM.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM GRAHAMSVILLE SULLIVAN COUNTY TO NEAR
SCRANTON PENNSYLVANNIA. THESE WILL MOVE ACORSS ULSTER COUNTY SOUTH OF
ASHOKEN RESERVOIR AS WELL THE REST OF SULLIVAN COUNTY BY 5.15 PM.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER WASHINGTON COUNTY FROM FORT
ANN NORTH. THESE WERE WEAKENING SLOWLY AND WILL MOVE INTO VERMONT
BY 5PM.

SNYDER

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:58 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
4.50 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 1987

...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE POUNDING COLUMBIA COUNTY AT 4.45PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS. THEY WERE FROM LEE BERKSHIRE COUNTY TO REDHOOK DUTCHESS
COUNTY. THE STRONGEST WAS NEAR ANCRAMDALE AND MAY HAVE SMALL HAIL IT  WAS
MOVING OVER MILLERTOWN AND INTO LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT.

THE BULK OF6 THIS AREA OF THUNDERTSTORMS WILL PASS INTO LITCHFIELD COUNTY
AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY SOUTH OF LEE. THEY WILL BE OUT OF NEW YORK BY 5.45
PM.

SNYDER

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:28 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
5.20 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 1987

...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO POUND TO LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...VERY FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WERE FROM NEAR SOUTHFIELD
BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS TO WALDEN ULSTER COUNTY.

HEAVY WEATHER WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MOST OF DUTCHESS
COUNTY BETWEEN 5.25PM AND 6.30 PM THIS EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHESS YOU...GET TO A SAFE PLACE RIGHT AWAY.

IF ANY DAMAGE OR SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRS RELAY YOUR REPORT TO YOUR LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE AND ASK THEY TO RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SEVICE INI ALBANY NEW YORK.

SNYDER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 1:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess	50 min
Jun 13, 1:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	80 min
Jun 13, 2:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Rensselaer	55 min
Jun 13, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Orange	64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1987 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.