Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1988, 3:08 PM EDT for Herkimer County, Montgomery County, New York. It was in force for 67 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
- Jul 14, 1988, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1988, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery 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 14, 3:29 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Herkimer, NY | |
| Jul 14, 3:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Montgomery, 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 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 141908
SVRALB
NYC043-057-142015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
308 PM EDT THU JUL 14 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
SOUTHERN HERKIMER...MONTGOMERY
305 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST
OF LITTLE FALLS IN SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.
IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IT WILL CROSS HANHIEM AND
NEAR DANUBE IN HERKIMER COUNTY...AND MOVE INTO MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
IT WILL PASS NEAR ST JOHNSVILLE AND PALINTINE.
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM...GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND LIGHTNING.
INTENSE LIGHTNING WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN
INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING
TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
SNYDERWhat 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 14, 11:01 AM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1100 AM EDT THU JUL 14 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING THROUGH NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEW YORK... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEW YORK LATE THURSDAY MORNING. AT 1050 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR AT ALBANY DETECTED A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM AT LAKE PLACID IN ESSEX COUNTY. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH SEVERAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WAS NEAR SYRACUSE. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM NORTHERN VERMONT TO THE NIAGRA FRONTIER OF WESTERN NEW YORK. IT WAS MOVING EAST ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM OVER UPSTATE NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON. A POTENTIAL EXISTS THAT THE STORMS WILL ESCALATE AS THE DAY WEARS ON...PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO. HEMMERICH
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 100 PM EDT THU JUL 14 1988 ...SHOWERS WERE OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK... SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AT 1255 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR AT ALBANY SHOWED MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN NEW YORK. RADARS IN WESTERN NEW YORK HAD A FEW SHOWERS IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...WITH A LONE THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF ROCHESTER. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM OVER UPSTATE NEW YORK LATER THIS AFTERNOON. AND...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WIND AND HAIL. LISTEN 4FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO. HEMMERICH
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:39 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 240 PM EDT THU JUL 14 1988 FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS SPED THROUGH THE MOHAWK VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND WERE AS FAR EAST AS AMSTERDAM AT 130 PM. OTHER STORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGH THE MOHAWK VALLEY AND WERE JUST WEST OF JOHNSTOWN AND ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF UTICA. ALL STORM WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILE S AN HOUR. THE FIRST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CAPITAL DISTRICT A LITTLE SOUTH OF CLIFTON PARK SHORTLY AFTER 3 O/CLOCK...AND TO NEAR HOOSICK FALLS BY 330 PM. BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS AND WIND GUSTS MAY TOP 50 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOUR WEATHER LOOKS THREATENING...GET TO A SOLID BUILDING AND WAIT THE STORM OUT. DRIVERS ON THRUWAY SECTIONS IN THE MOHAWK VALLEY...WEST OF ALBANY SHOUOLD PULL OVER IN ANY DOWNPOURS. IN CENTRAL NEW YORK WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT... WARNINGS ARE OUT FOR A SEVERE STORM IN OSWEGO AND ONONDAGA COUNTIES. THE SUNY AT ALBANY LIGHTNING DETECTION SHOWED A MASSIVE OUTBREAK OF LIGHTNING IN THE STORM. AGAIN...IF A STORM MOVES INTO YOUR AREA...GET TO A SAFE SOLID SHELTER. BECAUSE OF THEIR FAST MOVEMENT...THE DURATION OF STORMS WILL BE BRIEF. BOATERS AND CAMPERS IN THE GREAT SACANADA REGION AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF SARATOGA COUNTY SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT...AND READY TO QUICKLY GET TO SHELTER.
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:43 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION OF TIME IN 1ST PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 240 PM EDT THU JUL 14 1988 FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS SPED THROUGH THE MOHAWK VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND WERE AS FAR EAST AS AMSTERDAM AT 230 PM. OTHER STORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGH THE MOHAWK VALLEY AND WERE JUST WEST OF JOHNSTOWN AND ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF UTICA. ALL STORM WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILE S AN HOUR. THE FIRST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CAPITAL DISTRICT A LITTLE SOUTH OF CLIFTON PARK SHORTLY AFTER 3 O/CLOCK...AND TO NEAR HOOSICK FALLS BY 330 PM. BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS AND WIND GUSTS MAY TOP 50 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOUR WEATHER LOOKS THREATENING...GET TO A SOLID BUILDING AND WAIT THE STORM OUT. DRIVERS ON THRUWAY SECTIONS IN THE MOHAWK VALLEY...WEST OF ALBANY SHOUOLD PULL OVER IN ANY DOWNPOURS. IN CENTRAL NEW YORK WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT... WARNINGS ARE OUT FOR A SEVERE STORM IN OSWEGO AND ONONDAGA COUNTIES. THE SUNY AT ALBANY LIGHTNING DETECTION SHOWED A MASSIVE OUTBREAK OF LIGHTNING IN THE STORM. AGAIN...IF A STORM MOVES INTO YOUR AREA...GET TO A SAFE SOLID SHELTER. BECAUSE OF THEIR FAST MOVEMENT...THE DURATION OF STORMS WILL BE BRIEF. BOATERS AND CAMPERS IN THE GREAT SACANADA REGION AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF SARATOGA COUNTY SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT...AND READY TO QUICKLY GET TO SHELTER.
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:55 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 250 PM EDT THU JUL 14 1988 A POWERFUL THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST WEST OF JOHNSTOWN AND GLOVERSVILLE IN FULTON COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IT WILL CROSS THE FULTON-MONTGOMERY COUNTY LINE...PASSING NEAR AMSTERDAM AROUND 3.15 PM. IT WILL REACH THE GLENVILLE CLIFTON PARK AREA OF SOUTHERN SARATOGA COUNTY BY ABOUT 4PM. PERSONS IN ALONG THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMAL HAIL AND INTENSE LIGHTING. SNYDER IN CENTRAL NEW YORK WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT... WARNINGS ARE OUT FOR A SEVERE STORM IN OSWEGO AND ONONDAGA COUNTIES. THE SUNY AT ALBANY LIGHTNING DETECTION SHOWED A MASSIVE OUTBREAK OF LIGHTNING IN THE STORM. AGAIN...IF A STORM MOVES INTO YOUR AREA...GET TO A SAFE SOLID SHELTER. BECAUSE OF THEIR FAST MOVEMENT...THE DURATION OF STORMS WILL BE BRIEF. BOATERS AND CAMPERS IN THE GREAT SACANADA REGION AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF SARATOGA COUNTY SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT...AND READY TO QUICKLY GET TO SHELTER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Schenectady | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 68 min |
| Jul 14, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 83 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988
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.