Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1988, 4:47 PM EDT for Clinton County, New York. It was in force for 28 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
- Aug 3, 1988, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 1988, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clinton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 5:05 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Clinton, NY | |
| Aug 3, 5:10 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Clinton, 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 1253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 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 KBTV 032049
SVRBTV
NYC019-032115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
447 PM EDT WED AUG 3 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST NEW YORK
...NORTHERN CLINTON
AT 445 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR SCOTIA NEW YORK AND WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. IT WILL MOVE TOWARDS CHAZY AND
COOPERSVILLE NEW YORK BY 515 PM.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALwL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.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, Aug 3, 1:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 100 PM EDT WED AUG 03 1988 A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED JUST NORTHWEST OF ST ALBANS. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF THE CENTER OF ST ALBANS AND MOVE INTO THE BAKERSFIELD AREA BY AROUND 130PM. IF YOU/RE IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM YOU SHOULD GET INSIDE. THERE/LL BE LOT/S OF LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM AND LIGHTNING IS A KILLER. IT/LL RAIN VERY HARD FOR A BRIEF TIME AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY FLOOD SO IF YOU/RE ON THE ROAD PULL OVER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. HAIL MAY ALSO FALL FROM THIS STORM. END/MACHOWSKI... GET TO SHORE IN A HURRY. END...JVL.
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 230 PM EDT WED AUG 03 1988 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS. AT 230 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN DANNEMORA AND PERU IN CLINTON COUNTY NEW YORK. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR WILLSBORO IN NORTHEAST ESSEX COUNTY NEW YORK. THESE STORMS LIKELY CONTAIN TORRENTIAL RAINS... SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AS THEY DISSIPATE...THEY CAN PRODUCE A STRONG DOWNBURST OF WIND. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...MAKING GRAND ISLE... FRANKIN AND CHITTENDEN COUNTIES IN VERMONT LIKELY TARGETS. IF YOU LIVE IN THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY...BE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE ON LAwKE CHAMPLAIN...HEAD FOR SHORE IF A STORM APPROACHES. END/MACHOWSKI/MAMROSH ^
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 3:51 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 330 PM EDT WED AUG 03 1988 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE ADIRONDACKS...BUT COVERAGE HAS DIMINISHED. AT 330 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST ESSEX COUNTY NEW YORK... BETWEEN WILLSBORO...AU SABLE FORKS AND ELIZABETHTOWN. THEY LIKELY CONTAIN TORRENTIAL RAINS... SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AS THEY DISSIPATE...THEY CAN PRODUCE A STRONG DOWNBURST OF W7IND. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM...PROBABLY SEVERE...WAS JUST NORTHEAST OF OTTAWA ONTARIO.THIS STROM IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. END/RDM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton | 68 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.