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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Albany, NY

July 10, 1989Fulton County, Montgomery County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1989, 7:50 AM EDT for Fulton County, Montgomery County, New York. It was in force for 55 min. 3 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 10, 1989, 7:50 AM EDT (11:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 1989, 8:45 AM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fulton 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 8:14 AM EDTHail 0.9Montgomery, NY
Jul 10, 8:20 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Fulton, NY
Jul 10, 8:22 AM EDTHail 1Montgomery, 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 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 60 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 1989-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 1989-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1916 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 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 101150 RRA
SVRALB
NYC057-035-101245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
750 AM EDT MON JUL 10 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
      MONTGOMERY...FULTON

AT 745 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN FULTON
COUNTY NEAR OPPENHEIM...OR 20 MILES OF UTICA.  IT WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR JOHNSTOWN AND GLOVERSVILLE
AT 815 AM...AND AMSTERDAM AT 830 AM.

IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM...GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LAWRGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND 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, Jul 10, 4:06 AM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
405 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 1989

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE ADIRONDACKS.

AT 400 AM AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER
ST.LAWRENCE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES...IN THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND
ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY.

THE WORST STORM WAS ALONG ROUTE 11 BETWEEN GOUVERNEUR AND CANTON.
IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  THAT COURSE WILL TAKE IT TO
CRANBERRY LAKE AROUND 430 AM...AND EXTREME NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY
A LITTLE BEFORE 5 O/CLOCK.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE
STORM/S PASSAGE.  EARLY MORNING FISHERMAN ON THE ADIRONDACK LAKES
SHOULD KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:01 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
500 AM EDT MON JUL 10 1989

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE ADIRONDACKS.

AT 455 AM A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER
THE ADIRONDACKS AND ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY.

ONE STORM NEAR CRANBERRY LAKE IN SOUTHERNMOST ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY WAS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING.  IT MAY ALSO
CAUSE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL
BE BETWEEN INDIAN LAKE AND NEWCOMB A LITTLE BEFORE 600 AM.

OVER ESSEX COUNTY THERE WAS A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN BUT JUST
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING.  THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT NORTHERNMOST WARREN
AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES BETWEEN 515 AM AND 6 O/CLOCK.  NORTHWAY
TRAVELERS BETWEEN LAKE GEORGE AND ELIZABETHTOWN CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND POOR VISIBILITY FOR A WHILE.
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
600 AM EDT MON JUL 10 1989

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED THROUGH THE ADIRONDACKS.

AT 555 AM A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM
WESTERN LAKE ONTARIO ACROSS THE ADIRONDACKS TO THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY.

ONE STORM WAS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIAN LAKE.  IT CONTAINED VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
IT/LL BE A LITTLE SOUTH OF NORTH CREEK IN WARREN COUNTY BETWEEN 630
AND 645 AM.

A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY
HAIL WAS NEAR FORT DRUM.  IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER IT WILL REACH HERKIMER
COUNTY...NORTH OF OLD FORGE BETWEEN 615 AND 645 AM.

A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN BUT JUST OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING WAS IN NORTHERN
HAMILTON...NORTHERN WARREN...SOUTHERN ESSEX AND EXTREME NORTHERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMIAN ACTIVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK THIS MORNING.
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:51 AM EDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
650 AM EDT MON JUL 10 1989

THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING THROUGH THE CENTRAL ADIRONDACKS.

AT 645 AM A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND
MAYBE HAIL WAS IN WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY ALONG ROUTE 28 NEAR INLET.
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE OVER INDIAN LAKE
AT 715 AM.

ANOTHER STORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY HAIL WILL AFFECT
NORTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY BETWEEN 650 AND 715 AM.

THESE STORM WAS PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NEW YORK...NORTH OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY.  HEAVY RAIN WAS WIDESPREAD
OVER NORTHERN WARREN...ESSEX AND EXTREME NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES.#
THERE WAS OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING THERE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN ACTIVE THROUGH MID MORNING OVER NORTHERN
NEW YORK.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 7:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton60 min
Jul 10, 8:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton55 min
Jul 10, 8:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchenectady53 min
Jul 10, 8:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany66 min
Jul 10, 9:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer22 min
Jul 10, 10:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer43 min
Jul 10, 11:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFranklin61 min
Jul 10, 12:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton74 min
Jul 10, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer56 min
Jul 10, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga, Washington56 min
Jul 10, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYMontgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie69 min
Jul 10, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer65 min
Jul 10, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene63 min
Jul 10, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia57 min
Jul 10, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess55 min
Jul 10, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSullivan63 min
Jul 10, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess, Ulster65 min
Jul 10, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYPutnam44 min
Jul 10, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia44 min
Jul 10, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYOrange37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.