Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Albany, NY
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 8:14 AM EDT | Hail 0.9 | Montgomery, NY | |
| Jul 10, 8:20 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Fulton, NY | |
| Jul 10, 8:22 AM EDT | Hail 1 | 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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 60 min |
| Jul 10, 8:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 8:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Schenectady | 53 min |
| Jul 10, 8:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany | 66 min |
| Jul 10, 9:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 22 min |
| Jul 10, 10:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 11:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Franklin | 61 min |
| Jul 10, 12:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 74 min |
| Jul 10, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 56 min |
| Jul 10, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 56 min |
| Jul 10, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie | 69 min |
| Jul 10, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene | 63 min |
| Jul 10, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Sullivan | 63 min |
| Jul 10, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Putnam | 44 min |
| Jul 10, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 44 min |
| Jul 10, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Orange | 37 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.