Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Albany, NY

August 6, 1989Rensselaer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 1989, 5:37 PM EDT for Rensselaer County, New York. It was in force for 68 min. 1 report 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 6, 1989, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 1989, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 68 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Whole counties

County Rensselaer 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 6, 6:05 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Rensselaer, 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 26 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: 134 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1080 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KALB 062138 RRA
SVRALB
NYC083-062245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
537 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN EAST NEW YORK
          ...RENSSELAER
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
GRAFTON RENSSELAER COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR PETERSBURG BY 615 PM
 
SNYDER

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, Aug 6, 3:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0316PM EDT SUN AUG 06 1989
COSO WLSR APTS
02199    FILE 28   OTSEGO CO SO COOPERSTOWN          AUG 08-89
TO           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                   (SPECIFY TYPE OF WEATHER OR EARTHQUAKE EVENT)

DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: TREES AND WIRES DOWN

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): VILLAGE MORRIS/CO 10
GILBERTSVILLE
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: AUG 6 15.00 HRS
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED:
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: COUNTY RTE 10 BLOCKED BY TREE
WEST MAIN MORRIS RESIDENTAL POWER LOSS
NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:
REMARKS: STRONG GUSTY WIND

                                                 A
AUTH PHONE #: 607 547-5351
AUTH ROBERT S BARNES                JONES         3-15 PM

Local storm report, Aug 6, 3:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0321PM EDT SUN AUG 06 1989
CTSO WLSR APTS
01464    FILE 28   TIOGA CO SO OWEGO NY0530000       AUG 06-89
TO           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                   HEAVY RAIN

DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: ROADWAY FLOODING

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): RT 38 VILLAGE OF NEWARK
VALLEY
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 080689  1516 HRS
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED:   080689
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: VIL/ NEWARK VALLEY STATE RT 38

NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:
REMARKS: RT 38 IN VILLAGE OF NEWARK VALLEY DEEP WATER - ROADWAY IS
PASSABLE BUT CAUTION REQUIRED  STATE HWY NOTIFIED

                                                 I
AUTH PHONE #: 607 687-1010
AUTH DEP CHARLES L BENNETT          BENNETT       3:20 PM

Local storm report, Aug 6, 4:58 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
455 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 1989

440 PM EDT AUG 6 SCHOHAIRE COUNTY...STRONG WINDS WHEN STORMS
          BEGAN...POWER LINES DOWN TOWNS OF MIDDLEBURG/25 WSW ALB/
          AND SCHOHARIE /23 WSW ALB/

SNYDER

Local storm report, Aug 6, 5:00 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
455 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 1989

440 PM EDT AUG 6 SCHOHAIRE COUNTY...STRONG WINDS WHEN STORMS
          BEGAN...POWER LINES DOWN TOWNS OF MIDDLEBURG/25 WSW ALB/
          AND SCHOHARIE /23 WSW ALB/CO SHERIF.

SNYDER

Local storm report, Aug 6, 5:04 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0505PM EDT SUN AUG 06 1989
COSO WLSR APTS
02200    FILE 28   OTSEGO CO SO COOPERSTOWN          AUG 08-89
TO           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                   (SPECIFY TYPE OF WEATHER OR EARTHQUAKE EVENT)

DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: TREES AND WIRES DOWN

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): VILLAGE  COOPERSTOWN AND
STATE ROUTE # 28 HARTWICK SEMINARY
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: AUG 6 1550
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED: NORTH BOUND LANE BLOCKED
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: RESIDENTAL POWER LOSS

NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:
REMARKS:

AUTH PHONE #: 607 547-5351
AUTH ROBERT S BARNES                CARSON         5:05 PM

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 5:33 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
530 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 1989

...SHOWERS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE HUDSON
VALLEY...

AT 525 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS...SOME WITH
HEAVY DOWNPOURS...MOVING TOWARD THE HUDSON VALLEY. THE SHOWERS WERE
FROM NORTHERN ULSTER COUNTY...NEAR THE ASHOKAN RESERVIOR...TO EASTERN
ALBANY COUNTY...NEAR DELMAR. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25
MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL PASS ACROSS THE HUDSON RIVER AND INTO
RENSSELAER...COLUMBIA AND NORTHERN DUTCHESS COUNTIES BETWEEN 530 AND
6 O/CLOCK THIS EVENING.

IF YOU/RE DRIVING AND IT BEGINS TO RAIN HARD MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO
SEE...PULL OVER AND SLOW DOWN.

THESE SHOWERS HAD BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
HOWEVER...VERY FEW LIGHTNING STROKES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH THE
SHOWERS SINCE 5 O/CLOCK.

AT 530 PM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING MOVED OUT OF
ESSEX COUNTY...NEW YORK AND INTO ADDISON COUNTY IN WESTERN VERMONT.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

HEMMERICH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Schoharie	55 min

Nearby

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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.