Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 1990, 8:51 PM EDT for Franklin County, New York. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1990, 8:51 PM EDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1990, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, NY
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 3325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 355 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 28.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALB 050053 FFWALB NYC033-050200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 851 PM EDT WED JUL 4 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTH NEW YORK ...FRANKLIN COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR TROUT RIVER ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER. IT WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST TOWARD CHATEAUGAY. THIS STORM WILL ALSO HAVE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 4, 3:24 PM EDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
NYZ007-008-011-012-018-052100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 325 PM EDT WED JUL 4 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHERN VERMONT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHERN VERMONT. THE WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FROM 3 O/CLOCK UNTIL 10 O/CLOCK TONIGHT. THE WATCH MEANS THAT WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR AND LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. AT 315 PM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM NORTHERN ST LAWRENCE COUNTY...NEAR MASSENA...TO CENTRAL ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN VERMONT. MANY OF THE STORMS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH DOWNPOURS...NONE OF THE STORMS APPREARED TO HAVE STRONG WIND OR HAIL. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU/RE BOATING...HEAD FOR SHORE AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BLINDING RAIN. IF YOU ENCOUNTER VERY HEAVY RAIN...PULL OVER AND WAIT TIL IT LETS UP BEFORE DRIVING. IT ALMOST GOES WITHOUT SAYING...BUT LIGHTNING IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IT/S THE NUMBER ONE KILLER IN A THUNDERSTORM. SO DON/T REMAIN OUT OF DOORS IF A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS YOUR AREA. HEMMERICH
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:47 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
NYZ007-008-011-012-018-052245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 545 PM EDT WED JUL 4 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF THE ADIRONDACKS AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CHAMPLAIN VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK THROUGH THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY...THE ADIRONDACKS...THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY AND WARREN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. AT 545 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM ABOUT MINEVILLE TO ROUGHLY MT. MARCY IN ESSEX COUNTY. IF YOU LIVE IN ESSEX COUNTY FROM ABOUT WEATHERBEE TO UNDERWOOD TO MORIAH CENTER...YOU CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO LAST TIL ABOUT 600 PM TO 615 PM. BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...FEQUENT LIGHTNING...G(USTY WINDS AND MAYBE HAIL. THESE STORMS PRODUCED FROM 1 AND 1/2 INCHES TO TWO INCHES IN THE SARANAC LAKE AREA. SO BE ALERT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. KANE
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
NYZ007-008-011-012-018-052245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT.................CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 545 PM EDT WED JUL 4 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF THE ADIRONDACKS AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CHAMPLAIN VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK THROUGH THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY...THE ADIRONDACKS...THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY AND WARREN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM. AT 545 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM ABOUT MINEVILLE TO ROUGHLY MT. MARCY IN ESSEX COUNTY. IF YOU LIVE IN ESSEX COUNTY FROM ABOUT WEATHERBEE TO UNDERWOOD TO MORIAH CENTER...YOU CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO LAST TIL ABOUT 600 PM TO 615 PM. BE PREPARED) FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...FEQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND MAYBE HAIL. THESE STORMS PRODUCED FROM 1 AND 1/2 INCHES TO TWO INCHES IN THE SARANAC LAKE AREA. SO BE ALERT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. KANE
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
NYZ007-008-011-012-018-042350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 650 PM EDT WED JUL 4 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS POSTED FOR THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY... THE ADIRONDACKS...THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY AND WARREN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM. AT 650 PM SHOWERS WERE OVER NORTHEAST ESSEX COUNTY SOUTH OF CLINTONVILLE. THEY ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH. ALL OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF NORTHERN NEW YORK. THERE WERE MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHWEST OF MASSENA NEW YORK IN ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY AND THEY WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH. SO MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK. STAY TrUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR MORE INFORAMTION ON THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. KANE
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
NYZ007-008-011-012-018-050045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 746 PM EDT WED JUL 4 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS POSTED FOR THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY... THE ADIRONDACKS...THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY AND WARREN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM. AT 746 PM MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM ABOUT NORTH BURKE IN ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY TO CANNON CORNERS IN NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHWEST OF THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY IN CANADA AND WILL BE PUSHING INTO ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY BY 815 PM. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH. ALL OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF NEW YORK AND INTO VERMONT. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATER STILL EXISTS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK IN AND CLOSE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA. SO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KANE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Franklin | 69 min |
| Jul 4, 11:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Greene, Schoharie | 57 min |
| Jul 5, 12:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery | 68 min |
| Jul 5, 2:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany | 47 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.