Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1990, 3:54 PM EDT for Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, New York. It was in force for 66 min. 5 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
- Apr 26, 1990, 3:54 PM EDT (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1990, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:57 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Saratoga, NY | |
| Apr 26, 4:06 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Rensselaer, NY | |
| Apr 26, 4:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Saratoga, NY | |
| Apr 26, 4:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Rensselaer, NY | |
| Apr 26, 4:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Saratoga, 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALB 261956 SVRALB NYC083-091-262100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 354 PM EDT THU APR 26 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN EAST NEW YORK ...RENSSELAER COUNTY...SOUTHERN SARATOGA COUNTY SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTHERN SARATOGA COUNTY JUST WEST OF MECHANICVILLE MOVING TO THE EAST ACROSS THE SCHAGHTICOKE AREA TOWARDS PITTSTOWN IN RENSSELAER COUNTY. 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LdARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL 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, Apr 26, 3:45 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
NYZ012-020-262100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 343 PM EDT THU APR 26 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WERE POPPING UP IN SOUTHERN SARATOGA COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. A THUNDERSTORM WAS FROM JUST SOUTH OF SARATOGAS LAKE THROUGH CLIFTON PARK AND ALMOST DOWN TO THE TWIN BRIDGES ON THE NORTHWAY. IT/LL LIKELY DRIFT SOUTHEAST BETWEEN COHOES AND HOOSICK FALLS BETWEEN 400 PM AND 430 PM THIS AFTERNOON. YOU CAN EXPECT HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SYOME BRIEF STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND MAYBE EVEN SOME HAIL. KANE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1990Every severe thunderstorm 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.