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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Albany, NY

June 18, 1990Orange County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1990, 3:24 PM EDT for Orange County, New York. It was in force for 59 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: Jun 18, 1990, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 1990, 4:23 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Whole counties

County Orange 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
Jun 18, 3:40 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Orange, 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -301 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KALB 181924
SVRALB
NYC071-182030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
324 PM EDT MON JUN 18 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
 
   ...ORANGE COUNTY
 
AT 320 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MIDDLETOWN. IT
WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR NEWBURGH BETWEEN 340 PM
AND 400 PM.  TREES WERE DOWNED WITH THIS STORM.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES USNLESS 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 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, Jun 18, 10:24 AM EDT, 5 hours before

NYZ007>013-018>020-181530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1020 AM EDT MON JUN 18 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN NEW YORK THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR MOST
OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW YORK.  AT 1015 AM...A LINE OF NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM MASSENA...SOUTH TO UTICA AND ELMIRA.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  THERE WAS EXTREMELY
FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

THE WORST STORM WAS IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HERKMIER COUNTY...5
MILES NORTHWEST OF THE STILLWATER RESERVOIR.  THIS STORM WILL MOVE
TO NEAR TUPPER LAKE ABOUT 1045 AM.

THUNDERSTORMS TODAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND.  IN ADDITION THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST.  THUNDERSTORM
DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

Local storm report, Jun 18, 10:33 AM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP B
1034AM EST MON JUN 18 1990
BCTN WLSR APTS
02585        FILE 28   SP CANTON NY1440100           JUN 18-90
TO           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
                                            ST LAWRENCE CO AREAS
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 10-15AM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: HIGH WINDS/TORRENTIAL RAIN AND
HEAVY/SEVERE LIGHTNING

CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
(X) - NO HAIL REPORTED    ( ) - LESS THAN 1/2" (PEA)
( ) - 1/2" (MARBLE)       ( ) - 1/2" TO 3/4" (PENNY)
( ) - 3/4" TO 1" (DIME)   ( ) - 1.25" (HALF DOLLAR)
( ) - 1.50" (WALNUT)      ( ) - 1.75" (GOLFBALL)
( ) - 2.00" (HENS EGG)    ( ) - 2.50" (TENNISBALL)
( ) - 2.75" (BASEBALL)    ( ) - 3.00" (TEA CUP)
( ) - 4.00" (GRAPEFRUIT)  ( ) - 4.50" (SOFTBALL)
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD  (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO:            ( ) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES   (X) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE   ( ) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS  (X) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  (X) - POWER/TELCO POLES
( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES

RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: 55  MPH OR    KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
(X) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE

REMARKS:

AUTH PHONE #: 315 265-4222
AUTH TPR TIMOTHY E THISSE           MATZELL       10-33AM

Local storm report, Jun 18, 10:38 AM EDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP D
1039AM EST MON JUN 18 1990
DJSO WLSR APTS
01349        FILE 28   JEFFERSON COSO                JUN 18 90
TO           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): TOWN OF BROWNVILLE
STATE OF EMERGENCY
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 08:30 AM 09-18-90
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: EXTENSIVE DAMAGE BROWNVILLE AREA
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY

CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
( ) - NO HAIL REPORTED    ( ) - LESS THAN 1/2" (PEA)
( ) - 1/2" (MARBLE)       ( ) - 1/2" TO 3/4" (PENNY)
( ) - 3/4" TO 1" (DIME)   ( ) - 1.25" (HALF DOLLAR)
( ) - 1.50" (WALNUT)      ( ) - 1.75" (GOLFBALL)
( ) - 2.00" (HENS EGG)    ( ) - 2.50" (TENNISBALL)
( ) - 2.75" (BASEBALL)    ( ) - 3.00" (TEA CUP)
( ) - 4.00" (GRAPEFRUIT)  ( ) - 4.50" (SOFTBALL)
NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD  (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO:            (X) - TREES
(X) - POWER/TELCO POLES   (X) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE   ( ) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS  (X) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  (X) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES

RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS:     MPH OR    KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:  1

FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
( ) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE

REMARKS:

AUTH PHONE #: 315 788-1441
AUTH SHERIFF DONALD NEWBERTTY       OTTMAN        10:36

Local storm report, Jun 18, 11:09 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP B
1110AM EST MON JUN 18 1990
BLPD WLSR APTS
00162        FILE 28   PD TUPPER LAKE NY0162000      JUN 18-90
TO           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): VILLAGE OF TUPPER LAKE

DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 1059AM JUN 18-90
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: SEVERE WIND AND RAIN. NUMEROUS
TREES AND BRANCHES ON GROUND. STORM PROCEEDING IN GENERALLY WESTWARD
DIRECTION RAPIDLY.

CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
(X) - NO HAIL REPORTED    ( ) - LESS THAN 1/2" (PEA)
( ) - 1/2" (MARBLE)       ( ) - 1/2" TO 3/4" (PENNY)
( ) - 3/4" TO 1" (DIME)   ( ) - 1.25" (HALF DOLLAR)
( ) - 1.50" (WALNUT)      ( ) - 1.75" (GOLFBALL)
( ) - 2.00" (HENS EGG)    ( ) - 2.50" (TENNISBALL)
( ) - 2.75" (BASEBALL)    ( ) - 3.00" (TEA CUP)
( ) - 4.00" (GRAPEFRUIT)  ( ) - 4.50" XSOFTBALL)
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD  ( ) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO:            ( ) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES   ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE   ( ) - CROPS
( ) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS  (X) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES

RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: 45  MPH OR    KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
( ) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE

REMARKS:                                                     

AUTH PHONE #: 518 359-3776
AUTH CHIEF ROBERT L DEGRACE         JONES         11-10AM

Local storm report, Jun 18, 3:08 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP D
0309PM EST MON JUN 18 1990
DJSO WLSR APTS
01350    FILE 28     JEFFERSON COSO NY0220000        JUN 18-90
TO           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                   WATER SPOUT SIGHTING

DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: 14:11 REPORT RECEIVED REGARDING THE SIGHTING
OF A WATER SPOUT T/HENDERSON
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): HENCHEN'S MARINA
HENDERSON HARBOR NEW YORK CO RTE 123
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: APPROX. 10:00 A.M. 06-18-90
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED: APPROX. 10:06 A.M.  06-18-90
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: TIDE IN HARBOR ESTIMATED TO HAVE
RISEN APPROX. 10 FT IN AREA OF WATER SPOUT MINOR DAMAGE TO MARINA AND
DAMAGE TO NEARBY VEHICLE WHEN TREE WAS UPROOTED 3 OCCUPIED BOATS IN AREA
OF WATER SPOUT WERE ABLE TO EVADE SPOUT FUNNEL SHAPED CLOUD HIT NEAR
MARINA SHORELINE CAUSING DAMAGE ABOVE MENTIONED
NUMBER KILLED:   0      NUMBER INJURED:  0
REMARKS:  WATER SPOUT WAS DESCRIBED AS APPROX. 150 FT HIGH
FUNNEL SHAPED - 30 FT DIAMETER

AUTH SHER6IFF DONALD F NEWBERRY      OTTMAN        3:08

Local storm report, Jun 18, 3:19 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP F
0320PM EST MON JUN 18 1990
FHQT WLSR APTS
08079        FILE 28   SP MIDDLETOWN NY1350100  JUNE 18-90
TO           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD):

DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: JUNE 18 3-10 PM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: ORANGE COUNTY

CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
(X) - NO HAIL REPORTED    (X) - LESS THAN 1/2" (PEA)
( ) - 1/2" (MARBLE)       ( ) - 1/2" TO 3/4" (PENNY)
( ) - 3/4" TO 1" (DIME)   ( ) - 1.25" (HALF DOLLAR)
( ) - 1.50" (WALNUT)      ( ) - 1.75" (GOLFBALL)
( ) - 2.00" (HENS EGG)    ( ) - 2.50" (TENNISBALL)
( ) - 2.75" (BASEBALL)    ( ) - 3.00" (TEA CUP)
( ) - 4.00" (GRAPEFRUIT)  ( ) - 4.50" (SOFTBALL)
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD  (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO:            ( ) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES   ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE   (X) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS  (X) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES
( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES

RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: 30  MPH OR    KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
(X) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
(X) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE

REMARKS: LARGE THUNDERSTORM PRESENTLY IN ORANGE COUNTY AREA IONVOLVING
EXTENSIVE THUNDER AND LIGHNING - RAINING HEAVY WITH HIGH WINDS

AUTH PHONE #: 914 344-5326
AUTH T/SGT CHARLES L HEADY          SISCO 3-20 PM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 11:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Franklin, Hamilton	55 min
Jun 18, 11:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Essex	64 min
Jun 18, 12:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Schenectady	63 min
Jun 18, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany	60 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.