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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Albany, NY

June 19, 1990Columbia County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1990, 4:45 PM EDT for Columbia County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 60 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
Jun 19, 1990, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1990, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Columbia 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 4:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Berkshire, MA
Jun 19, 4:50 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Columbia, NY
Jun 19, 4:51 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Berkshire, MA

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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 54 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1990-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 306 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1990-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
306 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 3:22 PM EDTTornado WarningALYDutchess38 min
Jun 19, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess66 min
Jun 19, 3:47 PM EDTTornado WarningALYBerkshire58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1990Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 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.