Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1990, 3:32 PM EDT for Fulton County, Herkimer County, Montgomery County, New York. It was in force for 58 min. 2 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 21, 1990, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1990, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fulton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery 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 21, 4:30 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Herkimer, NY | |
| Jun 21, 4:30 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Montgomery, 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 850 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALB 211932 SVRALB NYC043-035-057-041-212030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 332 PM EDT THU JUN 21 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...S... IN CENTRAL NEW YORK ...HERKIMER COUNTY IN EAST NEW YORK ...FULTON COUNTY...MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH NEW YORK ...HAMILTON COUNTY AT 310 PM HAIL WAS FALLING AT ROME. THIS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH HERKIMER AND ONIEDA COUNTIES. THEY WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 21, 3:06 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
NYZ006>012-019-020-212100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 305 PM EDT THU JUN 21 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 O/CLOCK THIS EVENING IN MUCH OF UPSTATE EASTERN NEW YORK... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 O/CLOCK THIS EVENING IN ALL OF UPSTATE EASTERN NEW YORK EXCEPT FOR MOST OF THE HUDSON VALLEY...AND THE SOUTHEASTERN CATSKILLS. HOWEVER IN THE UPPER PART OF THE HUDSON VALLEY AREA...THE WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE LAKE GEORGE REGION...AND SARATOGA COUNTY IN THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. AT 3 O/CLOCK...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK AT MID AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY GENERATE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR...AND LARGE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS COVERED A LARGE AREA FROM NEAR WATERTOWN...IN CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY TO NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA...JUST SOUTH OF BINGHAMTON. THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE AREA WAS FROM THE LEWIS/HERKIMER COUNTY LINE TO NEAR BINGHAMTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST...ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR. AT 4 O/CLOCK...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE APPROACHING RAQUETTE LAKE...IN NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY ANDU ENTERING FULTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. HEMMERICH
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:27 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
NYZ006>012-019-020-212100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 330 PM EDT THU JUN 21 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 O/CLOCK THIS EVENING IN MUCH OF UPSTATE EASTERN NEW YORK... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 O/CLOCK THIS EVENING IN ALL OF UPSTATE EASTERN NEW YORK EXCEPT FOR MOST OF THE HUDSON VALLEY...AND THE SOUTHEASTERN CATSKILLS. HOWEVER IN THE UPPER PART OF THE HUDSON VALLEY AREA...THE WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE LAKE GEORGE REGION...AND SARATOGA COUNTY IN THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. AT 3 O/CLOCK...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY GENERATE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR...AND LARGE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS COVERED A LARGE AREA FROM NEAR WATERTOWN...IN CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY TO NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA...JUST SOUTH OF BINGHAMTON. THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE AREA WAS FROM THE LEWIS/HERKIMER COUNTY LINE TO NEAR BINGHAMTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST...ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR. AT 4 O/CLOCK...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE APPROACHING RAQUETTE LAKE...IN NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY AND ENTERING FULTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. HEMMERICH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene, Ulster | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Orange, Putnam | 60 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.