Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1990, 7:51 PM EDT for Orange County, Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 69 min. 4 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 29, 1990, 7:51 PM EDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1990, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Orange County, NY, Ulster 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 29, 7:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 106 | Orange, NY | |
| Jun 29, 8:15 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Ulster, NY | |
| Jun 29, 8:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Ulster, NY | |
| Jun 29, 8:45 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 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 292352 SVRALB NYC071-111-300100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 751 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK ...ORANGE COUNTY...SOUTHERN ULSTER COUNTY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 750 PM THIS EVENING NEAR WALLKILL...CLOSE TO THE ULSTER AND ORANGE COUNTY BORDER. THEY ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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
Local storm report, Jun 29, 5:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0501PM EST FRI JUN 29 1990
CBSO WLSR APTS
04264 FILE 28 BROOME CO SO BING NY0030000 JUN 29-90
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REPORT
DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS NOW IN WESTERN BROOME
COUNTY/HAVE HAD LIGHTNING STRIKES & MINOR STREET FLOODING
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): TOWN OF UNION/ENDICOTT/
WEST CORNERS ROUTE 26 AREA
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 062990/4-45 PM
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED:
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: MINIMUM AT THIS TIME
NUMBER KILLED: 0 NUMBER INJURED: 0
REMARKS:
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AUTH PHONE #: 607 778-1911
AUTH CAPT RAYMOND OSTERHOUT MCMANUS 5-00 PMSpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 5:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
NYZ012-020-292200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 505 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 1990 ...A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WAS NEAR ROCK CITY FALLS SARATOGA COUNTY... THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF SARATOGA...SARATOGA LAKE AND BE NORTH OF STILL WATER BY 545 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS STRENTENING AT 505PM. IT MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. BOATERS ON SARATOGA LBAKE SHOULD GET TO SHORE AT ONCE. SNYDER
Local storm report, Jun 29, 5:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP G
0510PM EST FRI JUN 29 1990
GSCO WLSR APTS
00984 FILE 28 SCHOHARIE CO SO NY0470000 JUN 29-90
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THUNDERSTORM REPORT
DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IS OCCURRING IN
VILLAGE OF SCHOHARIE SCHOHARIE COUNTY
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): ROUTE 30 V/SCHOHARIE
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 1700 HRS
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED: STILL IN PROGRESS
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: NONE KNOWN
NUMBER KILLED: 0 NUMBER INJURED: 0
REMARKS: STORM STILL IN PROGRESS AT TIME OF MESSAGE
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AUTH PHONE #: 518 295-8114
AUTH DEPUTY ROBERT DEWITT NELSON 1708Special weather statement, Jun 29, 5:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
NYZ012-020-292300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 545 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 1990 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...WAS IN EASTERN SCHOHARIE COUNTY TO WESTERN ALBANY COUNTY AND SOUTHERN SARATOGA COUNTY. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL PASS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF SARATOGA AND ALBANY COUNTIES INTO RENSSELAER AND NORTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES BY 700 PM THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WERE STRENGTHENING...AND MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. THEY ALSO HAVE A HISTORY OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING. BY 630 PM THIS EVENING...THESE STORMS WILL PASS THROUGH BETHLEHEM AND COEYMANS IN SOUTHERN ALBANY COUNTY...AS WELL AND THROUGH TROY AND HOOSICK FALLS IN NORTHERN RENSSELAER COUNTY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. BACH
Local storm report, Jun 29, 5:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0557PM EST FRI JUN 29 1990
CBSO WLSR APTS
04265 FILE 28 BROOME CO SO BING NY0030000 JUN 29-90
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REPORT
DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS PASSED THROUGH THIS
AREA CAUSING WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND MINOR STREET FLOODING
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): TOWN OF UNION/ENDICOTT/
WINDSOR/KIRKWOOD/COLESVILLE AREAS ALONG ROUTE 17
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 062990/4-45 PM
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED: 062990/6-00 PM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND TREES
DOWN IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS/SEVERAL MVAS DUE TO HEAVY DOWNPOURS
NUMBER KILLED: 0 NUMBER INJURED: 0
REMARKS: WORST OF STORM APPEARS TO BE OVER AT THIS TIME/IS NOW RAINING
LIGHTLY IN ABOVE NAMED AREAS
AUTH PHONE #: 607 778-1911
AUTH CAPT RAYMOND OSTERHOUT MCMANUS 6-00 PMLocal storm report, Jun 29, 6:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP G
0640PM EST FRI JUN 29 1990
GRSO WLSR APTS
01753 FILE 28 RENSSELAER COUNTY SHERIFF JUN 29-90
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THUNDERSTORM REPORT
DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: HEAVY RAIN FOG
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): STATE ROUTE 2
TOWN OF PETERSBURG ON NEW YORK MASSACHUSETTS STATE LINE
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: CONDITION REPORTED AT 6:24 PM
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED: STILL IN PROGRESS
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: NONE KNOWN
NUMBER KILLED: 0 NUMBER INJURED: 0
REMARKS: ALSO THE BERLIN FIRE DEPT ADVISES HEAVY RAIN
ROUTE 22 TOWN OF BERLIN
AUTH PHONE #: 518 270-5252
AUTH TECH SGT MICHAEL E SUPLEE HARRINGTON 6:40/PMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene | 62 min |
| Jun 29, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 67 min |
| Jun 29, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 67 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.