Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1990, 11:48 PM EDT for Albany County, Greene County, Schoharie County, New York. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1990, 11:48 PM EDT (03:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1990, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Albany County, NY, Greene County, NY, Schoharie County, NY
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 3325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 355 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 28.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALB 050409 RRA SVRALB NYC001-039-095-050445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1148 PM EDT WED JUL 4 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN EAST NEW YORK ...SOUTHWESTERN ALBANY COUNTY...GREENE COUNTY...SCHOHARIE COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SCHOHARIE COUNTY WEST OF NORTH BLENHEIM. IT/LL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST ALBANY COUNTY SOUTH OF RENSSELEARVILLE AND INTO GREENE COUNTY NEAR ASHLAND BY 1215 AM. THIS STORM HAS VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHODULD 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.
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, Jul 4, 5:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
NYZ007-008-011-012-018-052245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT.................CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 545 PM EDT WED JUL 4 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF THE ADIRONDACKS AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CHAMPLAIN VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK THROUGH THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY...THE ADIRONDACKS...THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY AND WARREN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM. AT 545 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM ABOUT MINEVILLE TO ROUGHLY MT. MARCY IN ESSEX COUNTY. IF YOU LIVE IN ESSEX COUNTY FROM ABOUT WEATHERBEE TO UNDERWOOD TO MORIAH CENTER...YOU CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO LAST TIL ABOUT 600 PM TO 615 PM. BE PREPARED) FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...FEQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND MAYBE HAIL. THESE STORMS PRODUCED FROM 1 AND 1/2 INCHES TO TWO INCHES IN THE SARANAC LAKE AREA. SO BE ALERT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. KANE
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:52 PM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
NYZ007-008-011-012-018-042350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 650 PM EDT WED JUL 4 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS POSTED FOR THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY... THE ADIRONDACKS...THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY AND WARREN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM. AT 650 PM SHOWERS WERE OVER NORTHEAST ESSEX COUNTY SOUTH OF CLINTONVILLE. THEY ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH. ALL OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF NORTHERN NEW YORK. THERE WERE MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHWEST OF MASSENA NEW YORK IN ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY AND THEY WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH. SO MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK. STAY TrUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR MORE INFORAMTION ON THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. KANE
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
NYZ007-008-011-012-018-050045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 746 PM EDT WED JUL 4 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS POSTED FOR THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY... THE ADIRONDACKS...THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY AND WARREN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM. AT 746 PM MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM ABOUT NORTH BURKE IN ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY TO CANNON CORNERS IN NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHWEST OF THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY IN CANADA AND WILL BE PUSHING INTO ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY BY 815 PM. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH. ALL OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF NEW YORK AND INTO VERMONT. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATER STILL EXISTS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK IN AND CLOSE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA. SO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KANE
Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP B
0956PM EST WED JUL 04 1990
BMAL WLSR APTS
02271 FILE 28 MALONE NY1160100 JUL 04-90
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): T/MALONE - FRANKLIN COUNTY
US RT 11
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 9-45PM - 07/04/90
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: NONE REPORTED
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: NUMBER INJURED:
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 ( ) - 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: 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: TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND THU3NDER-
EXPERIENCED TWO BRIEF POWER INTERRUPTIONS
AUTH PHONE #: 518 483-5000
AUTH SGT NEIL J MULVERHILL WALKER 9-54PMSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 11:02 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
NYZ006>013-018>020-050400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1100 PM EDT WED JUL 4 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEW YORK TIL 400 AM THURSDAY MORNING AND A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE SARANAC-LAKE PLACID REGION AND THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY. AT 1100 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM CLINTON COUNTY SOUTH INTO NORTHERN ESSEX COUNTY. MORE WERE SCATTERED FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NEW YORK THROUGH THE ADIRONDACKS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE JUST EAST OF AU SABLE FORKS IN ESSEX COUNTY AND NORTHWEST OF HADLEY IN NORTHERN SARATOGA COUNTY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WESTERN NEW YORK AND WILL BE MOVING INTO EASTERN NEW YORK AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERHVICE. KANE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Franklin | 69 min |
| Jul 4, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Franklin | 69 min |
| Jul 5, 12:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery | 68 min |
| Jul 5, 2:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.