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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Albany, NY

July 5, 1990Albany County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1990, 2:53 AM EDT for Albany County, New York. It was in force for 47 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
Jul 5, 1990, 2:53 AM EDT (06:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1990, 3:40 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Albany 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
Jul 5, 3:30 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Albany, 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 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 15 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 00:00Z on 1990-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3325 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 00:00Z on 1990-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KALB 050655
SVRALB
NYC001-050800-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
253 AM EDT THU JUL 5 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN EAST NEW YORK
 
   ...ALBANY COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST ABOUT TO ENTER ALBANY COUNTY HEADING
TOWARD ALBANY. YOU CAN EXPECT STRONG WINDS...HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR ALBANY BY 330 AM 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELEC5TRICAL 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

Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:54 PM EDT, 4 hours 59 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        9-54PM
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 11:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 51 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
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:07 AM EDT, 46 minutes before
NYZ008>013-018>020-050700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
205 AM EDT THU JUL 5 1990

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL 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.

A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN
NEW YORK TIL 600 AM THURSDAY MORNING.

AT 205 AM THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE MOHAWK VALLEY...THE
SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND THE LAKE GEORGE-SARATOGA REGION. THE STORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE EAST ABOUT 45 MPH.

THE MOST ACTIVE STORM WAS IN FULTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES FROM
CAROGA LAKE IN FULTON COUNTY TO RURAL GROVE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM SACANDAGA LAKE TO AMSTERDAM BETWEEN
215 AM AND 230 AM.

YOU CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
STRONG WINDS AND MAYBE HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

KANE
Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:11 AM EDT, 42 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP E
0211AM EST THU JUL 05 1990
ESFL WLSR APTS
00648        FILE 28   PD SENECA FALLS NY0492300     07-05-90
TO           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): VARIOUS SPOTS THROUGHOUT
THE ENTIRE VILLAGE ROUTES 5 & 20/ROUTE 414
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 07-04-90/23:30 P.M. EST
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: NON-EMERGENCY, MINOR DAMAGE TO
AREA

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 (X) - CLOUD TO CLOUD  (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO:            ( ) - TREES
(X) - POWER/TELCO POLES   (X) - 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  (X) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - 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)
(X) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE

REMARKS: WIND AND LIGHTNING MOST DAMAGING PART OF STORM, ALSO
RECEIVED HEAVY DOWN POURS OF RAIN

AUTH PHONE #: 315 568-5853
AUTH PORRETTA,V SERGEANT            GROMOSKE      2:10 HRS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 8:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYFranklin69 min
Jul 4, 8:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFranklin69 min
Jul 4, 11:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Greene, Schoharie57 min
Jul 5, 12:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYMontgomery68 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.