Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1990, 3:30 AM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1990, 3:30 AM EDT (07:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1990, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Berkshire County, MA
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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 050733 SVRALB MAC003-050815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 330 AM EDT THU JUL 5 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS ...NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR IN ADAMS IN NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY. FALLING TREE LIMBS KNOCKED OUT POWER. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HdEAVY 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
Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:54 PM EDT, 5 hours 36 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, 4 hours 28 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, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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
Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 19 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 HRSLocal storm report, Jul 5, 3:07 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP A
0307AM EST THU JUL 05 1990
ACSO WLSR
01328 FILE 28 SO CHAUT CO MAYV NY0060000 JUL 4-90
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): BUSTI NORTH HARMONY
KIANTONE
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 0100 HRS
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: NUMEROUS TREE DOWN BLOCKING
ROADS HIGHWAY CREWS ON SCENE NIAGARA MOHAWK DISPATCHED TO WIRES
DOWN WITH TREE CALLS REC REPORTS OF LIGHTNING STIKES ON
RESDS IN TOWNS OF PORTLAND AND CARROLL
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: (X) - TREES
(X) - POWER/TELCO POLES (X) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS (X) - 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
( ) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS (X) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - 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)
( ) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE
REMARKS: FREQUENT LIGHTNING REPORTS OF LIGHTNING STRIKES ?
TO HOUSES IN AREA NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN WITH POWER LINES
BLOCKING ROADS HIGHWAY CREWS ON SCENES
AUTH PHONE #: 716 753-2131
AUTH R KOST KOST 3-05 AMNearby
Severe 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.