Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1990, 5:33 PM EDT for Saratoga County, New York. It was in force for 72 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
- Aug 13, 1990, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1990, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 72 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saratoga 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 6:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Saratoga, 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALB 132154 SVRALB NYC091-132245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 553 PM EDT MON AUG 13 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN EAST NEW YORK ...NORTHERN SARATOGA COUNTY AT 555 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SARATOGA SPRINGS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PASS VERY CLOSE TO WILTON ABOUT 615 PM AS IT TRAVELS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUyR 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, Aug 13, 2:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP D
0236PM EDT MON AUG 13 1990
DBPD WLSR APTS
00169 FILE 28 PD BOONVILLE NY0322100 AUG 13-90
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THUNDER STORM HEAVY RAIN REPORT
DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: THUNDER/LIGHTENING AND HEAVY RAINS WITH WINDS
FROM WNW AT 10MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35MPH
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): NORTHERN T/BOONVILLE AND
SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY AREAS-ALL VILLAGE OF BOONVILLE
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 08/13/90 @ 1420HRS
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED: ONGOING AS OF NOW
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: STORM DRAINS UNABLE TO KEEP UP
WITH FLOW OF RUN-OFF WATER,RAIN WATER POOLING IN ROADWAYS
NUMBER KILLED: 0 NUMBER INJURED: 0
REMARKS: NO DAMAGE YET FROM WIND OR LIGHTENING BUT MAJOR BODY OF STORM
APPROACHING AT THIS TIME FROM WNW TO ESE DIRECTIONS
AUTH/ PHONE #: 315 942-4402
AUTH CHF R F SMITH PTL K J WALTERS 1436HRSLocal storm report, Aug 13, 3:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP D
0314PM EDT MON AUG 13 1990
DROM WLSR APTS
00751 FILE 28 AUG 13-90
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THUNDERSTORM
DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: HEAVY RAIN THUNDER LIGHTNING WIND
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): ROME
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: AUG 13-90 3:00PM
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED: ON GOING
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: NONE AT THIS TIME
NUMBER KILLED: 0 NUMBER INJURED: 0
REMARKS:
AUTH PHONE #: 315 337-3311
AUTH SGT T HUBAL s WILLIS 3-10Local storm report, Aug 13, 3:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP K
0342PM EDT MON AUG 13 1990
KDSO WLSR QTRF
09495 FLOOD DAMAGE REPORT PAGE 1 OF 2
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SUBMITTED BY: DUTCHESS CO OFFICE OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
NAME & TITLE: JUDIE TRAVER,DIRECTOR
1. NAME OF DESCRIBE THE PLACE OR AREA AFFECTED BY THE FLOOD:
2. TIME OF (A) DATE(S) AUGUST 5TH AND 6TH
FLOOD: (B) HOUR OF BEGINNING ; HOUR OF ENDING
A. WAS ANY DAMAGE DONE BY FLOOD WATERS IN THE AREA BY THE FLOOD DESCRIBED
ABOVE? [ ] - YES [X] - NO
B. IF ANSWER WAS NO, PLEASE TRANSMIT FROM HERE:
IF DAMAGE OCCURRED, PLEASE GIVE A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OF LOSSES OR
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY TOTALLY OR PARTIALLY DESTROYED BY FLOOD WATERS ACCORDING
TO THE FOLLOWING KINDS OF PROPERTY.
1. CITY, TOWN AND VILLAGE PROPERTY:
A. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY:
1. DWELLINGS, WALKS, DRIVED, LAWNS, ETC.............. $
(NUMBER OF DWELLINGS FLOODED )
2. MOVEABLE EQUIPMENT, AUTOMOBILES, FURNISHINGS, ETC. $
B. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY:
1. BUILDINGS, HEAVY MACHINERY, & OTHER FIXTURES...... $
2. MOVEABLE EQUIPMENT, MOTORS, TRUCKS, STOCKS, GOODS,
MERCHANDISE, ETC.................................. $
C. PUBLIC PROPERTY:
1. CITY, COUNTY, STATE & FEDERAL PROPERTY, INCLUDING
STREETS, BRIDGES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES & AIRPORTS.....$
2. FARM PROPERTY:
A. NUMBER OF ACRES INUNDATED
B. LOSS OR DAMAGE (PLEASE OMIT DAMAGE TO LAND AND CROPS
CAUSED BY EROSION DUE TO RAIN RATHER THAN OVERFLOW
FROM RIVERS):
TO CROPS GROWING OR STILL IN THE FIELD - NAME PRINCIPAL
CROPS ..$
TO CROPS IN STORAGE - NAME PRINCIPAL CROPS
..$
TO LIVESTOCK & POULTRY - STATE KIND
..$
TO BUILDINGS (INCLUDE HOUSES, BARNS, SHEDS, FENCES,
AND OTHER FARM PROPERTY)..............................$
TO MOVEABLE FRAM MACHINERY (INCLUDING AUTOMOBILES,
TRACTORS, AND OTHER PROPERTY EXCEPT CROPS & LIVESTOCK)$
3. OTHER PROPERTY
A. RAILROADS, HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, LEVEES, DAMS, ETC.......$
B. PUBLIC UTILITIES, INCLUDING GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER,
BUSES, TROLLEYS, COMMUNICATIONS, ETC..................$
4. LOSS OF INCOME & WAGES DUE TO SUSPENSION OF BUSINESS.....$
5. COST OF EMERGENCY PROTECTION, EVACUATION, & RELIEF.......$
TOTAL.........................$
6. HOW MANY PERSONS WERE KILLED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE FLOOD?
7. WHAT WAS THE MONETARY SAVINGS RESULTING FROM WARNINGS
ISSUED...................................................$
END OF PAGE 1Local storm report, Aug 13, 3:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP K
0346PM EDT MON AUG 13 1990
KDSO WLSR QTRF
09496 FLOOD DAMAGE REPORT PAGE 2 OF 2
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REMARKS:
(1) PLEASE INDICATE THE AREA COVERED BY THE ESTIMATED GIVEN ABOVE USING
EASILY RECOGNIZES GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES (MAJOR HIGHWAYS, COUNTY LINES,
TOWN LINES, ETC).
(2) DESCRIBE BRIEFLY THE EFFECTS OF THE FLOOD AND MAJOR TYPES OF DAMAGE.
NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING - ABOUT 12 SCATTERED PUMP DETAILS
(3) THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES AND DISSEMINATES FLOOD WARNINGS BY
RADIO, TELEPHONE, NYSPIN, NEWSPAPERS & SPECIAL BULLETINS.
(A) COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING THIS SERVICE WILL BE APPRECIATED.
(B) DESCRIBE ANY SPECIFIC PROTECTIVE MEASURES TAKEN AS A RESULT OF FLOOD
WARNINGS AND TYPE OF PROPERTY SAVED.
INFORMATION ON WARNINGS DISSEMINATED THRU OUR CALL LIST,MEDIA,ETC
AUTH JUDIE TRAVER - DIRECTOR DC OFFICE OF DISASTER PREPARDNESS
DEPUTY WALT RITCH DCSO 345PSpecial weather statement, Aug 13, 3:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
NYZ008>010-012-018-019-020-006-132045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 340 PM MON AUG 13 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WERE PUSHING INTO THE ADIRONDACKS AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK. AT 340 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM LAKE PLACID IN ESSEX COUNTY TO TRENTON FALLS IN HERKIMER COUNTY. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 25 MPH. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE ABOUT 15 SOUTHWEST OF NEWCOMB IN ESSEX COUNTY AND ABOUT 20 WEST OF SPECULATOR IN HAMITON COUNTY. IF YOU LIVE FROM SPECULATOR IN HAMILTON COUNTY TO NEWCOMB IN ESSEX COUNTY...YOU CAN EXPECT A THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN 400 PM AND 500 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO MONTGOMERY AND FULTON COUNTIES BY ABOUT 400 PM OR 430 PM. YOU CAN EXPECT...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IN FACT...THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN AND COULD CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF BRIDGES AND UNDERPASSES. KANE
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 4:45 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Sullivan | 62 min |
| Aug 13, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 69 min |
| Aug 13, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 54 min |
| Aug 13, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 42 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.