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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Albany, NY

August 13, 1990Sullivan County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1990, 6:13 PM EDT for Sullivan County, New York. It was in force for 62 min. 2 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
Aug 13, 1990, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1990, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Sullivan 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
Aug 13, 6:30 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Sullivan, NY
Aug 13, 6:40 PM EDTHail 0.75Sullivan, 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 12:00Z on 1990-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1990-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KALB 132214
SVRALB
NYC105-132315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
613 PM EDT MON AUG 13 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
 
   ...SULLIVAN COUNTY
 
AT 615 PM THIS EVENING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MONTICELLO. THIS STORM WILL PASS OVER OR VERY
CLOSE TO MONTICELLO BETWEEN 630 AND 645 PM.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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, 3:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 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
********************************************************************************
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 1
Local storm report, Aug 13, 3:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 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
********************************************************************************
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 345P
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 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, 1 hour 28 minutes before
NYZ008>011-018-019-020-006-132145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
440 PM MON AUG 13 1990

THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING FROM THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY ACROSS THE
ADIRONDACKS TO THE WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING
FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK.

AT 440 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM PORT HENRY IN ESSEX COUNTY THROUGH
NORTH CREEK IN WARREN COUNTY...TO NEAR HERKIMER IN HERKIMER COUNTY.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE NEAR NORTH CREEK AND
HOPE...WHICH IS IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF HAMILTON COUNTY.

IF YOU LIVE FROM LAKE GEORGE TO FULTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES
TO OTSEGO COUNTIES YOU CAN EXPECT A THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN 445 PM AND
600 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

YOU CAN ALSO EXPECT...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
IN FACT...THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND COULD CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF UNDERPASSES.

WILEY
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:43 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
NYZ009>011-018-019-020-006-132245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
545 PM MON AUG 13 1990

THUNDERSTORMS WERE BOOMING FROM THE SOUTHERN CHAMPLAIN VALLEY TO THE
MOHAWK VALLEY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THIS EVENING
FOR EASTERN NEW YORK.

AT 545 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM TICONDEROGA AT THE NORTH END OF
LAKE GEORGE TO NEAR GALWAY IN SARATOGA COUNTY.

THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE RIGHT OVER LAKE GEORGE AND
NEAR GALWAY.

IF YOU LIVE IN WAHINGTON AND SARATOGA COUNTIES EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS
BETWEEN 545 PM AND 645 PM THIS MONDAY EVENING.
.
YOU CAN ALSO EXPECT...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
IN FACT...THESE THUNDdERSTORMS HAVE SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND COULD CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING.

WILEY
Local storm report, Aug 13, 6:01 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP D
0605PM EDT MON AUG 13 1990
DHSO WLSR APTS
00967    FILE 28   HERKIMER CO SO NY0210000          AUG 13-90
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                          TORNADO REPORT
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPROPRIATE:
(X) - REPORT BASED UPON DAMAGE
( ) - FUNNEL CLOUD ACTUALLY SIGHTED (SEND ADDED INFO MESSAGE)
( ) - WATER SPOUT ACTUALLY SIGHTED (SEND ADDED INFO MESSAGE)
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): BIG MOOSE LAKE
TOWN OF WEBB, BIG MOOSE RD
NAME AND ADDRESS OF PERSON(S) REPORTING TORNADO(S):
BOB WINTER FIRE COMMISSIONER, BIG MOOSE FIRE DEPT

DATE AND TIME OF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN: AUG-13-90, 1500HRS
PLACE OF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN: BIG MOSSE LAKE
DIRECTION OF TORNADO TRAVEL:
ESTIMATED WIDTH OF TORNADO AT GROUND:
ESTIMATED LENGTH OF TORNADO PATH:
PLACE OF TORNADO LIFTOFF:
DAMAGE REPORTED TO (CHECK): ( )-CROPS       ( )-FARM BLDGS
(X)-POWER/TELCO LINES (X)-POWER/TELCO POLES (X)-SMALL TREES
(X)-LARGE TREES       (X)-PRIVATE HOMES     (X)-COMM. BLDGS
(X)-OTHER (SPECIFY)  VEHICLES
NUMBER OF FATALITIES: 0          NUMBER OF INJURED: 0
REMARKS: AT APPROX 1500 HRS A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON BIG MOOSE
LAKE, TREES BLOWN DOWN ONTO BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES, WIND DAMAGE
TO BUILDINGS,
AUTH PHONE #: 315 867-1252
AUTH SGT FARBER                     DEP POLLAK    1800

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga72 min
Aug 13, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWashington69 min
Aug 13, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster54 min
Aug 13, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess42 min

Nearby

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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.