Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Albany, NY
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 6:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Sullivan, NY | |
| Aug 13, 6:40 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Sullivan, 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.
- 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 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
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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, 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
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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, 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
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
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 1800The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 72 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.