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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY

June 19, 1990Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1990, 3:47 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 58 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
Jun 19, 1990, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1990, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
58 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 4:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Berkshire, MA
Jun 19, 4:51 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Berkshire, MA

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, 7.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1990-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 306 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 12:00Z on 1990-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
306 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KALB 191952
TORALB
MAC003-192045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
347 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS
 
   ...BERKSHIRE COUNTY
 
A TORNADO HAS BEEN SIGHTED IN LEE MASSACHUSETTS AT 340 PM EDT. THIS
TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 20 MPH.
 
A SECOND TORNADO WAS NEAR TYRINGHAM.
 
THE TOWNS OF BECKET AND BANCROFT ARE IN THE PATH OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
SPAWNING THE TORNADOES.  THEY SHOULD REACH BECKET AND BANCROFT WITIN
OR BEFORE 445 PM EDT.
 
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBerkshire60 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.