Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Burlington, VT

June 18, 1990Jefferson County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1990, 8:50 AM EDT for Jefferson County, New York. It was in force for 55 min. 4 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 18, 1990, 8:50 AM EDT (12:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1990, 9:45 AM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson 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
Jun 18, 9:22 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Jefferson, NY
Jun 18, 9:22 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Jefferson, NY
Jun 18, 9:32 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Jefferson, NY
Jun 18, 9:50 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Jefferson, 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 231 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 1990-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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 1990-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-301 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 8:01 AM EDT, 49 minutes before
VTZ001-NYZ011-181500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
759 AM EDT MON JUN 18 1990

...BOATERS ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER
TODAY...

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 KNOTS.
IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING TODAY...ESPECIALLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD
CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY AND SHIFTING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING IN WESTERN NEW YORK AND IN THE
ADIRONDACKS...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY...AND ONTO
THE LAKE.

IF YOU ARE BOATING ON THE LAKE TODAY...KEEP A VERY CLOSE WATCH ON THE
WEATHER TODAY...AND BE PREPARED TO HEAD TO SHORE IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.  IF YOU HAVE ACTIVITIES PLANNED ON THE LAKE
SHORE...YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES.

REYNOLDS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 8:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVCayuga, Oswego55 min
Jun 18, 9:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVLewis, Madison, Oneida55 min
Jun 18, 9:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVOnondaga55 min
Jun 18, 11:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVClinton68 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.