Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 1992, 5:30 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 60 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
- May 2, 1992, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1992, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Berkshire County, MA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:45 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Berkshire, 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, 9.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1002 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALB 022130 SVRALB MAC003-022230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 530 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS ...BERKSHIRE COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS FROM NEAR EAGLE BRIDGE TO NEAR NORTH STEPHENTOWN IN EASTERN RENNSALAER COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL STRIKE NEAR DALTON AND WEST ADAMS AROUND 545 PM EDT AND NEAR WINDSOR MASSACHUSETTS AT ABOUT SIX O CLOCK. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO>N'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, May 2, 1:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP Q
0137PM EDT SAT MAY 02 1992
QHQT WLSR QCQC
00530 FILE 28 NYSPIN SUPPORT SERVICES NY10100Q1 MAY 02-92
TO NWS - ALBANY NY
COPY SEMO ALBANY NY
ID = PHLN6
***NWS RAIN GAUGE/SNOW MEASUREMENT***
FROM: 07:00 HOURS 05/01/92
TO: 07:00 HOURS 05/02/92
RAIN: 0.08 INCHES
SNOW: 0.00 INCHES
MELTED TO: 0.00 INCHES
CONDITIONS AT TIME OF READING: PARTLY CLOUDY
TEMPERATURE AT TIME OF READING: 58 DEGREES F.
THIS GAUGE IS LOCATED ONE MILE SOUT H EAST OF PHILMONT NY ON ROXBURY ROAD,
TOWN OF CLAVERACK, COLUMBIA COUNTY.
AUTH ZONE SERGEANT WARREN A. DORSCH
NYSPIN STAFF PAULSEN 1-37 PMSpecial weather statement, May 2, 2:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
NYZ009-018-022000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 255 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR THE WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY AND FOR HERKIMER AND SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS... AT 245 PM THERE WERE SCATTERED SHOWERS FROM JUST NORTH OF UTICA TO NORTHERN HERKIMER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES. THERE MAY EVEN BE SOME LIGHTING AND THUNDER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SHOWERS. MORE NUMEROUS AND STRONGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER LAKE ONTARIO SOUTHWARD TO NEAR ROCHESTER. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY AND THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS BETWEEN 330 AND 430 PM. <THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ...SO IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND WAIT FOR THE STORMS TO PASS.
Special weather statement, May 2, 3:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
NYZ009-018-019-022100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 345 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992 AT 335 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL WAS NEAR NORWAY IN SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING DOWN THE MOHAWK VALLEY AT 60 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR GLOVERSVILLE BY AROUND 405 PM AND NEAR AMSTERDAM AROUND 415 PM. THE AIRPORT AT UTICA REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 35 MPH WITH THIS STORM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND WAIT FOR THE STORM TO PASS. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR THE WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY AND FOR HERKIMER AND SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS... THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BEFORE 500 PM.
Local storm report, May 2, 4:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK TROOP D 0400PM EDT SAT MAY 02 1992 DHQT WLSR DADM QHQT QADM DSAP 03439 FILE 26 SP ONEIDA NY1260100 MAY 02-92 TO ALBANY - NWS SP ONEIDA LOST POWER AT 3-41 PM DATE - LIGHTNING HIT CLOSE BY EMERGENCY GENERATOR OPERATIONAL UNTIL 3-51 PM DATE PARTS OF ONEIDA WERE WITHOUT POWER LIGHTNING ALSO APPEARS TO HAVE STRUCK UP NORTH, COPENHAGEN AND BEECRH HILL TOWRS NOT OPERATING AT THIS TIME AUTH AND SENT TPR C J MORE 3-59 PM
Local storm report, May 2, 5:02 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0502PM EDT SAT MAY 02 1992
CONE WLSR APTS
02557 FILE 28 SP ONEONTA NY1380100 MAY 02-92
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): ARNOLD RD/ST ROUTE 51
T/BURLINGTON - OTSEGO COUNTY
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: MAY 02-92 - 4:28 PM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: TREES DOWN / UTILITY WIRES DOWN
CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
( ) - NO HAIL REPORTED ( ) - LESS THAN 1/2" (PEA)
( ) - 1/2" (MARBLE) ( ) - 1/2" TO 3/4" (PENNY)
( ) - 3/4" TO 1" (DIME) ( ) - 1.25" (HALF DOLLAR)
( ) - 1.50" (WALNUT) ( ) - 1.75" (GOLFBALL)
( ) - 2.00" (HENS EGG) ( ) - 2.50" (TENNISBALL)
( ) - 2.75" (BASEBALL) ( ) - 3.00" (TEA CUP)
( ) - 4.00" (GRAPEFRUIT) ( ) - 4.50" (SOFTBALL)
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS (X) - CLOUD TO CLOUD ( ) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO: ( ) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: 0 NUMBER INJURED: 0
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE ( ) - CROPS
( ) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS (X) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES
RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: MPH OR KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: 0 NUMBER INJURED: 0
FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
( ) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE
REMARKS:
AUTH PHONE #: 607 432-3211
AUTH SGT/SC RICHARD A HODGES STINEFORD 5-00 PMLocal storm report, May 2, 5:28 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0528PM EDT SAT MAY 02 1992
CCSO WLSR APTS
00563 FILE 28 CHENANGO CO SO NORWICH NY0080000 MAY 02-92
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD):TOWNS OF SHERBURNE OTSELIC
AND NEW BERLIN STATE RTE 12 T/SHERBURNE STATE RTE 8 NEW BERLIN
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 05-02-92 16:04
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: MAINLY TREES AND POWER LINES IN
THE NEW BERLIN AREA A BARN ROOF WAS BLOWING OFF ALSO A BARN ROOF IN THE
SHERBURNE AREA WAS BLOWING OFF NO INJURIES REPORTED
CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
( ) - NO HAIL REPORTED ( ) - LESS THAN 1/2" (PEA)
( ) - 1/2" (MARBLE) ( ) - 1/2" TO 3/4" (PENNY)
( ) - 3/4" TO 1" (DIME) ( ) - 1.25" (HALF DOLLAR)
( ) - 1.50" (WALNUT) ( ) - 1.75" (GOLFBALL)
( ) - 2.00" (HENS EGG) ( ) - 2.50" (TENNISBALL)
( ) - 2.75" (BASEBALL) ( ) - 3.00" (TEA CUP)
( ) - 4.00" (GRAPEFRUIT) ( ) - 4.50" (SOFTBALL)
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD ( ) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO: ( ) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE ( ) - CROPS
( ) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS (X) - LARGE TREES
(X) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
(X) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES
RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: 50 MPH OR KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: 0 NUMBER INJURED: 0
FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
( ) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE
REMARKS: STORM MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN CHENANGO CO VERY QUICKLEY WITH
CLEARING FOLLOWING THE HIGH WI<NDS
AUTH PHONE #: 607 334-2000
AUTH SGT GERALD PITTSLEY H GALE 5:28PMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 33 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.