Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 5:51 PM EDT for Saratoga County, Washington County, New York. It was in force for 69 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
- Jun 24, 1992, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1992, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Saratoga County, NY, Washington County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 6:20 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Saratoga, 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 1016 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 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 242152 SVRALB NYC091-115-242300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 551 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN EAST NEW YORK ...SARATOGA COUNTY IN NORTH NEW YORK ...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS BETWEEN SARATOGA SPRINGS AND CLIFTON PARK. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY CAUSED WIND DAMAGE IN THE TOWN OF GALWAY. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH KETCHUMS CORMNERS ABOUT 6 PM... ...EASTON IN WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 615 PM..AND CENTER CAMBRIDGE AROUND 630 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 66 min |
| Jun 24, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Sullivan, Ulster | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 69 min |
| Jun 24, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 68 min |
| Jun 24, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Orange, Putnam | 67 min |
| Jun 24, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Schenectady | 36 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.