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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albany, NY

June 24, 1992Saratoga County, Washington County, New York

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 6:20 PM EDTHail 1.75Saratoga, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1992-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1992-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer66 min
Jun 24, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess62 min
Jun 24, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSullivan, Ulster62 min
Jun 24, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer69 min
Jun 24, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess68 min
Jun 24, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYOrange, Putnam67 min
Jun 24, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchenectady36 min

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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.