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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Albany, NY

June 24, 1992Albany County, Rensselaer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 6:06 PM EDT for Albany County, Rensselaer 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, 6:06 PM EDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1992, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Albany County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 6:38 PM EDTHail 1.5Albany, 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 8 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°0°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

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

Local storm report, Jun 24, 4:06 PM EDT, 2 hours before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP W
0405PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992
WORA WLSR WAPT APTS
00009    FILE 28   WORA WNWS                         06  24-92
TO           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                   ORANGE CO. SKYWARN ACTIVATED 1540 HOURS THIS DATE

DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT:

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED:

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD):

DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED:
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED:
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER:

NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:
REMARKS:

AUTH PHONE #: 914 294-7422
AUTH SCHMER                                  MOORE 062492 1607
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
NYZ010-242100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
415 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992

THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE CATSKILLS AND LOWER HUDSON VALLEY
THIS AFTERNOON.

A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE KINGSTON AREA OF EASTERN
ULSTER COUNTY AT 410 PM AND WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND
35 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER JACKSON
CORNERS IN NORTHERN POUGHKEEPSIE AROUND 440 PM AND ANCRAMDALE
IN SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED SHORTLY AFTER
FIVE O CLOCK.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK UNTIL TEN O CLOCK THIS EVENING.

END
AREAS WHERE SKIES CLEAR EARLY AND IS SHELTERED FROM THE WIND.

IF POSSIBLE...YOU SHOULD COVER YOU VEGETATION OR FLOWERS TONIGHT TO
PREVENT POSSIBLE DAMAGE FROM THE LOW TEMPERATURES.  IF YOU CAN...BRING
YOUR POTTED PLANTS INDOORS.

SL
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
NYZ010-242100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
415 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992

THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE CATSKILLS AND LOWER HUDSON VALLEY
THIS AFTERNOON.

A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE KINGSTON AREA OF EASTERN
ULSTER COUNTY AT 410 PM AND WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND
35 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER JACKSON
CORNERS IN NORTHERN POUGHKEEPSIE AROUND 440 PM AND ANCRAMDALE
IN SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED SHORTLY AFTER
FIVE O CLOCK.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK UNTIL TEN O CLOCK THIS EVENING.

END
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
NYZ010-242100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
415 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992

THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE CATSKILLS AND LOWER HUDSON VALLEY
THIS AFTERNOON.

A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE KINGSTON AREA OF EASTERN
ULSTER COUNTY AT 410 PM AND WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND
35 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER JACKSON
CORNERS IN NORTHERN DUTCHESS COUNTY AROUND 440 PM AND ANCRAMDALE
IN SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED SHORTLY AFTER
FIVE O CLOCK.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK UNTIL TEN O CLOCK THIS EVENING.

END
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:16 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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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, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga, Washington69 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
Jun 24, 5:27 PM EDTTornado WarningALYBerkshire63 min
Jun 24, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBerkshire56 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.