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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Albany, NY

July 5, 1992Saratoga County, Schenectady County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1992, 3:10 PM EDT for Saratoga County, Schenectady County, New York. It was in force for 65 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: Jul 5, 1992, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 1992, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 5, 3:12 PM EDT	Tornado F0	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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 32 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 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

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 1:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP D
0201PM EDT SUN JUL 05 1992
DHQT WLSR DSAP DPAP DADM WAPT GFON TSYR QHQT
05262       FILE 28   SP ONEIDA NY1260100   JUN 05-92    ADDED
TO          NWS

REF 5261 FILE DATE APB RE THUNDERSTORM

STORM HAS HIT TOWNS OF MARCY AND WHITESTOWN IN ONEIDA COUNTY

HIGH WINDS, HEAVY RAIN, TREES DOWN

AUTH SP NEW HARTFORD            MORE 2-00 PM

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:25 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP D
0224PM EDT SUN JUL 05 1992
DHQT WLSR DSAP DPAP GFON WAPT DADM TSYR
05263       FILE 28   SP ONEIDA NY1260100    JUN 05-92   ADDED
TO          APB

REF 5261 FILE DATE DCT RE STORM

SERIOUS STORM IN EAST ONEIDA AND WEST HERKIMER COUNTIES

TREES UPROOTED, STRON GALE WINDS, GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL

STORM HEADED NORTHEAST AS PER APTROLS

PATROLS REPORT A "LINE FORMATION" TYPE CLOUD STRUCTURE

AREAS CURRENTLY AFFECTED - ORISKANY TO SCHUYLER ALONG ST ROUTE 5

CIVILIAM HAS CALLED SP NEW HARTFORD 315-736-0121 TO REPORT A FUNNEL -
NO CONFIRMATION OR SIGHTING BY POLICE PERSONNEL - CIVILIAN CALLED FROM
NEW HARTFORD AREA

AUTH DISTRICT STATIONS         MORE 2-23 PM

Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:38 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP W
0238PM EDT SUN JUL 05 1992
WPUT WLSR WAPT
00002    FILE 28   PUTNAM COUNTY WARNING POINT NYSEM3900    JUL 05-92
TO           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                   SKYWARN ACTIVATION

DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: BRIEF RAIN STORM WITH PERIODS OF SMALL HAIL
NO THUNDER OR LIGHTNING REPORTED
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: PUTNAM

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): TOWNS OF CARMEL/KENT

DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 1400 HOURS  07/05/92
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED: 1420 HOURS  07/05/92
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: NONE

NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0
REMARKS: SKYWARN ACTIVATED AS PER TELETYPE FROM NAT WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY
PUTNAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT NOTIFIED

AUTH PHONE #: 914 225-4300
AUTH T/SGT ROBERT WARNKEN                    HOSMER/1440

Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:50 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0249PM EDT SUN JUL 05 1992
CBSO WLSR WAPT
04406    FILE 28   BROOME CO SO BING NY0030000       JUL  5-92
TO           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                   SKYWARN ACTIVATION

DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: REQUESTED SKYWARN ACTIVATION FOR TORNADO WATCH

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED:

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD):

DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 1415
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED:
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER:

NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:
REMARKS: SKYWARN ACTIVATED - ENROUTE TO BING REG AIRPORT

AUTH PHONE #: 607 778-1911
AUTH MICHAEL ASWAD - DIR EMERG SERVICES      ROGERS/2-48 PM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 1:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer	59 min
Jul 5, 2:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Herkimer	41 min
Jul 5, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery	64 min
Jul 5, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Ulster	62 min
Jul 5, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess, Putnam	69 min
Jul 5, 4:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Dutchess, Putnam	29 min
Jul 5, 5:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Putnam	28 min
Jul 5, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Putnam	29 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.