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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Albany, NY

July 5, 1992Putnam County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1992, 5:46 PM EDT for Putnam County, New York. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 1992, 5:46 PM EDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 1992, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Whole counties

County Putnam County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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

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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, Jul 5, 2:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 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

Local storm report, Jul 5, 4:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP G
0427PM EDT SUN JUL 05 1992
GCOS WLSR APTS WAPT
04616    FILE 28   SARATOGA COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPT NY0450000     JUL 05-92
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                          TORNADO REPORT

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: SARATOGA AND WASHINGTON

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPROPRIATE:
( ) - REPORT BASED UPON DAMAGE
(X) - FUNNEL CLOUD ACTUALLY SIGHTED (SEND ADDED INFO MESSAGE)
( ) - WATER SPOUT ACTUALLY SIGHTED (SEND ADDED INFO MESSAGE)
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): COUNTY ROAD 75 IN THE TOWN OF
STILLWATER, SARATOGA COUNTY
NAME AND ADDRESS OF PERSON(S) REPORTING TORNADO(S):
TERRY HATALYK    500 COUNTY ROAD 75  STILLWATER,NEW YORK       518-664-7424

DATE AND TIME OF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN: NO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED AT THIS TIME
PLACE OF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN:
DIRECTION OF TORNADO TRAVEL: NORTHEAST FROM CALLERS RESIDENCE - LISTED ABOVE
ESTIMATED WIDTH OF TORNADO AT GROUND: CALLER UNABLE TO PROVIDE
ESTIMATED LENGTH OF TORNADO PATH: CALLER UNABLE TO PROVIDE
PLACE OF TORNADO LIFTOFF: UNKNOWN
DAMAGE REPORTED TO (CHECK): ( )-CROPS       ( )-FARM BLDGS
(X)-POWER/TELCO LINES (X)-POWER/TELCO POLES ( )-SMALL TREES
( )-LARGE TREES       ( )-PRIVATE HOMES     ( )-COMM. BLDGS
( )-OTHER (SPECIFY)

NUMBER OF FATALITIES: 0          NUMBER OF INJURED: 0
REMARKS: HIGH WINDS AND MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE REPORTED AT THIS TIME
CALLER REPORTED THE* FUNNEL CLOUD TO BE HEADING IN A NORTHEASTLY DIRECTION
TOWARDS THE VILLAGE OF SCHUYLERVILLE AND WASHINGTON COUNTY.
AUTH PHONE #: 518 885-6761

AUTH / SENT DEPUTY JEFFREY B REISNER                       TIME/04-30 PM

Local storm report, Jul 5, 4:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP G
0438PM EDT SUN JUL 05 1992
GCOS WLSR APTS WAPT
04617    FILE 28   SARATOGA COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT NY0450000      JUL 05-92
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE                    ADDED INFO

REF 04616 FILE 28 07/05/92 RE: TORNADO REPORT
                          FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTING

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: SARATOGA AND WASHINGTON

NAME AND ADDRESS OF PERSON(S) REPORTING FUNNEL CLOUD(S):
TERRY HATALYK     500 COUNTY ROAD 75    STILLWATER,NEW YORK

LOCATION OF FUNNEL CLOUD: NORTHEAST OF ABOVE ADDRESS
MILITARY TIME AND DATE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED: 16:12  05 JUL 92
DIRECTION OF FUNNEL CLOUD MOVEMENT: NORTHEAST
DESCRIPTION OF FUNNEL CLOUD: CALLER DESCRIBED IT IS BEING A FUNNEL CLOUD AND IT
WAS " SUCKING UP STUFF ", LEAVES, SMALL BIRDS, ETC. - NFD
DAMAGE REPORTED TO (CHECK): ( )-CROPS       ( )-FARM BLDGS
(X)-POWER/TELCO LINES (X)-POWER/TELCO POLES ( )-SMALL TREES
( )-LARGE TREES       ( )-PRIVATE HOMES     ( )-COMM. BLDGS
( )-OTHER (SPECIFY)

NUMBER OF FATALITIES: 0          NUMBER OF INJURED: 0
REMARKS: HIGH WINDS AND MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE REPORTED, CALLER REPORTED THE
FUN|NEL CLOUD TO BE HEADING IN A NORTH-EASTLY DIRECTION TOWARDS THE V/O SCHUYLER-
VILL IN SARATOGA COUNTY AND WASHINGTON COUNTY
AUTH PHONE #: 518 885-6761

AUTH / SENT DEPUTY JEFFREY B REISNER                TIME/04-40 PM

Local storm report, Jul 5, 4:47 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

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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, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Schenectady	65 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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1992 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.