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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Albany, NY

July 14, 1992Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1992, 8:43 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1992, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1992, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Berkshire County, MA

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 00:00Z on 1992-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 181 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1992-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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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

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:18 PM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
NYZ009-010-012-013-019-020-MAZ010-142000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
320 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 700 PM EDT IN UPSTATE EASTERN
NEW YORK FROM THE MOHAWK VALLEY SOUTH...AND IN THE BERKSHIRES OF
MASSACHUSETTS...

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

AT 310 PM A BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM DUANESBURG IN
SOUTHWEST SCHENECTADY COUNTY...TO SCHOHARIE AND BREAKABEEN IN
SCHOHARIE COUNTY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH
AND WILL REACH THE HUDSON VALLEY BETWEEN ALBANY AND SAUGERTIES BETWEEN
400 PM AND 430 PM.

AT THIS TIME THERE WERE NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  HOWEVER...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY.  IF THE WEATHER GETS THREATENING
GET TO A SAFE PLACE FAST.
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
NYZ010-012-013-018-019-020-MAZ010-150000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
700 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALBANY AND
RENSSELAER COUNTIES IN THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT.  THE TORNADO
WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE CATSKILLS...THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...AND
BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...
THE MOHAWK VALLEY...AND THE LAKE GEORGE/SARATOGA REGION.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.

AT 655 PM THERE WAS A THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN DUTCHESS COUNTY FROM
LAFAYETTEVILLE TO MILLERTON. IN COLUMBIA COUNTY THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED
FROM CHATHAM TO COPAKE.  THERE WERE ALSO THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE ALBANY
COUNTY/GREENE COUNTY BORDER FROM OAK HILLS TO COEYMANS HOLLOW.

ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.  BY
730 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND
OVER MUCH OF COLUMBIA COUNTY.

NONE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SEVERE AT 655 PM.  HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS
CAN INTENSIFY RAPIDLY.  YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER.  IF A STORM APPROACHES YOU...GET INDOORS IMMEDIATELY AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  ALSO...HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS CAN
CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS....OR FLOODING IN LOW SPOTS.

SL
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
NYZ010-012-013-018-019-020-MAZ010-150300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
738 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT IN THE HUDSON VALLEY
FROM ALBANY SOUTH...AS WELL AS IN THE CATSKILLS AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY
MASSACHUSETTS...

AT 730 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS IN SULLIVAN COUNTY
ALONG HIGHWAY 17 BETWEEN MONTICELLO AND LIBERTY.  IT WAS MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR NEWBURGH BETWEEN 815 PM AND 830 PM.

ALSO...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS
IN SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY BETWEEN NEW MARLBORO AND NEW BOSTON.
THIS STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY ABOUT 800 PM.

OTHER STORMS WERE IN WESTERN GREENE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES.
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NONE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SEVERE AT 735 PM.  HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS
CAN INTENSIFY RAPIDLY.  YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER.  IF A STORM APPROACHES YOU...GET INDOORS IMMEDIATELY AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  ALSO...HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS CAN
CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS....OR FLOODING IN LOW SPOTS.
Local storm report, Jul 14, 8:14 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0815PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992
CBSO WLSR APTS WAPT
04607    FILE 28   BROOME CO SO BINGHAMTON NY0030000  JUL 14-92
TO   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: BROOME

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): MAINE, CHENANGO, FENTON, COLESVILLE
NUMBEROUS ROADS
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 5:00 PM JUL 14-92
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: HIGH WINDS, HEAVY RAINS CAUSED NUMEROUS TRE
ES, POWER LINES TO COME DOWN ON HOMES, AND ROADS.  SERIOUS DAMAGE TO SOME BLDGS
AND VEHICLES

CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
(X) - NO HAIL REPORTED    ( ) - LESS THAN 1/2" (PEA)
( ) - 1/2" (MARBLE)       ( ) - 1/2" TO 3/4" (PENNY)
( ) - 3/4" TO 1" (DIME)   ( ) - 1.25" (HALF DOLLAR)
( ) - 1.50" (WALNUT)      ( ) - 1.75" (GOLFBALL)
( ) - 2.00" (HENS EGG)    ( ) - 2.50" (TENNISBALL)
( ) - 2.75" (BASEBALL)    ( ) - 3.00" (TEA CUP)
( ) - 4.00" (GRAPEFRUIT)  ( ) - 4.50" (SOFTBALL)
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD  ( ) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO:            ( ) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES   ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE   ( ) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS  (X) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
(X) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  (X) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES

RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: 74  MPH OR    KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
( ) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE

REMARKS: UNOFFICIAL- ONE COTTAGE DESTROYED, 2 GARAGES, 2 VEHICLES, ONE LARGE
SUBSTANTIAL CATTLE BARN NEARLY FLATTENED- REPORTED A GAS GRILL LIFTED 4 FT OFF
GRND THEN DROPPED- UNOFFICIAL REPORTS OF TORNADO TYPE WINDS
AUTH NPHONE #: 607 778-2170

AUTH EMER MGR MICHAEL ASWAD                    CHELLIS     8-14 PM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia38 min
Jul 15, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYPutnam54 min
Jul 15, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYOrange65 min
Jul 15, 4:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYDutchess, Putnam56 min
Jul 15, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess, Putnam56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.