Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1992, 3:06 PM EDT for Putnam County, New York. It was in force for 54 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 15, 1992, 3:06 PM EDT (19:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1992, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Putnam County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 3:26 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Putnam, 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, 7.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 489 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 15, 12:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
NYZ006-010-013-020-MAZ010-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1205 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE FLOODING. RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING FROM THE SUSQUEHANNA REGION AND NORTHERN CATSKILLS INTO THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED AT SOME LOCATIONS. THE RAIN WILL BE LIGHT FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS. HOWEVER ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS PASSING SOUTH OF BUFFALO AND ROCHESTER WILL MOVE INTO THE SUSQUEHANNA REGION AND CATSKILLS DURING THE MID AFTERNOON. THE SHOWERS WILL THEN REACH THE HUDSON VALLEY AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY. THIS RAIN SHOULD BEGIN BETWEEN 200 PM AND 500 PM. THE SHOWERS MAY BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW SPOTS...UNDER HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES...AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IF HEAVY RAIN BEGINS WHERE YOU ARE LATER THIS AFTERNOON...BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED STREET AND LOWLAND FLOODING. IF YOU/RE IN A CAR...DRIVE CAREFULLY. SL
Local storm report, Jul 15, 2:19 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP W
0220PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992
WPUT WLSR WAPT
00006 PUTNAM COUNTY WARNING POINT NYSEM3900 JUL 15-92
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - ALBANY NY
PUTNAM COUNTY SKYWARN BEING ACTIVATED AS PER YOUR REQUEST
PUTNAM COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT NOTIFIED
DISTANT THUNDER BEING HEARD IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF PUTNAM COU$NTY
NO STORMS OCCURRING AT PRESENT
AUTH/MARIO RAMPOLLA
PUTNAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR SENT/HOSMER 1415Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:21 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
NYZ013-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 220 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PUTNAM COUNTY. A THUNDERSTORM WITH AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS OVER THE TOWN OF PHILLIPSTOWN BETWEEN BEACON AND COLD SPRING AT 205 PM EDT. IT WILL MOVE EAST TO PATTERSON BY 235 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT BETWEEN HALF PAST TWO O CLOCK AND NINE O CLOCK FOR PUTNAM...ORANGE...DUTCHESS...SULLIVAN AND ULSTER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN UPSTATE NEW YORK. REMEMBER THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDER- STORMS MAY OCCUR IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. IF SEVZERE WEATHER APPROACHES...GET TO A BASEMENT OR SECURE AREA OF A STURDY BUILDING. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS CAN DROP A LARGE AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A SHORT TIME. IF A ROAD BECOMES FLOODED...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS IT. END
Local storm report, Jul 15, 2:36 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP W
0237PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992
WORA WLSR WAPT APTS
00010 FILE 28 ORANGE CO. EMERG. MGT. OFFICE 07- 15-92
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: ORANGE CO. SKYWARN ACTIVATED 1415 HRS.
ALL PARTICIPANTS IN O.C. SEVERE WEATHER NOTIFICATION PROGRAM NOTIFIED;
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: SUCH AS SCHOOLS, RED CROSS, STEWART. NO STORMS
AT PRESENT.
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, EMERG. MGT. MOORE/1435 HR.The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 38 min |
| Jul 15, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Orange | 65 min |
| Jul 15, 4:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Putnam | 56 min |
| Jul 15, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Putnam | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1992Every 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.