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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Albany, NY

May 2, 1992Albany County, Rensselaer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 1992, 5:03 PM EDT for Albany County, Rensselaer County, New York. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 1992, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 1992, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Albany County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 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 1992-05-02Temperature 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 1992-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 265 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1002 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KALB 022103
SVRALB
NYC001-083-115-022200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
503 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN EAST NEW YORK
 
   ...ALBANY COUNTY...RENSSELAER COUNTY
 
IN NORTH NEW YORK
 
   ...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 505 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR VALLEY FALLS AND GRAFTON
STATE PARK AND EAST GREENBUSH IN RENNSELEAR COUNTY. IN ADDITION SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURING IN SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST
ALBANY COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, May 2, 1:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP Q
0137PM EDT SAT MAY 02 1992
QHQT WLSR QCQC
00530    FILE 28   NYSPIN SUPPORT SERVICES NY10100Q1   MAY 02-92
TO       NWS - ALBANY NY
         COPY SEMO ALBANY NY

                              ID = PHLN6
                  ***NWS RAIN GAUGE/SNOW MEASUREMENT***

FROM: 07:00 HOURS 05/01/92
  TO: 07:00 HOURS 05/02/92

                          RAIN: 0.08 INCHES
                          SNOW: 0.00 INCHES
                     MELTED TO: 0.00 INCHES
 CONDITIONS AT TIME OF READING: PARTLY CLOUDY
TEMPERATURE AT TIME OF READING:  58 DEGREES F.

THIS GAUGE IS LOCATED ONE MILE SOUTH EAST OF PHILMONT NY ON ROXBURY ROAD,
TOWN OF CLAVERACK, COLUMBIA COUNTY.

AUTH ZONE SERGEANT WARREN A. DORSCH
       NYSPIN STAFF              PAULSEN 1-37 PM
Special weather statement, May 2, 2:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
NYZ009-018-022000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
255 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR THE WESTERN
MOHAWK VALLEY AND FOR HERKIMER AND SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN THE
WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...

AT 245 PM THERE WERE SCATTERED SHOWERS FROM JUST NORTH OF UTICA TO
NORTHERN HERKIMER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES. THERE MAY EVEN BE SOME LIGHTING
AND THUNDER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SHOWERS. MORE NUMEROUS AND STRONGER
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER LAKE ONTARIO SOUTHWARD TO NEAR
ROCHESTER. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO
THE WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY AND THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS BETWEEN 330 AND
430 PM.

<THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
...SO IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING AND WAIT FOR THE STORMS TO PASS.
Special weather statement, May 2, 3:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
NYZ009-018-019-022100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
345 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992

AT 335 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL WAS NEAR NORWAY IN SOUTHERN
HERKIMER COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING DOWN THE MOHAWK VALLEY AT 60 MPH AND WILL
BE NEAR GLOVERSVILLE BY AROUND 405 PM AND NEAR AMSTERDAM AROUND 415 PM.

THE AIRPORT AT UTICA REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 35 MPH WITH THIS STORM. IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND
WAIT FOR THE STORM TO PASS.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR THE WESTERN
MOHAWK VALLEY AND FOR HERKIMER AND SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN THE
WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BEFORE 500 PM.
Local storm report, May 2, 4:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP D
0400PM EDT SAT MAY 02 1992
DHQT WLSR DADM QHQT QADM DSAP
03439       FILE 26   SP ONEIDA NY1260100   MAY 02-92
TO          ALBANY - NWS

SP ONEIDA LOST POWER AT 3-41 PM DATE - LIGHTNING HIT CLOSE BY

EMERGENCY GENERATOR OPERATIONAL UNTIL 3-51 PM DATE

PARTS OF ONEIDA WERE WITHOUT POWER

LIGHTNING ALSO APPEARS TO HAVE STRUCK UP NORTH, COPENHAGEN AND
BEECRH HILL TOWRS NOT OPERATING AT THIS TIME

AUTH AND SENT TPR C J MORE 3-59 PM
Local storm report, May 2, 5:02 PM EDT, 1 minute before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0502PM EDT SAT MAY 02 1992
CONE WLSR APTS
02557        FILE 28   SP ONEONTA NY1380100          MAY 02-92
TO           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): ARNOLD RD/ST ROUTE 51
                                          T/BURLINGTON - OTSEGO COUNTY
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: MAY 02-92 - 4:28 PM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: TREES DOWN / UTILITY WIRES DOWN

CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
( ) - 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:          NUMBER INJURED:

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS (X) - 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: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

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

RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS:     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:

AUTH PHONE #: 607 432-3211
AUTH SGT/SC RICHARD A HODGES        STINEFORD     5-00 PM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer65 min
May 2, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Montgomery60 min
May 2, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchoharie60 min
May 2, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga63 min
May 2, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWashington57 min
May 2, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchenectady61 min
May 2, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene61 min
May 2, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia57 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.