Alert archive / Connecticut / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 1992, 5:27 PM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 63 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
- Jun 24, 1992, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1992, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Berkshire County, MA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 6:13 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Berkshire, MA |
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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 1016 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALB 242132 TORALB CTC005-MAC003-242230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 527 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS ...SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ...NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS HEADING FOR BERKSHIRE COUNTY AT 530 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN DUTCHESS COUNTY AT 530 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL WITH A FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR PLEASANT VALLEY. THE PATH OF THE TORNADO WOULD TAKE IT INTO LITCHFIELD COUNTY NEAR AMESVILLE AND FALLS VILLAGE AT 545 PM AND INTO EAST CANAAN AROUND 615 PM AND HARTLAND IN BERSHIRE COUNTY AROUND 630 PM. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 24, 4:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP W
0405PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992
WORA WLSR WAPT APTS
00009 FILE 28 WORA WNWS 06 24-92
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ORANGE CO. SKYWARN ACTIVATED 1540 HOURS THIS DATE
DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT:
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED:
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 MOORE 062492 1607Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
NYZ010-242100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 415 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE CATSKILLS AND LOWER HUDSON VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE KINGSTON AREA OF EASTERN ULSTER COUNTY AT 410 PM AND WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER JACKSON CORNERS IN NORTHERN POUGHKEEPSIE AROUND 440 PM AND ANCRAMDALE IN SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED SHORTLY AFTER FIVE O CLOCK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK UNTIL TEN O CLOCK THIS EVENING. END AREAS WHERE SKIES CLEAR EARLY AND IS SHELTERED FROM THE WIND. IF POSSIBLE...YOU SHOULD COVER YOU VEGETATION OR FLOWERS TONIGHT TO PREVENT POSSIBLE DAMAGE FROM THE LOW TEMPERATURES. IF YOU CAN...BRING YOUR POTTED PLANTS INDOORS. SL
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
NYZ010-242100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 415 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE CATSKILLS AND LOWER HUDSON VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE KINGSTON AREA OF EASTERN ULSTER COUNTY AT 410 PM AND WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER JACKSON CORNERS IN NORTHERN POUGHKEEPSIE AROUND 440 PM AND ANCRAMDALE IN SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED SHORTLY AFTER FIVE O CLOCK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK UNTIL TEN O CLOCK THIS EVENING. END
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
NYZ010-242100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 415 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE CATSKILLS AND LOWER HUDSON VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE KINGSTON AREA OF EASTERN ULSTER COUNTY AT 410 PM AND WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER JACKSON CORNERS IN NORTHERN DUTCHESS COUNTY AROUND 440 PM AND ANCRAMDALE IN SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED SHORTLY AFTER FIVE O CLOCK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK UNTIL TEN O CLOCK THIS EVENING. END
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:16 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
NYZ009>010-012>013-019-242145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 510 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WERE CROSSING THE HUDSON RIVER AND THE MOHAWK VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. A THUNDERSTORM WAS AROUND THE GLOVERVILLE/JOHNSTOWN AREA AT FIVE TEN THIS AFTERNOON. FROM THERE...THE STORM WILL TRACK ALONG ROUTE 29 INTO THE SARATOGA SPRINGS AREA BETWEEN QUARTER TO SIX AND SIX O CLOCK. A LARGE CONCENTRATION OF LIGHTNING WA@S OVER FULTON COUNTY. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING KILLS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE EACH YEAR... DO NOT BE A STATISTIC...GET INDOORS AND CLOSE ALL WINDOWS TO PROTECT YOURSELF. BOATERS ON THE GREAT SACANDAGA LAKE SHOULD MOVE TO SHORE NOW.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 56 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.