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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY

July 5, 1992Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 1992, 2:04 PM EDT for Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1992, 2:04 PM EDT (18:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1992, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Herkimer County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 1992-07-05Temperature 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 1992-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 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
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

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

000 
TTAA00 KALB 051805
TORALB
NYC043-051845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
204 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
 
   ...HERKIMER COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HERKIMER
AT 200 PM. THE STORM WILL MOVE TO 2 MILES NORTH OF NORTH ILION AT 220
PM AND THEN TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF MANHEIM CENTER BY 245 PM. IF YOU LIVE
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
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 STzRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer59 min
Jul 5, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Montgomery64 min
Jul 5, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga, Schenectady65 min
Jul 5, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster62 min
Jul 5, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess, Putnam69 min
Jul 5, 4:46 PM EDTTornado WarningALYDutchess, Putnam29 min
Jul 5, 5:17 PM EDTTornado WarningALYPutnam28 min
Jul 5, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYPutnam29 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.