Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1993, 5:35 PM EDT for Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1993, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1993, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Herkimer County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 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, Jun 15, 1:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
NYZ007>013-018>020-MAZ010-151830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 140 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL EIGHT O CLOCK FOR EASTERN NEW YORK FROM THE NORTH HALF OF THE CATSKILLS NORTHWARD AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS... A SMALL THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR CAROGA LAKE IN FULTON COUNTY...BUT MORE SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE WESTERN BOUNDARIES OF FULTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES BY TWO O CLOCK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE GLOVERSVILLE/JOHNSTOWN AREA AROUND 225 PM AND AMSTERDAM WILL BE STRUCK BY THE THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE THREE O CLOCK. ADDITIONALLY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH COBLESKILL AROUND TWO THIRTY. AT 125 PM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM SOUTHEAST SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTY AROUND CRANBERRY LAKE TO EAST CENTRAL HERKIMER COUNTY AROUND WILMURT SOUTH TO AROUND BAINBRIDGE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER VALLEY IN SOUTHEASTERN CHENANGO COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT THIRTY-FIVE MILES AN HOUR. BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 1:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
NYZ007>013-018>020-MAZ010-151830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 140 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL EIGHT O CLOCK FOR EASTERN NEW YORK FROM THE NORTH HALF OF THE CATSKILLS NORTHWARD AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS... A SMALL THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR CAROGA LAKE IN FULTON COUNTY...BUT MORE SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE WESTERN BOUNDARIES OF FULTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES BY TWO O CLOCK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE GLOVERSVILLE/JOHNSTOWN AREA AROUND 225 PM AND AMSTERDAM WILL BE STRUCK BY THE THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE THREE O CLOCK. ADDITIONALLY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH COBLESKILL AROUND TWO THIRTY. AT 125 PM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM SOUTHEAST SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTY AROUND CRANBERRY LAKE TO EAST CENTRAL HERKIMER COUNTY AROUND WILMURT SOUTH TO AROUND BAINBRIDGE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER VALLEY IN SOUTHEASTERN CHENANGO COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT THIRTY-FIVE MILES AN HOUR. BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES A SEVERE THUNDERSTDORM WARNING.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
NYZ007>013-018>020-MAZ010-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 300 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE HUDSON VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON... AT 245 PM...A LINE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WAS FROM THE ADIRONDACKS SOUTH THROUGH THE MOHAWK VALLEY AND INTO THE WESTERN CATSKILLS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE CAPITAL DISTRICT AND UPPER HUDSON VALLEY BY ABOUT 330 PM AND BERKSHIRE AND BENNINGTON COUNTIES AFTER 4 O/CLOCK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINED IN EFFECT IN SARATOGA COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR EASTERN NEW YORK FROM THE NORTH HALF OF THE CATSKILLS NORTHWARD AND IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
NYZ007>013-018>020-MAZ010-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 300 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE HUDSON VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON... AT 245 PM...A LINE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WAS FROM THE ADIRONDACKS SOUTH THROUGH THE MOHAWK VALLEY AND INTO THE WESTERN CATSKILLS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE CAPITAL DISTRICT AND UPPER HUDSON VALLEY BY ABOUT 330 PM AND BERKSHIRE AND BENNINGTON COUNTIES AFTER 4 O/CLOCK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINED IN EFFECT IN SARATOGA COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR EASTERN NEW YORK FROM THE NORTH HALF OF THE CATSKILLS NORTHWARD AND IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:40 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
NYZ007>013-018>020-MAZ010-152200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 440 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE CAPITAL DISTRICT... LAKE GEORGE/SARATOGA REGION...AND NORTHERN CATSKILLS THROUGH 530 PM. BY 530 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM MANCHESTER AND BENNINGTON IN BENNINGTON COUNTY VERMONT...TO GRAFTON IN RENSSELAER COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL AND GUSTY WIND...WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE CAPITAL DISTRICT THROUGH 5 O/CLOCK. BE ALERT FOR URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...LAKE GEORGE/SARATOGA REGION...AND CATSKILLS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 O/CLOCK FOR EASTERN NEW YORK FROM THE NORTH HALF OF THE CATSKILLS NORTHWARD...BENNINGTON COUNTY VERMONT...AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. FRANKLIN
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:43 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
NYZ007>013-018>020-MAZ010-152200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 440 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE CAPITAL DISTRICT... LAKE GEORGE/SARATOGA REGION...AND NORTHERN CATSKILLS THROUGH 530 PM. BY 530 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM MANCHESTER AND BENNINGTON IN BENNINGTON COUNTY VERMONT...TO GRAFTON IN RENSSELAER COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL AND GUSTY WIND...WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE CAPITAL DISTRICT THROUGH 5 O/CLOCK. BE ALERT FOR URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...LAKE GEORGE/SARATOGA REGION...AND CATSKILLS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 O/CLOCK FOR EASTERN NEW YORK FROM THE NORTH HALF OF THE CATSKILLS NORTHWARD...BENNINGTON COUNTY VERMONT...AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. FRANKLIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 6:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 69 min |
| Jun 15, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 67 min |
| Jun 15, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.