Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1993, 5:22 PM EDT for Saratoga County, New York. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 1993, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1993, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saratoga County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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
Local storm report, Jul 29, 12:47 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP B
1247PM THU JUL 29 1993
BHQT WLSR APTS QHQT QTRF GENC WAPT
05753 FILE 28 SP RAY BROOK NY115010 JUL 29-93
TO STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE (SEMO) - ATTN DUTY OFFICER
COPY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS)
COPY NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
REPORT OF A HAZMAT SPILL
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: CLINTON
CHEMICAL ID#:
CHEMICAL NAME: SODIUM HYDRO SULFATE
LOCATION OF SPILL:I 87 NEAR EXIT 37
TYPE OF SUPPORT REQUESTED:
SUPPORT REQUESTED BY:
IS EVACUATION PLANNED? (X) - YES ( ) - NO
OCCURRING? (X) - YES ( ) - NO
ROADS CLOSED: I 87 CLOSED BETWEEN EXIT 36 AND EXIT 38 BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND
LANES
SUGGESTED ALTERNATE ROUTES (SEND "WSTO" ALSO):
HAS EPA/USCG RESPONSE CENTER BEEN NOTIFIED? ( ) - YES (X) - NO
NYS DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION? (X) - YES ( ) - NO
TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AUTH: 518 563-3761
AUTH T/SGT ROY R MAZZACANO MCGRATH 12-40 PMLocal storm report, Jul 29, 1:18 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP B
0118PM THU JUL 29 1993
BHQT WLSR APTS QHQT QTRF GENC WAPT
05754 FILE 28 SP RAY BROOK NY1150100 JUL 29-93 ADDED AND CORRECT
TO STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE (SEMO) - ATTN DUTY OFFICER
COPY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS)
COPY NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
REPORT OF A HAZMAT SPILL
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: CLINTON
CHEMICAL ID#: 1384
CHEMICAL NAME: SODIUM HYDROSULFITE
LOCATION OF SPILL:I-87 VICINITY OF EXIT 37, PLATTSBURGH. TRUCK OVERTURNED,
HOWEVER PRODUCT NOT LEAKING AT THE PRESENT TIME.
TYPE OF SUPPORT REQUESTED: NONE - CLINTON COUNTY FIRE CONTROL AND FIRE
DEPARTMENTS CURRENTLY ON SCENE. CLINTON CO EMERGENCY MANAGER JAMES KING ON
SCENE.
SUPPORT REQUESTED BY:
IS EVACUATION PLANNED? (X) - YES ( ) - NO
OCCURRING? (X) - YES ( ) - NO
ROADS CLOSED: I-87 CLOSED BETWEEN EXIT 36 AND EXIT 38 NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND.
SUGGESTED ALTERNATE ROUTES (SEND "WSTO" ALSO): STATE ROUTE 9.
HAS EPA/USCG RESPONSE CENTER BEEN NOTIFIED? ( ) - YES (X) - NO
NYS DEPT. OF .ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION? (X) - YES ( ) - NO
TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AUTH: 518 563-3761
AUTH T/SGT ROY R. MAZZACANO LOBDELL 1-17PMSpecial weather statement, Jul 29, 3:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
NYZ012-013-020-VTZ004-MAZ010-292100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 330 PM EDT THU JUL 29 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR COLUMBIA... RENSSELAER...WASHINGTON...AND BERKSHIRE COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WIND AND HAIL... WILL BE IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY THROUGH 4 O/CLOCK. THEY/LL MOVE FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF WHITEHALL AT 330 PM...TO THE VERMONT BORDER 10 MILES EAST OF WHITEHALL BY 400 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND EASTERN RENSSELAER COUNTIES BY 345 PM. THEY/LL REACH BERLIN...HOOSICK FALLS...AND EAGLE BRIDGE AROUND 350 PM...AND BENNINGTON VERMONT BY 400 OR 415 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE RIGHT AWAY. . FRANKLIN
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
NYZ012-013-020-VTZ004-MAZ010-292100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 330 PM EDT THU JUL 29 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR COLUMBIA... RENSSELAER...WASHINGTON...AND BERKSHIRE COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WIND AND HAIL... WILL BE IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY THROUGH 4 O/CLOCK. THEY/LL MOVE FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF WHITEHALL AT 330 PM...TO THE VERMONT BORDER 10 MILES EAST OF WHITEHALL BY 400 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND EASTERN RENSSELAER COUNTIES BY 345 PM. THEY/LL REACH BERLIN...HOOSICK FALLS...AND EAGLE BRIDGE AROUND 350 PM...AND BENNINGTON VERMONT BY 400 OR 415 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE RIGHT AWAY. . FRANKLIN
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
NYZ012-013-020-VTZ004-MAZ010-292100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 345 PM EDT THU JUL 29 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR COLUMBIA... RENSSELAER...WASHINGTON...BERKSHIRE...AND BENNINGTON COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WIND AND HAIL... WILL BE IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY THROUGH 4 O/CLOCK. THEY/LL MOVE FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF WHITEHALL AT 330 PM...TO THE VERMONT BORDER 10 MILES EAST OF WHITEHALL BY 400 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND EASTERN RENSSELAER COUNTIES BY 345 PM. THEY/LL REACH BERLIN...HOOSICK FALLS...AND EAGLE BRIDGE AROUND 350 PM...AND BENNINGTON VERMONT BY 400 OR 415 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE RIGHT AWAY. . FRANKLIN
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
NYZ012-013-020-VTZ004-MAZ010-292100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 345 PM EDT THU JUL 29 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR COLUMBIA... RENSSELAER...WASHINGTON...BERKSHIRE...AND BENNINGTON COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WIND AND HAIL... WILL BE IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY THROUGH 4 O/CLOCK. THEY/LL MOVE FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF WHITEHALL AT 330 PM...TO THE VERMONT BORDER 10 MILES EAST OF WHITEHALL BY 400 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND EASTERN RENSSELAER COUNTIES BY 345 PM. THEY/LL REACH BERLIN...HOOSICK FALLS...AND EAGLE BRIDGE AROUND 350 PM...AND BENNINGTON VERMONT BY 400 OR 415 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE RIGHT AWAY. . FRANKLIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany | 65 min |
| Jul 29, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Washington | 65 min |
| Jul 29, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 67 min |
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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.