Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Sep 3, 1993, 5:15 PM EDT for Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 3, 1993, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 1993, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Herkimer County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 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
- 584 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
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 tornado 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, Sep 3, 2:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
NYZ010-012-013-019-020-VTZ004-MAZ010-032100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 245 PM EDT FRI SEP 03 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEW YORK...WESTERN MASACHUSETTS...AND SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT... AT 245 PM... NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN THE WATCH AREA. SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH LIGHT RAIN WERE OVER THE CATSKILLS AND THE LAKE GEORGE/SARATOGA REGION. THE AFTERNOON WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY...HAZY...WARM AND HUMID. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY IN THE EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY AND THE CATSKILLS BY 500 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS. z)<z.66WWUS 00@WWUS: 7q4WSUS(V 86WWUS D0XWSUS Xy6WWUS p}66WWUSr 6WWUS !>6WWUS | SACN2pF&0v6WWUSH _WWUSh 3U^WSUS WSJP:F qWWUS@ t 6WWUS 4>6WWUSbV _WWUST #B b*B WUUS M=HWWJP 8t%VWWUS* V1WSCAN ~/WWUS WWWUSN _66WWUSv pH3WWUSd t`SOLPHW XWOUS b16WWUS Hvz6WWUS z)&WWUS \s6WWUSz ~>6WWUS2 <MWWUS UWWUS>b tZF6WWUS^ LZ&6WWUS
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 2:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
NYZ010-012-013-019-020-VTZ004-MAZ010-032100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 245 PM EDT FRI SEP 03 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEW YORK...WESTERN MASACHUSETTS...AND SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT... AT 245 PM... NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN THE WATCH AREA. SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH LIGHT RAIN WERE OVER THE CATSKILLS AND THE LAKE GEORGE/SARATOGA REGION. THE AFTERNOON WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY...HAZY...WARM AND HUMID. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY IN THE EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY AND THE CATSKILLS BY 500 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Sep 3, 3:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP A
0328PM FRI SEP 03 1993
AGSO WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
03733 FILE 28 GENESEE CO SO BATAVIA NY0180000 SEP 03-93
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: GENESEE
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): RT 5 IN THE TOWN OF BATAVIA -
BROADLAWN AVE IN THE TOWN OF BATAVIA - AND RT 5 IN THE TOWN OF STAFFORD
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 14:22 HRS DATE
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: HIGH WINDS DID EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO A
HOUSE ON BROADLAWN AVE T/BATAVIA - THERE WAS A REPORT OF HEAVY CLOUD MOVEMENT
IN THE AREA-ALSO INVESTIGATING A DOUBLE FATAL MVA ON RT 5 AND BATAVIA-STAFFORD
TOWNLINE RD WITH 2 HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WHICH MAY BE A RESULT OF THE HIGH WINDS
CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
(X) - 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 (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO: (X) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE ( ) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS ( ) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS (X) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES
RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: MPH OR KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: 02 NUMBER INJURED:
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 #: 716 343-0911
AUTH DEPUTY ALBERT R LEMMON G DIEGELMAN 15:22 HRSSpecial weather statement, Sep 3, 4:30 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
NYZ008-010-012-013-018>020-VTZ004-MAZ010-032300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 430 PM EDT FRI SEP 03 1993 ...MUGGY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY... THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY...AND INTO HAMILTON COUNTY NEAR RAQUETTE LAKE BY 530 PM. PARTLY SUNNY...WARM...HUMID...HAZY WEATHER WILL LAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE EASTERN MOHAWK AND UPPER HUDSON VALLEYS AND THE CATSKILLS BY 630 PM. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR EASTERN NEW YORK...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 4:33 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
NYZ008-010-012-013-018>020-VTZ004-MAZ010-032300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 430 PM EDT FRI SEP 03 1993 ...MUGGY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY... THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY...AND INTO HAMILTON COUNTY NEAR RAQUETTE LAKE BY 530 PM. PARTLY SUNNY...WARM...HUMID...HAZY WEATHER WILL LAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE EASTERN MOHAWK AND UPPER HUDSON VALLEYS AND THE CATSKILLS BY 630 PM. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. A SElVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR EASTERN NEW YORK...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 45 min |
| Sep 3, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Sullivan | 60 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.