Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1993, 8:04 PM EDT for Clinton County, New York. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1993, 8:04 PM EDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1993, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clinton County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 1308 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBTV 160005 RRA SVRBTV NYC019-160045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 804 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VT HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTHEAST NEW YORK ...CLINTON COUNTY AT 803 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO CLINTON COUNTY. THE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS ELLENBURG DEPOT BY 815 PM AND MOOERS BY 830 PM. PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NEW YORK STATE HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOS...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DON'T DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS.
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, 5:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
VTZALL-NYZ011-NYZ008-162300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 535 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR MUCH OF VERMONT AND NORTHEAST NEW YORK... AT 530 PM A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WAS NEAR BARRE IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE PLAINFIELD AND MARSHFIELD. THE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND INTO SOUTHWEST CALEDONIA BY 550 PM. IF THE STORM CONTINUES IT WILL MOVE INTO ST. JOHNSBURY BY 600 PM. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DIGIORGI
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
VTZALL-NYZ011-NYZ008-162300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 535 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR MUCH OF VERMONT AND NORTHEAST NEW YORK... AT 530 PM A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WAS NEAR BARRE IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE PLAINFIELD AND MARSHFIELD. THE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND INTO SOUTHWEST CALEDONIA BY 550 PM. IF THE STORM CONTINUES IT WILL MOVE INTO ST. JOHNSBURY BY 600 PM. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DIGIORGI
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
VTZALL-NYZ011-NYZ008-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 624 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...ALL OF VERMONT AND NORTHEAST NEW YORK HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... AT 620 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF BURLINGTON TO JUST EAST OF BURLINGTON TO JUST EAST OF GLEN FALLS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF VERMONT. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS NEAR MONTPELIER. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT NORTHEAST AND EAST VERMONT THROUGH 730 PM. HOWEVER...NONE OF THE STORMS IN VERMONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING. MORE SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE BACK INTO NORTHEAST NEW YORK AROUND 800 PM...AND EVENTUALLY INTO VERMONT...HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE ALTHOUGH SOME GUSTY WIND...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. DIGIORGI
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
VTZALL-NYZ011-NYZ008-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 624 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...ALL OF VERMONT AND NORTHEAST NEW YORK HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... AT 620 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF BURLINGTON TO JUST EAST OF BURLINGTON TO JUST EAST OF GLEN FALLS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF VERMONT. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS NEAR MONTPELIER. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT NORTHEAST AND EAST VERMONT THROUGH 730 PM. HOWEVER...NONE OF THE STORMS IN VERMONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING. MORE SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE BACK INTO NORTHEAST NEW YORK AROUND 800 PM...AND EVENTUALLY INTO VERMONT...HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE ALTHOUGH SOME GUSTY WIND...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. DIGIORGI
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 7:20 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
VTZALL-NYZ011-NYZ008-160200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 720 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS IN STORE FOR VERMONT THIS EVENING... AT 715 PM...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS RACING ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK STATE TOWARDS VERMONT. SOME OF THE STORMS WERE SEVERE. BY 800 PM THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE CENTRAL CHAMPLAIN VALLEY NEAR ADDISION COUNTY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RUMBLE ACROSS VERMONT BETWEEN 800 AND 1100 PM. ALTHOUGH VERMONT IS NOT CURRENTLY IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LAVIS v.~~~>x<WWCN8~ _66WWUS d WUUS u 6WWUS (6: n6WWUSL <!A@ M `WWUS d WUUS y WUUS `b16WWUSh XWOUS C6WWUS Rf6WWUS d_( WUUS $FOR THE NEXT FEW@"6WWUSF U6WWUS0 @e`WWUS
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 7:23 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
VTZALL-NYZ011-NYZ008-160200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 720 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS IN STORE FOR VERMONT THIS EVENING... AT 715 PM...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS RACING ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK STATE TOWARDS VERMONT. SOME OF THE STORMS WERE SEVERE. BY 800 PM THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE CENTRAL CHAMPLAIN VALLEY NEAR ADDISION COUNTY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RUMBLE ACROSS VERMONT BETWEEN 800 AND 1100 PM. ALTHOUGH VERMONT IS NOT CURRENTLY IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATDEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LAVIS
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.