Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 3:16 PM EDT for Washington County, New York. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1994, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1994, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 1128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALB 271918 SVRALB NYC115-272015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 316 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH NEW YORK ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 315 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ALONG THE HUDSON RIVER NEAR EASTON. IT WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. IT WILL BE NEAR CAMBRIDGE AT 330 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Apr 27, 12:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
NYZ039>042-047>052-271830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 148 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF THE HUDSON VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL MOVE INTO THE HUDSON VALLEY FROM ALBANY TO GLENS FALLS BETWEEN 130 PM TO 230 PM. A STORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS GREAT SAGANDAGA LAKE...REACHING GLENS FALLS AND ADJACENT NORTHERN SARATOGA COUNTY BETWEEN 130 PM AND 145 PM. ANOTHER STORM WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN ALBANY COUNTY BY 1 PM...AND WILL REACH ALBANY ABOUT 145 PM.
Local storm report, Apr 27, 12:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP G
1255PM WED APR 27 1994
GLOV WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
01245 FILE 28 PD GLOVERSVILLE NY0170100 APR 27-94
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT
CITY AFFECTED: (FULTON COUNTY)
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): CITY OF GLOVERSVILLE
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 04/27/94 12:51PM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER:
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 ( ) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO: ( ) - 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
( ) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS ( ) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES
( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: 35 MPH OR KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
(X) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE
REMARKS:
AUTH PHONE #: 518 773-7511
AUTH AND SENT SGT ROBERT WILCOX 12:54PMSpecial weather statement, Apr 27, 12:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
NYZ039>042-047>052-271830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST - CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1248 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF THE HUDSON VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL MOVE INTO THE HUDSON VALLEY FROM ALBANY TO GLENS FALLS BETWEEN 130 PM TO 230 PM. A STORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS GREAT SAGANDAGA LAKE...REACHING GLENS FALLS AND ADJACENT NORTHERN SARATOGA COUNTY BETWEEN 130 PM AND 145 PM. ANOTHER STORM WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN ALBANY COUNTY BY 1 PM...AND WILL REACH ALBANY ABOUT 145 PM.
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 1:16 PM EDT, 2 hours before
NYZ041-043-271900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 145 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH SARATOGA COUNTY INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE THROUGH MOST OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF SARATOGA COUNTY INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF EAST GALWAY...SARATOGA SPRINGS AND CORINTH BY 145 PM. STORMS WILL REACH HUDSON FALLS AND GRANVILLE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY BY 230 PM.
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 2:38 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
NYZ032>033-038>043-047>054-058>066-272000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 235 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...CATSKILLS AND MID HUDSON VALLEY BETWEEN 245 PM AND 400 PM. THUNDERSTORMS FROM CAROGA LAKE IN FULTON COUNTY TO GRAHAMSVILLE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY WILL REACH THE HUDSON VALLEY FROM THE CITY SARAOGA SPRINGS TO WEST KILL IN GREENE COUNTY BY 315 PM...AND WILL BE FROM HOOSICK FALLS IN RENSSELAER COUNTY TO COXSACKIE IN GREENE COUNTY BY 345 PM. ANOTHER STORM NEAR GRAHAMSVILLE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY WILL MOVE TO NEAR KINGSTON IN ULSTER COUNTY BY 315 PM...AND TO NEAR MILLERTON IN EASTERN DUTCHESS COUNTY BY 400 PM. CRISTALDI
Local storm report, Apr 27, 2:50 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP F
0251PM WED APR 27 1994
FLIB WLSR QHQT QTRF WAPT
00408 FILE 28 PD LIBERTY NY0522000 APR 27-94
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: SULLIVAN COUNTY-VILLAGE OF LIBERTY
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): VILLAGE OF LIBERTY
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 04/27/94 2-28PM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: VILLAGE OF LIBERTY
CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
( ) - NO HAIL REPORTED (X) - 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: 0 NUMBER INJURED: 0
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO: ( ) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: 0 NUMBER INJURED: 0
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE ( ) - CROPS
( ) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS ( ) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES
( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: MPH OR KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: 0 NUMBER INJURED: 0
FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
(X) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE
REMARKS: SKY CLOUDED OVER AT APPROX 2-15 TO 2-20PM-RAIN STARTED AT 2-28PM
WITH THUNDER AND LIGHTNING (NO DAMAGE REPRORTED) SHORTLY AFTER RAIN STARTED
IT BECAME EXTREMELY HEAVY AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY SMALL HAIL. RAIN STARTED TO
SUBSIDE AND BY 2-45PM RAIN HAD STOPPED AND SUN IS AGAIN SHINING
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TELEPHONE #: 914 292-4422
AUTH AND SENT PAUL H LEROY 2-49PMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Schenectady | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Franklin | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.