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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albany, NY

May 26, 1994Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1994, 7:04 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
May 26, 1994, 7:04 PM EDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1994, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Berkshire County, MA

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 62 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1994-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 40 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1994-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KALB 262308
SVRALY
MAC003-NYC021-027-270000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
704 PM EDT THU MAY 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS
 
   ...BERKSHIRE COUNTY
 
 
IN EAST NEW YORK
 
   ...COLUMBIA COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
 
   ...DUTCHESS COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15
MILES SOUTH OF HUDSON NEAR THE TOWN OF JACKSON CORNERS. IT WILL MOVE
TO BARTON CORNERS BY 715 PM AND SHEFFIELD IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY BY
730 PM.
 
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL CROSS EXTREME NORTHER DUTCHESS
COUNTY BETWEEN 715 PM AND 745 PM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
 
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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.