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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Albany, NY

June 27, 1994Montgomery County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1994, 4:35 PM EDT for Montgomery County, New York. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1994, 4:35 PM EDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1994, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 1994-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 151 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 1994-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 27, 1:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
NYC039-111-VTC003-025-272200-

SHORT TERM FORECAST AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
300 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CATSKILLS AND SOUTHERNMOST
VERMONT...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF GREENE AND
ULSTER COUNTIES THROUGH 4 PM.  ANOTHER CONCENTRATED AREA OF STORMS
WILL CROSS THROUGH BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM COUNTIES OF VERMONT BY 345
PM.

TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH
THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
NYC039-111-VTC003-025-272200-

SHORT TERM FORECAST AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
300 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CATSKILLS AND SOUTHERNMOST
VERMONT...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF GREENE AND
ULSTER COUNTIES THROUGH 4 PM.  ANOTHER CONCENTRATED AREA OF STORMS
WILL CROSS THROUGH BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM COUNTIES OF VERMONT BY 345
PM.

TORRENTIAL DOWNPOtURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH
THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:00 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
NYC093-272100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
400 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SCHENECTADY COUNTY BETWEEN
4 AND 5PM...

A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND STRONG WINDS WILL
MOVE ACROSS SCHENECTADY COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL
WEST OF THE CITY OF SCHENECTADY IN ROTTERDAM...PRINCETOWN
AND DUANESBURG.

CULVERTS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS COULD FLOOD. IF YOUR
DRIVING THIS EVENING DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN
DEPTH.

SNYDER
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:08 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
NYC093-272100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
400 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SCHENECTADY COUNTY BETWEEN
4 AND 5PM...

A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND STRONG WINDS WILL
MOVE ACROSS SCHENECTADY COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL
WEST OF THE CITY OF SCHENECTADY IN ROTTERDAM...PRINCETOWN
AND DUANESBURG.

CULVERTS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS COULD FLOOD. IF YOUR
DRIVING THIS EVENING DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN
DEPTH.

SNYDER
Local storm report, Jun 27, 4:28 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0429PM     MON JUN 27 1994
CBSO WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
04248    FILE 28   BROOME CO SO BINGHAMTON NY0030000    JUN 27-94
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE                    ADDED INFO
         ATTENTION SEMO DUTY OFFICER

REF 4248  FILE 28  6/27/94 RE: TORNADO REPORT
                          FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTING

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: BROOME

NAME AND ADDRESS OF PERSON(S) REPORTING FUNNEL CLOUD(S):

AFFORDABLE PAVING CO
2213 NORTH ST
ENDWELL NY  13760

LOCATION OF FUNNEL CLOUD: R.R. TRACKS IN VICINITY OF WAYNE ST ENDWELL
MILITARY TIME AND DATE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED: 16:20
DIRECTION OF FUNNEL CLOUD MOVEMENT: NONE
DESCRIPTION OF FUNNEL CLOUD:

DAMAGE REPORTED TO (CHECK): ( )-CROPS       ( )-FARM BLDGS
( )-POWER/TELCO LINES ( )-POWER/TELCO POLES ( )-SMALL TREES
( )-LARGE TREES       ( )-PRIVATE HOMES     ( )-COMM. BLDGS
( )-OTHER (SPECIFY)

NUMBER OF FATALITIES:            NUMBER OF INJURED:
REMARKS: NO DAMAGE REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE AS OF YET
REPORTED BY 911

AUTH PHONE #: 607 778-1911

AUTH MICHAEL F ASWAD  BROOME COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER      ROGERS/4-28 PM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton30 min
Jun 27, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWarren47 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.