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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Albany, NY

July 13, 1994Columbia County, Dutchess County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1994, 7:41 PM EDT for Columbia County, Dutchess County, New York. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1994, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1994, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1994-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 91 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 1994-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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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, Jul 13, 4:22 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:41 PM EDT, 1 hour before
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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 7:36 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
NYZ060-061-140030

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
7375 PM EDT WED JUL 13 1994

...A THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COLUMBIA
COUNTY BORDER...

A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL BE ALONG THE SOUTHERN
COLUMBIA COUNTY BORDER BETWEEN ANCRAM AND MILLERTON IN DUTCHESS
COUNTY UNTIL ABOUT 715 PM EDT.

THE STORM WILL BE MOVING VERY SLOWLY...AND HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE
FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINEDb AREAS.  IF YOU/RE DRIVING DON/T DRIVE
OVER ROADS THAT ARE UNDERNEATH THE WATER.  THEY MAY CONTAIN
DANGEROUS WASHOUTS.

HEMMERICH
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 7:37 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
NYZ060-061-140030

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
737 PM EDT WED JUL 13 1994

...A THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COLUMBIA
COUNTY BORDER...

A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL BE ALONG THE SOUTHERN
COLUMBIA COUNTY BORDER BETWEEN ANCRAM AND MILLERTON IN DUTCHESS
COUNTY UNTIL ABOUT 715 PM EDT.

THE STORM WILL BE MOVING VERY SLOWLY...AND HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE
FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED AREAS.  IF YOU/RE DRIVING DON/T DRIVE
OVER ROADS THAT ARE UNDERNEATH THE WATER.  THEY MAY CONTAIN
DANGEROUS WASHOUTS.

HEMMERICH
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 7:37 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
NYZ060-061-140030

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
737 PM EDT WED JUL 13 1994

...A THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG THE SOUTHERN COLUMBIA
COUNTY BORDER...

A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL BE ALONG THE SOUTHERN
COLUMBIA COUNTY BORDER BETWEEN ANCRAM AND MILLERTON IN DUTCHESS
COUNTY UNTIL ABOUT 715 PM EDT.

THE STORM WILL BE MOVING VERY SLOWLY...AND HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE
FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED AREAS.  IF YOU/RE DRIVING DON/T DRIVE
OVER ROADS THAT ARE UNDERNEATH THE WATER.  THEY MAY CONTAIN
DANGEROUS WASHOUTS.

HEMMERICH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess63 min
Jul 13, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBerkshire66 min

Nearby

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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.