Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1995, 1:05 PM EDT for Dutchess County, Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 1995, 1:05 PM EDT (17:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 1995, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dutchess County, NY, Ulster County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 729 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 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 041707 RRA SVRALB NYC027-111-041800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 105 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1:50 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK ...ULSTER COUNTY AND DUTCHESS COUNTY ... AT 1:05 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINGSTON NEAR LAMONTVILLE IN EASTERN ULSTER COUNTY. AT 1:20 PM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON NEAR STAATSBURG IN NORTHWESTERN DUTCHESS COUNTY. AT 1:35 PM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF KINGSTON NEAR STANFORDVILLE IN NORTHERN DUTCHESS COUNTY. IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA - BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM - AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM PRODUCED DIME SIZED HAIL AT KERHONKSEN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. & | 41.88 74.13 | 41.88 73.92 |h 41.88 73.72 | 41.88 73.52 | 41.88 73.31
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
Local storm report, Apr 4, 11:01 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP W
1100AM TUE APR 04 1995
WORA WLSR QHQT QTRF WAPT APTS
00003 FILE 28 ORANGE CO EMERGENCY MGT OFFICE APR 04-95
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ATTENTION SEMO DUTY OFFICER
ORANGE COUNTY SKYWARN NET ACTIVATED AS OF 10:45 AM THIS DATE IN
RESPONSE TO A WIND ADVISORY AND SEVERE T-STORM WATCH.
REPORTS WILL BE RECEIVED HOURLY BY SKYWARN COORD. UNLESS
CONDITIONS WARRANT MORE FREQUENT REPORTS.
REMARKS: SKIES IN THE COUNTY ARE CURRENTLY PARTLY CLOUDY
WITH PATCHES OF BLUE.
AUTH PHONE #: 914 294-7422
AUTH P. SCHMER, EMERG. COORD. MOORE /1100Local storm report, Apr 4, 12:54 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP F
1253PM TUE APR 04 1995
FGCO WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
01026 FILE 28 GREENE COUNTY SO NY0190000 APR 04-95
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: GREENE
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): TOWN OF WINDHAM, STATE ROUTE 23
TOWN OF HUNTER, STATE ROUTE 23A
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 12-42PM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER:
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: 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: 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: 40 MPH OR KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED: 0
FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
( ) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE
REMARKS: SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED WITH HAIL AND WINDS OF 40 MPH
TOWN OF WINDHAM AND HUNTER, GREENE COUNTY NY
AUTH PHONE #: 518 622-3643
AUTH BOB DARLING EMER PREP DIR LACKIE/12-52PMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 12:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 55 min |
| Apr 4, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer | 68 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.