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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Albany, NY

June 26, 1995Schoharie County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1995, 1:50 PM EDT for Schoharie County, New York. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1995, 1:50 PM EDT (17:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1995, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Schoharie County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 1995-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 902 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 1995-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
902 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 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 
TTAA00 KALB 261751 RRA
SVRALB
NYC095-261830-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
150 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST NEW YORK
 
   ...SCHOHARIE COUNTY
 
 
AT 1:45 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST
FRENNSELAERVILLE NEAR LIVINGSTONVILLE IN SOUTHEASTERN SCHOHARIE COUNTY.
 
AT  2:00 PM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT  6 MILES SOUTH OF
MIDDLEBURGH NEAR BROOME CENTER IN SOUTHERN SCHOHARIE COUNTY.
 
AT  2:15 PM IT WILL BE ABOUT  9 MILES SOUTH OF
MIDDLEBURGH NEAR NORTH BLENHEIM IN CENTRAL SCHOHARIE COUNTY.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA - BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IN
A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM - AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
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.
 
 
 
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOPT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.