Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 6:25 AM EDT for Washington County, New York. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1995, 6:25 AM EDT (10:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1995, 7:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 2401 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALB 151026 RRA SVRALB NYC115-151130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 625 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHERN NEW YORK ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 6:20 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF WHITEHALL...NEAR PILOT KNOB IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. AT 6:35 AM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF WHITEHALL...NEAR EAST WHITEHALL IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL DURING THE NEXT HOUR. 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. JC
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 15, 3:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-MAZ001-VTZ013-014-CTZ001-
160000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NEW YORK
300 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995
...HEAT INDEX TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH 105 DEGREES AGAIN TODAY...
A BRIEF PERIOD OF SUNSHINE EARLY THIS MORNING WILL ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO SOAR INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S FROM THE MOHAWK
VALLEY...CAPITAL DISTRICT...ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND AND POINTS
SOUTH BY LATE THIS MORNING. PARTS OF THE MID HUDSON VALLEY MAY
REACH 100 DEGREES BY THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...IT'LL BE
EXTREMELY HUMID WITH DEW POINT READINGS WELL INTO THE 70S.
THESE TWO CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW HEAT INDEX VALUES TO CLIMB ABOVE 100
DEGREES IN MANY COMMUNITIES LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS
AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY NEAR POUGHKEEPSIE.
HEAT INDICES IN THIS RANGE CAN CAUSE SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS AND
HEAT EXHAUSTION WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
HERE ARE A FEW SAFETY RULES TO TRY TO KEEP YOURSELF COOL...
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...
STAY IN AIR CONDITIONED AREAS IF POSSIBLE...
AVOID DRINKING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES...
EXERCISE OR DO YARD WORK IN THE EARLY MORNING OR EVENING
HOURS...
STAY OUT OF THE SUN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE...
WEAR LIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING...Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:03 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-MAZ001-VTZ013-014-CTZ001-
160000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NEW YORK
300 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995
...HEAT INDEX TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH 105 DEGREES AGAIN TODAY...
A BRIEF PERIOD OF SUNSHINE EARLY THIS MORNING WILL ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO SOAR INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S FROM THE MOHAWK
VALLEY...CAPITAL DISTRICT...ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND AND POINTS
SOUTH BY LATE THIS MORNING. PARTS OF THE MID HUDSON VALLEY MAY
REACH 100 DEGREES BY THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...IT'LL BE
EXTREMELY HUMID WITH DEW POINT READINGS WELL INTO THE 70S.
THESE TWO CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW HEAT INDEX VALUES TO CLIMB ABOVE 100
DEGREES IN MANY COMMUNITIES LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS
AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY NEAR POUGHKEEPSIE.
HEAT INDICES IN THIS RANGE CAN CAUSE SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS AND
HEAT EXHAUSTION WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
HERE ARE A FEW SAFETY RULES TO TRY TO KEEP YOURSELF COOL...
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...
STAY IN AIR CONDITIONED AREAS IF POSSIBLE...
AVOID DRINKING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES...
EXERCISE OR DO YARD WORK IN THE EARLY MORNING OR EVENI&NG
HOURS...
STAY OUT OF THE SUN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE...
WEAR LIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING...The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 5:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 79 min |
| Jul 15, 6:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren | 90 min |
| Jul 15, 6:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 90 min |
| Jul 15, 6:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Greene, Rensselaer | 57 min |
| Jul 15, 6:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 7:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 90 min |
| Jul 15, 7:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 90 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.