Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 6:51 AM EDT for Columbia County, Dutchess County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1995, 6:51 AM EDT (10:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1995, 7:51 AM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Berkshire County, MA, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 1585 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1378 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALB 151053 RRA SVRALB MAC003-NYC021-027-VTC003-151151- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 651 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ...BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK ...COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK ...DUTCHESS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT ...BENNINGTON COUNTY AT 655 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AND WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL IN A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SALEM IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TO ASHLAND IN GREENE COUNTY. AT 645 AM...WINDS GUSTED IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH AT THE ALBANY COUNTY AIRPORT. THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH AND WILL SWEEP VERY QUICKLY THROUGH BENNINGTON...BERKSHIRE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES BY 745 AM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'&T 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 51 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 48 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, 6:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 65 min |
| Jul 15, 6:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Greene, Rensselaer | 57 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, 1995Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.