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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Albany, NY

July 15, 1995Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut; Dutchess County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 7:00 AM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut; Dutchess County, New York. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1995, 7:00 AM EDT (11:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1995, 8:30 AM EDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Dutchess County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:00 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 1995-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1585 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 1995-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KALB 151104 RRA
SVRALB
CTC005-NYC027-111-VTC025-151230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
700 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT
 
   ...LITCHFIELD COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
 
   ...DUTCHESS COUNTY...ULSTER COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHERN VERMONT
 
   ...WINDHAM COUNTY
 
AT 700 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AND WEATHER SPOTTERS INDICATED
NUMEROUS WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH. WINDS AT THE ALBANY COUNTY
AIRPORT GUSTED TO 78 MPH WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS EARLIER
THIS MORNING.
 
THIS LONG LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM PERU IN BENNINGTON
COUNTY...SOUTHWEST TO TANNERSVILLE IN GREENE COUNTY.  THESE STORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO RACE EAST AT 55 TO 60 MPH...REACHING WINDHAM...ULSTER
AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES BY 715 AM.  THE STORM WILL EXIT THESE COUNTIES
BETWEEN 815 AND 830 THIS MORNING.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE hIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
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, 4 hours 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 57 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 5:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer79 min
Jul 15, 6:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren90 min
Jul 15, 6:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchoharie90 min
Jul 15, 6:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWashington65 min
Jul 15, 6:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Greene, Rensselaer57 min
Jul 15, 6:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess60 min
Jul 15, 7:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster90 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut, 1995Severe 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.