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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Albany, NY

April 4, 1995Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1995, 1:25 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 1995, 1:25 PM EDT (17:25 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 1995, 2:10 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Whole counties

County Berkshire County, MA

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 62 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KALB 041738 RRA
SVRALB
MAC003-041810-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
125 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  2:10 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...

IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

...BERKSHIRE COUNTY...

AT  1:25 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
50 TO 60 MPH WINDS ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF CHATHAM NEAR PULVERS
IN NORTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY.

AT  1:40 PM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
STOCKBRIDGE NEAR WEST IN WESTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY.

AT  1:55 PM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT  6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
STOCKBRIDGE NEAR LENOX IN SOUTHWESTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF BERKSHIRE
COUNTY AND SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO ALSO BECOME SEVERE.

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.

| 42.29 73.62 | 42.32 73.42 | 42.34 73.22 | 42.37 73.02 | 42.39 72.82

SNYDER/CANNON

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 24 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 /1100

Local storm report, Apr 4, 12:54 PM EDT, 31 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/12-52PM

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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.