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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Albany, NY

July 23, 1995Saratoga County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1995, 6:35 PM EDT for Saratoga County, New York. It was in force for 40 min.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 1995, 6:35 PM EDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Saratoga County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 1995-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 309 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1995-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KALB 232235 RRA
SVRALB
NYC091-232315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
635 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST NEW YORK
 
   ...SARATOGA COUNTY
 
 
AT 6:30 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SARATOGA SPRINGS...NEAR BIRCHTON IN CENTRAL SARATOGA COUNTY.
 
AT  6:45 PM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT  6 MILES SOUTH OF
SARATOGA SPRINGS...NEAR EAST LINE IN CENTRAL SARATOGA COUNTY.
 
AT  7:00 PM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT  9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CLIFTON PARK...NEAR BEMIS HEIGHTS IN SOUTHEASTERN SARATOGA 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.
 
 43.01 73.96  42.99 73.80  42.97 73.65  42.95 73.49  42.93 73.34
 
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 IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton42 min
Jul 23, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess63 min
Jul 23, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer52 min

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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.