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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Albany, NY

July 26, 1995Dutchess County, Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 5:14 PM EDT for Dutchess County, Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1995, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1995, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dutchess County, NY, Ulster County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 1995-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1161 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1995-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1161 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
878 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KALB 262114 RRA
SVRALB
NYC027-111-262215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
514 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
 
   ...DUTCHESS COUNTY...ULSTER COUNTY
 
 
AT 5:10 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF
NEWBURGH...NEAR MARLBORO IN SOUTHERN ULSTER COUNTY.
 
AT  5:25 PM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT  6 MILES SOUTH OF
POUGHKEEPSIE...IN SOUTHERN DUTCHESS COUNTY.
 
AT  5:40 PM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT  9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PAWLING.
 
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.
 
 41.60 73.99  41.63 73.86  41.67 73.73  41.71 73.59  41.74 73.46
 
WESTERGARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer60 min
Jul 26, 2:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYRensselaer3 hr

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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.