Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Albany, NY

Issued

May 29, 1995, 2:06 PM EDT (18:06 UTC)

Expired

May 29, 1995, 3:00 PM EDT

In force

54 min

Issued by

NWS Albany, NY

Area

Whole counties

County Hamilton County, NY

000 
TTAA00 KALB 291806
SVRALB
NYC041-291900-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
206 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH NEW YORK
 
   ...HAMILTON COUNTY
 
 
AT 2:00 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF
OLD FORGE NEAR INLET IN WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY.
 
AT  2:15 PM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT  5 MILES SOUTH OF
RAQUETTE LAKE NEAR BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE IN NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY.
 
AT  2:30 PM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF
RAQUETTE LAKE NEAR BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE IN NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY.
 
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.  PEOPLE BOATING ON
RAQUETTE LAKE AND BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE SHOULD HEAD TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
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.

In the hours before

NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-MAZ001-VTZ013-014-CTZ001-
292200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NEW YORK
1020 AM EDT MON MAY 29 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK AND
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INTO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND BY LATE AFTERNOON.  A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE...PRODUCING STRONG WIND IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH...AND LARGE HAIL.

IF YOU/RE PLANNING ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TODAY...YOU SHOULD PAY
CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER.  BE ALERT FOR THREATENING CONDITIONS
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE QUICKLY.  BOATERS SHOULD BE
PARTICULARLY WATCHFUL.  TAKE A PORTABLE RADIO ALONG WITH YOU SO THAT
YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING WARM...HUMID AIR INTO
THE REGION TODAY.  A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING SETTING OFF THUNDERSTORMS.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.