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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Albany, NY

July 28, 1995Hamilton County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1995, 6:39 PM EDT for Hamilton County, New York. It was in force for 66 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 1995, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1995, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Hamilton County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 1995-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 116 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 1995-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 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
116 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 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 282239 RRA
SVRALB
NYC041-282345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
639 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH NEW YORK
 
   ...HAMILTON COUNTY
 
A GROUP OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL HAMILTON
COUNTY NORTH OF SPECULATOR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS LARGE
HAIL AND POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS AS THEY MOVE NORTH THROUGH INDIAN LAKE
BY 730 PM.
 
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.
 
 
WESTERGARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Saratoga58 min
Jul 28, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWarren58 min
Jul 28, 6:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYSaratoga94 min
Jul 28, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga94 min
Jul 28, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Ulster60 min
Jul 28, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene48 min
Jul 28, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Rensselaer36 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.