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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Albany, NY

May 29, 1995Washington County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1995, 3:58 PM EDT for Washington County, New York. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1995, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1995, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 1995-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 303 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
366 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 291958
SVRALB
NYC115-292100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
358 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH NEW YORK
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
 
AT 3:55 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WHITEHALL NEAR SOUTH BAY IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 
AT  4:10 PM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT  3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
POULTNEY NEAR HAMPTON IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY APPROACH SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON 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.
 
 
 
 
 
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.

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

Special weather statement, May 29, 10:18 AM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes 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.
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:54 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
NYZ032-292100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
355 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 498 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN
NORTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 2:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton54 min
May 29, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton45 min
May 29, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchenectady28 min
May 29, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster55 min
May 29, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene63 min
May 29, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer49 min
May 29, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess61 min
May 29, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia64 min
May 29, 6:38 PM EDTTornado WarningALYColumbia67 min
May 29, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster60 min
May 29, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia62 min
May 29, 7:45 PM EDTTornado WarningALYDutchess, Ulster60 min

Nearby

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

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.