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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Albany, NY

September 14, 1995Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 1995, 12:46 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 14, 1995, 12:46 PM EDT (16:46 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 1995, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Berkshire County, MA

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 1995-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 228 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 1995-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
228 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
783 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KALB 141646 RRA
SVRALB
MAC003-141745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1246 PM EDT THU SEP 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST MASSACHUSETTS
 
   ...BERKSHIRE COUNTY
 
 
AT 12:40 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NORTH ADAMS...NEAR SOUTH WILLIAMSTOWN IN NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
 
AT 12:55 PM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
NORTH ADAMS...NEAR SAVOY CENTER IN NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
 
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO DALTON AND PITTSFIELD BETWEEN
105 PM AND 115 PM.
 
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 THIS STORM.
POORLY DRAINED LOW AREAS...SUCH AS UNDERPASSES...MAY FLOOD.
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
 42.65 73.21  42.62 72.98  42.59 72.76  42.56 72.54  42.53 72.32

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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.