Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 21, 1995, 3:03 PM EDT for Columbia County, Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, New York. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 21, 1995, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 21, 1995, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Columbia County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 13 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALB 211905 RRA SVRALB NYC021-083-091-212000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 303 PM EDT SAT OCT 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EASTERN NEW YORK ...COLUMBIA COUNTY...RENSSELAER COUNTY...SARATOGA COUNTY AT 3 PM DOPPLER RADAR AT YOUR ALBANY WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS FROM BURNT HILLS IN SARATOGA COUNTY TO VELATIE IN COLUMBIA COUNTY. THIS LINE WILL MOVE NORTH TO SARATOGA SPRINGS TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHATHAM BY 345 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
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, Oct 21, 11:20 AM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-MAZ001-VTZ013-014-CTZ001- 212000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NEW YORK 1130 AM EDT SAT OCT 21 1995 ...HEAVY RAIN...HIGH WINDS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY IN EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. STRONG WINDS HAVE BUFFETED THE REGION THIS MORNING. THE WINDS HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY STRONG IN THE HILLS AND MOUNTAINS. DOWNED TREES OR POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF GREENE...DUTCHESS...COLUMBIA...AND RENSSELAER COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS... EVEN IN VALLEY LOCATIONS. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIE DOWN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN HAS BEEN SPOTTY...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY THIS MORNING FROM THE HUDSON VALLEY EAST INTO NEW ENGLAND. A FEW PLACES HAVE PICKED UP AS MUCH AS 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. RAIN WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER AS THE AFTERNOON GOES ON. BE PREPARED FOR A VARIETY OF WEATHER HAZARDS. IF THE WEATHER GETS THREATENING GET TO A SAFE SHELTER FAST. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. BE ALERT IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA. IF FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...OR YOU OBSERVE FLOODING MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE. A LARGE STORM WAS OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION. A COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL NEW YORK AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WILL MOVE TO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND BY THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Oct 21, 11:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-MAZ001-VTZ013-014-CTZ001- 212000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NEW YORK 1130 AM EDT SAT OCT 21 1995 ...HEAVY RAIN...HIGH WINDS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY IN EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. STRONG WINDS HAVE BUFFETED THE REGION THIS MORNING. THE WINDS HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY STRONG IN THE HILLS AND MOUNTAINS. DOWNED TREES OR POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF GREENE...DUTCHESS...COLUMBIA...AND RENSSELAER COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS... EVEN IN VALLEY LOCATIONS. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIE DOWN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN HAS BEEN SPOTTY...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY THIS MORNING FROM THE HUDSON VALLEY EAST INTO NEW ENGLAND. A FEW PLACES HAVE PICKED UP AS MUCH AS 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. RAIN WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER AS THE AFTERNOON GOES ON. BE PREPARED FOR A VARIETY OF WEATHER HAZARDS. IF THE WEATHER GETS THREATENING GET TO A SAFE SHELTER FAST. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. BE ALERT IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA. IF FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...OR YOU OBSERVE FLOODING MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE. A LARGE STORM WAS OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION. A COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL NEW YORK AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WILL MOVE TO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND BY THIS EVENING.
Local storm report, Oct 21, 2:43 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
244 PM EDT SAT OCT 21 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
220 PM DUANESBURG NY TSTM WIND
10/21/95 SCHENECTADY TREE FELL ON HOUSELocal storm report, Oct 21, 2:44 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
244 PM EDT SAT OCT 21 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
220 PM DUANESBURG NY TSTM WIND
10/21/95 SCHENECTADY TREE FELL ON HOUSELocal storm report, Oct 21, 2:45 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
245 PM EDT SAT OCT 21 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0220 PM DUANESBURG NY TSTM WIND
10/21/95 SCHENECTADY TREE FELL ON HOUSELocal storm report, Oct 21, 2:46 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
245 PM EDT SAT OCT 21 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0220 PM DUANESBURG NY TSTM WIND
10/21/95 SCHENECTADY TREE FELL ON HOUSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 1:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Greene | 6 hr |
| Oct 21, 1:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schenectady | 6 hr |
| Oct 21, 1:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Fulton | 6 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.