Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1995, 6:38 PM EDT for Columbia County, New York. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1995, 6:38 PM EDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1995, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Columbia County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALB 292241 TORALB NYC021-292345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 638 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST NEW YORK ...COLUMBIA COUNTY AT 6:35 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUDSON NEAR CLAVERACK IN SOUTHWESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY. AT 6:50 PM THIS STORM WILL BE ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF GREAT BARRINGTON NEAR HILLSDALE IN CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY. IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA - BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM - AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM WILL 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. JC
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 3:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 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WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 355 PM EDT MON MAY 29 1995 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 498 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN NORTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY.
Local storm report, May 29, 6:25 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP G
0625PM MON MAY 29 1995
GBES WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
00083 FILE 28 RENS COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES MAY 29-95
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: RENSSELAER
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): POESTENKILL PLANK RD
BERLIN MAIN STREET
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: MAY 29 1995 1800HRS
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER:
CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
(X) - NO HAIL REPORTED ( ) - LESS THAN 1/2" (PEA)
( ) - 1/2" (MARBLE) ( ) - 1/2" TO 3/4" (PENNY)
( ) - 3/4" TO 1" (DIME) ( ) - 1.25" (HALF DOLLAR)
( ) - 1.50" (WALNUT) ( ) - 1.75" (GOLFBALL)
( ) - 2.00" (HENS EGG) ( ) - 2.50" (TENNISBALL)
( ) - 2.75" (BASEBALL) ( ) - 3.00" (TEA CUP)
( ) - 4.00" (GRAPEFRUIT) ( ) - 4.50" (SOFTBALL)
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO: ( ) - TREES
(X) - POWER/TELCO POLES ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE ( ) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS ( ) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS (X) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES
RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: MPH OR KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
( ) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE
REMARKS: REPORT OF WIRES DOWN TOWN OF POESTENKILL AND TOWNn OF BERLIN
NUMEROUS LOCATIONS IN THESE TOWNS ARE BEING REPORTED AT THIS TIME TREES
AND WIRES DOWN
AUTH PHONE #: 518 270-5252
AUTH DAVID COOK DIRECTOR BES DRESCHER 1821 HRSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 54 min |
| May 29, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 45 min |
| May 29, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 62 min |
| May 29, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Schenectady | 28 min |
| May 29, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 55 min |
| May 29, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene | 63 min |
| May 29, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 49 min |
| May 29, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 61 min |
| May 29, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 64 min |
| May 29, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 60 min |
| May 29, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 62 min |
| May 29, 7:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 60 min |
Nearby
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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.