Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 4:40 AM EDT for St. Lawrence County, New York. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1995, 4:40 AM EDT (08:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1995, 5:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Whole counties
County St. Lawrence County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 337 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
- 3272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBTV 150842 RRA SVRBTV NYC089-150945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 440 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VT HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH NEW YORK ...SOUTHERN ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 435 AM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY THROUGH 530 AM AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT GOUVERNEUR BY 5 AM AND NEWTON FALLS BY 530 AM. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE AND CAN NOT FIND REFUGE IN A STURDY INDOOR SHELTER...CROUCH DOWN IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. STAY AWAY FROM TBREES...HILL TOPS...WIRE FENCES AND METAL OBJECTS.
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, Jul 15, 3:40 AM EDT, 1 hour before
VTZ001>012-NYZ026>031-034-035-151100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 340 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND ALL OF VERMONT UNTIL 10 AM... THE WATCH INCLUDES ST. LAWRENCE...FRANKLIN AND CLINTON COUNTIES IN NORTHERN NEW YORK AND ALL OF VERMONT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. PERSONS LIVING VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. CADIMA
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:42 AM EDT, 58 minutes before
VTZ001>012-NYZ026>031-034-035-151100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 340 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND ALL OF VERMONT UNTIL 10 AM... THE WATCH INCLUDES ST. LAWRENCE...FRANKLIN AND CLINTON COUNTIES IN NORTHERN NEW YORK AND ALL OF VERMONT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. PERSONS LIVING VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORMS HA VE PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. CADIMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 4:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 4:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Lewis, Oswego | 69 min |
| Jul 15, 4:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Cayuga | 69 min |
| Jul 15, 5:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Essex | 74 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.