Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 5:46 AM EDT for Essex County, New York. It was in force for 74 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1995, 5:46 AM EDT (09:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1995, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 74 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Essex County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 2401 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 2 hours 6 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 HAVE PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. CADIMA
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:42 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 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, 4:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | St. Lawrence | 65 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, 6:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Rutland | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 6:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Windsor | 66 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.