Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Albany, NY

April 22, 1996Montgomery County, Schenectady County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1996, 6:25 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Schenectady County, New York. It was in force for 65 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1996, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1996, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Montgomery County, NY, Schenectady County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 22, 6:52 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCanajoharie, NY
Apr 22, 7:03 PM EDTThunderstorm WindAmsterdam, NY
Apr 22, 7:05 PM EDTThunderstorm WindTown Of Mohawk, NY

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 250 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 1996-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 1996-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchoharie49 min
Apr 22, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer, Saratoga56 min
Apr 22, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Schenectady61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.