Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 1996, 1:40 PM EST for Schoharie County, New York. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report 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
- Jan 19, 1996, 1:40 PM EST (18:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 1996, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Schoharie County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 1:45 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, 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
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 518 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 588 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 191841 RRA SVRALB NYC095-191945- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 140 PM EST FRI JAN 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EASTERN NEW YORK ...SCHOHARIE COUNTY AT 140 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH WINDS OF 60 MPH 10 MILES WEST OF SUMMIT IN SCHOHARIE COUNTY. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH...REACHING THE MIDDLEBURG AREA BY 205 PM. AT 230 PM...THIS STORM WILL REACH GALLUPVILLE IN NORTHEASTERN SCHOHARIE COUNTY. 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. CANNON/NWSFO ALB
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
Local storm report, Jan 19, 12:43 PM EST, 57 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK TROOP K 1244PM FRI JAN 19 1996 KHAW WLSR KPEE KHQT 00339 FILE 28 SP HAWTHORNE NY1590100 JAN 19-96 TO APB ROAD CONDITION REPORT FOR DATE: 01-19-96 TIME: 12:15PM COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: WESTCHESTER COUNTY HIGHWAYS AFFECTED: RT6 / RT202 BETWEEN ANNSVILLE CIRCLE AND BEAR MT BRIDGE CLOSED DUE TO ROCK SLIDE. WESTCHESTER COUNTY EXPERIENCING HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS, SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN AREA. SUGGESTED ALTERNATE ROUTE(S): RT9 NORTH TO W/B 403 TO 9D SOUTH. AUTH SGT S/C MARY A ZEMANEK CANALE 12-33PM OPER - ZEMANEK,MARY A B 1244
Local storm report, Jan 19, 12:47 PM EST, 53 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP K
1248PM FRI JAN 19 1996
KDSO WLSR QHQT QTRF WAPT APTS
00380 FILE 28 DUTCHESS CO SO NY0130000 JAN 19-96
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ATTENTION SEMO DUTY OFFICER
(SPECIFY TYPE OF WEATHER OR EARTHQUAKE EVENT)
DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: FLOODING CONDITIONS
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: DUTCHESS
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): COUNTY RD 89 (WATERBURY HILL RD)
CLOSED FROM RT 82 TO NORTH PARLIMAN RD T/LAGRANGE BECAUSE OF A WASHOUT
DC HIGHWAY DEPT ON SCENE
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 1100AM
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED:
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER:
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
REMARKS:
AUTH PHONE #: 914 486-3800
AUTH FRED W SCORALICK SHERIFF DEPUTY WALT RITCH 1247P
OPER -P RITCH,WALTER A 1248Local storm report, Jan 19, 12:47 PM EST, 53 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK TROOP A 1248PM FRI JAN 19 1996 AWSO WLSR APTS 00189 FILE 28 WYOMING CO SO WARSAW NY0600000 JAN 19-96 TO DESTINATION(S) AGENCY TITLE WYOMING COUNTY HAS EXPERIENCED HEAVY DOWN POURS AND SLEET. HOMES ON MAIN ST IN THE VILLAGE OF PIKE, SHEARING RD IN THE TOWN OF GAINESVILLE, AND PROSPECT ST IN THE VILLAGE OF ATTICA HAVE BEEN EVACUTATED. MANY SECONDARY ROADS IN THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING CONDITIONS FROM SMALL STREAMS AND PLUGGED CULVERTS. MOST FIRE DEPARTMENTS THROUGH OUT THE COUNTY ARE BUSY PUMPING CELLARS. HIGHWAY CREWS ARE ATTEMPTING TO CORRECTN THE PROBLEMS WITH CULVERTS AND STREAMS. AUTH CAPTAIN JOHN COPELAND BUCHWALD 1247 OPER - BUCHWALD,JOAN L 1247
Local storm report, Jan 19, 1:02 PM EST, 38 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK TROOP F 0103PM FRI JAN 19 1996 FBLM WLSR APTS 00043 FILE 28 PD BLOOMING GROVE NY0357300 JAN 19-96 TO APB ATTN SP MONROE ,SP NEWBURGH AND TOWN OF CORNWALL PD ROAD CONDITION / CLOSING REPORT FOR DATE JAN 19-96 TIME:12:48 PM CLOVE ROAD COUNTY ROUTE 27 WILL BE CLOSED FROM STATE ROUTE 94 TO ORRS MILLS ROAD COUNTY ROUTE 20 FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS DUE TO A TRACTOR TRAILER ACCIDENT AUTH/CHIEF CARL SCHUPP SENT/OFC ALFRED J SMITH 13:02PM OPER - SMITH,ALFRED J 1302
Local storm report, Jan 19, 1:08 PM EST, 32 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP K
0109PM FRI JAN 19 1996
KDSO WLSR QHQT QTRF WAPT APTS
00381 FILE 28 DUTCHESS CO SO NY0130000 JAN 19-96
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ATTENTION SEMO DUTY OFFICER
(SPECIFY TYPE OF WEATHER OR EARTHQUAKE EVENT)
DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: FLOODING CONDITIONS
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: DUTCHESS
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): CR 89 WATERBURY HILL RD T/LAGRANGE
******** NOW REOPENED TO TRAFFIC *****
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 119P
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED:
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER:
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
REMARKS:
AUTH PHONE #: 914 486-3800
AUTH FRED W SCORALICK SHERIFF DEPUTY WALT RITCH 108P
OPER - RITCH,WALTER A 1308Local storm report, Jan 19, 1:12 PM EST, 28 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK TROOP F 0112PM FRI JAN 19 1996 FHIG WLSR APTS 00373 FILE 28 SP HIGHLAND NY1550300 JAN 19-96 TO APB ROAD CONDITION REPORT FOR DATE 01/19/96 TIME: 1:00PM COUNTY AFFECTED: ULSTER HIGHWAY AFFECTED: ULSTER HEIGHTS ROAD CR 52 TOWN OF WAWARSING CONDITION: FLOODING, ROAD CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE SUGGESTED ALTERNATE R(OUTE : BRIGGS HIGHWAY TO MARCUS RD AUTH SGT/SC PATRICK REGAN SENT O'REILLY 1:12PM OPER - GALLAGHER,TERRI JO A 1312
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 1:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 62 min |
| Jan 19, 2:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 69 min |
| Jan 19, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene, Ulster | 50 min |
| Jan 19, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady | 50 min |
| Jan 19, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren | 50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.