Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Albany, NY

February 22, 1997Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 1997, 10:47 AM EST for Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 58 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
Feb 22, 1997, 10:47 AM EST (15:47 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 1997, 11:45 AM EST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 22, 11:15 AM ESTThunderstorm WindLittle Falls, NY
Feb 22, 11:25 AM ESTThunderstorm WindSalisbury Center, NY
Feb 22, 11:40 AM ESTThunderstorm WindIndian Lake, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 22, 10:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 119 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1997-02-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 81 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1997-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
81 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1001 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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
Feb 22, 11:32 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Montgomery58 min
Feb 22, 12:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Schoharie63 min
Feb 22, 12:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchenectady67 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.