Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1997, 1:25 PM EDT for Columbia County, New York. It was in force for 50 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
- May 6, 1997, 1:25 PM EDT (17:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 1997, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Columbia County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2:00 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Ghent, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1042 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 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 061730 RRA SVRALB NYC021-061815- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 125 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COLUMBIA AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES - IN EASTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 215 PM EDT * AT 125 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF CATSKILL. * THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR - * 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CATSKILL AT 130 PM. * CLAVERACK-RED MILLS AT 135 PM. * PHILMONT AT 140 PM. * AUSTERLITZ AT 155 PM. * A SECOND STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TACONIC STATE PARKWAY IN DUTCHESS COUNTY DURING THE SAME TIME FRAME. IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA - BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM - AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TORRENTIAL RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES LARGE HAIL WITH THESE STORMS |42.132 73.841 |42.205 73.670 |42.278 73.499 |42.352 73.328 |42.425 73.157
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, May 6, 1:18 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP F
0119PM TUE MAY 06 1997
FSTN WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
00710 FILE 28 PD SAUGERTIES TOWN NY0558000 MAY 06-97
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: ULSTER
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): TOWN OF SAUGERTIES
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 05-06-97 1:10 PM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: UNK
CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
( ) - NO HAIL REPORTED (X) - LESS THAN 1/2" (PEA)
( ) - 1/2" (MARBLE) ( ) - 1/2" TO 3/4" (PENNY)
( ) - 3/4" TO 1" (DIME) ( ) - 1.25" (HALF DOLLAR)
( ) - 1.50" (WALNUT) ( ) - 1.75" (GOLFBALL)
( ) - 2.00" (HENS EGG) ( ) - 2.50" (TENNISBALL)
( ) - 2.75" (BASEBALL) ( ) - 3.00" (TEA CUP)
( ) - 4.00" (GRAPEFRUIT) ( ) - 4.50" (SOFTBALL)
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS (X) - CLOUD TO CLOUD (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO: ( ) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE ( ) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS ( ) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES
( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: 25 MPH OR KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
( ) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE
REMARKS:
AUTH PHONE #: 914 246-9800
AUTH AND SENT/PTL D E DRESCER n 1-18 PM
OPER - DENGLER,MARYLOU 1319The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery | 44 min |
| May 6, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.