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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albany, NY

July 3, 1997Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1997, 1:08 PM EDT for Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 67 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1997, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1997, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Herkimer County, NY

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 11:15 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 1997-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 901 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 1997-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
901 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KALB 031708 RRA
SVRALB
NYC043-031815-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
108 PM EDT THU JUL 3 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
 
   ...HERKIMER COUNTY
 
 
AT 105 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHWEST OF NEWPORT.
 
THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR -
 
NEWPORT AT  110 PM.
MIDDLEVILLE AT  115 PM.
AND PASS 10 MILES NORTH OF DOLGEVILLE AT 125 PM.
 
 
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 12:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga, Warren60 min
Jul 3, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchoharie57 min
Jul 3, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWashington55 min
Jul 3, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Schoharie60 min
Jul 3, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia63 min
Jul 3, 5:15 PM EDTTornado WarningALYColumbia60 min
Jul 3, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia67 min
Jul 3, 7:16 PM EDTTornado WarningALYColumbia59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.