Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1997, 6:01 PM EDT for Columbia County, New York. It was in force for 29 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 7, 1997, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1997, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Columbia County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 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 072201 RRA SVRALB NYC021-072230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 601 PM EDT MON JUL 7 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST NEW YORK ...NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY AT 600 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF CANAAN. THIS STORM HAS TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IT WILL CROSS INTO BERKSHIRE COUNTY BY 620 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, Jul 7, 12:45 PM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP K
1247PM MON JUL 07 1997
KDSO WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
06051 FILE 28 DUTCHESS CO SO NY0130000 JUL 07-97
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED:
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD):
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED:
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER:
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 ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD ( ) - 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
( ) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS ( ) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES
( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: 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: TOWN OF BEEKMAN IN DUTCHESS COUNTY
AUTH PHONE #: 914 486-3800
AUTH FRED W SCORALICK SHERIFF
OPER - RUDIN,DAVID A 1246Local storm report, Jul 7, 2:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
237 PM EDT MON JUL 07 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0152 PM GOSHEN CT .75 INCH HAIL
07/07/97 LITCHFIELD DIME SIZE HAIL.
0211 PM MONTEREY MA .75 INCH HAIL
07/07/97 BERKSHIRE DIME SIZE HAIL.Local storm report, Jul 7, 3:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
237 PM EDT MON JUL 07 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0152 PM GOSHEN CT .75 INCH HAIL
07/07/97 LITCHFIELD DIME SIZE HAIL.
0211 PM MONTEREY MA .75 INCH HAIL
07/07/97 BERKSHIRE DIME SIZE HAIL.Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:37 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
VTZ013-014-MAZ001-CTZ001-072300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 537 PM EDT MON JUL 7 1997 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...FOR BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS...AND FOR LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT HAS BEEN CANCELED... AT 535 PM A FEW THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER BERKSHIRE COUNTY BUT THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS WAS NOW EAST OF WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. GG
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:38 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
VTZ013-014-MAZ001-CTZ001-072300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 537 PM EDT MON JUL 7 1997 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...FOR BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS...AND FOR LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT HAS BEEN CANCELED... AT 535 PM A FEW THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER BERKSHIRE COUNTY BUT THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS WAS NOW EAST OF WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. GG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 42 min |
Nearby
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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.