Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Albany, NY

July 15, 1997Saratoga County, Washington County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1997, 3:30 PM EDT for Saratoga County, Washington County, New York. It was in force for 60 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: Jul 15, 1997, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 1997, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Saratoga County, NY, Washington County, NY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jul 15, 3:35 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Schuylerville, NY
Jul 15, 4:10 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Cambridge, NY
Jul 15, 4:13 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Easton, 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 (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 60 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1020 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KALB 151932 RRA
SVRALB
NYC091-115-152030-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
330 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST NEW YORK
 
   ...SARATOGA COUNTY
 
IN NORTH NEW YORK
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
 
AT 330 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST OF VICTORY.
 
THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR -
 
5 MILES NORTHEAST OF STILLWATER AT  405 PM.
SOUTHWEST OF GREENWICH AT 415 PM.
 
EXPECT UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES WITH THIS STORM.
 
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
GW/HTS
 
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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 15, 2:39 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
239 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0224 PM    ACCORD                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   ULSTER                         TRRES DOWN

Local storm report, Jul 15, 2:41 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
239 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0224 PM   j ACCORD                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   ULSTER                         TRRES DOWN

Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:07 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
307 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0253 PM    ULSTER HGTS               NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   ULSTER                         TREES DOWN

0258 PM    ACCORD                    NY   1 INCH HAIL
07/15/97   ULSTER                         QUARTER SIZE HAIL

BLAES /NWSFO ALY

Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:09 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
307 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0253 PM   H ULSTER HGTS               NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   ULSTER                         TREES DOWN

0258 PM    ACCORD                    NY   1 INCH HAIL
07/15/97   ULSTER                         QUARTER SIZE HAIL

BLAES /NWSFO ALY

Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:22 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
322 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0224 PM    ACCORD                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   ULSTER                         TREES DOWN

0258 PM    ACCORD                    NY   1 INCH HAIL
07/15/97   ULSTER                         QUARTER SIZE HAIL

0312 PM    CORINTH                   NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   SARATOGA                       TREES DOWN

0320 PM    ULSTER HGTS               NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   ULSTER                         TREES DOWN
07/15/97   ULSTER                         TREES DOWN

Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:26 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
322 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0224 PM    ACCORD                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   ULSTER                         TREES DOWN

0258 PM    ACCORD                    NY   1 INCH HAIL
07/15/97   ULSTER                         QUARTER SIZE HAIL

0312 PM    CORINTH               f    NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   SARATOGA                       TREES DOWN

0320 PM    ULSTER HGTS               NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   ULSTER                         TREES DOWN
07/15/97   ULSTER                         TREES DOWN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 1:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Greene	56 min
Jul 15, 1:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Greene	56 min
Jul 15, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Ulster	67 min
Jul 15, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga	65 min
Jul 15, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess	67 min
Jul 15, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Warren	51 min
Jul 15, 5:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer	69 min
Jul 15, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer	69 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.