Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1997, 4:39 PM EDT for Warren County, New York. It was in force for 51 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
- Jul 15, 1997, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1997, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Warren County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 4:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestertown, 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALB 152039 RRA SVRALB NYC113-152130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 439 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH NEW YORK ...WARREN COUNTY AT 435 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEV ETHUNDERSTORMS FROM BRANT LAKE TO STONY CREEK. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE ECROSS THE NORTHWAY THROUGH 500 PM...AND WILL BE NEAR WARRENSBURG AT 510 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 15, 3:45 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
345 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0340 PM WILTON NY WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97 SARATOGA WIRES DOWN ON A BUS/TREES
DOWN BOTH /TREES UPROOTED
ON EXIT 16 OF THE NORTHWAYLocal storm report, Jul 15, 3:48 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
345 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0340 PM WILTON NY WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97 SARATOGA WIRES DOWN ON A BUS/TREES
DOWN BOTH /TREES UPROOTED
ON EXIT 16 OF THE NORTHWAYLocal storm report, Jul 15, 3:59 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP G
0401PM TUE JUL 15 1997
GCOS WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
04591 FILE 28 SARATOGA COUNTY SHERIFF NY0450000 JUL 15-97
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: SARATOGA
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): TOWN OF WILTON - TRAVER & DIMMICK
RDS / PERRY AND OLD GICK / GURN SPRINGS RD/ BALLARD RD / CO 67 TOWN OF SARATOGA
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 7/15/97 APPROX 3:10 PM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: WIRES AND TREES DOWN
CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
( ) - NO HAIL REPORTED ( ) - 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 (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO: ( ) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
(X) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: 0 NUMBER INJURED: 0
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE ( ) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS (X) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS (X) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES
RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: MPH OR KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: 0 NUMBER INJURED: 0
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: HIGH WINDS ALSO REPORTED IN SCHUYLERVILLE HEAVY RAIN/WINDS ALSO
REPORTED IN HALFMOON
AUTH PHONE #: 518 558-6761
AUTH DESK SGT DEBORAH A BUSH BUSH / 3:51 PM
OPER - REISNER,JEFFREtY B 1601Local storm report, Jul 15, 4:15 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
415 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0413 PM EASTON NY WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97 WASHINGTON TREES DOWN 6 MILES NORTH
OF RENNSELAER COUNTY LINELocal storm report, Jul 15, 4:16 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
415 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0413 PM EASTON NY WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97 WASHINGTON TREES DOWN 6 MILES NORTH
OF RENNSELAER COUNTY LINELocal storm report, Jul 15, 4:21 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
421 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0419 PM PLEASANT VLY NY WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97 DUTCHESS LARGE TREE ON ROUTE 44
BLOCKING TRAFFICThe 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, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 67 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
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.