Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1997, 5:36 PM EDT for Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 69 min. 2 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, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1997, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Herkimer County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 6:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Frankfort, NY | |
| Jul 15, 6:17 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleville, 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, 9.6 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.
- 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 152138 RRA SVRALB NYC043-160045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 536 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 645 PM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL NEW YORK ...SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY AT 535 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIDDLEVILLE. THIS STORM IS DRIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 5 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL B NMIDDLEVILLE AND NEWPORT THROUGH 620 PM. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS DWHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. GW/KL/HTS
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, 4:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 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 TRAFFICLocal storm report, Jul 15, 5:07 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
507 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0345 PM WILTON NY WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97 SARATOGA 3 TRAILERS TIPPED OVER AT
TRAILER PARK ON BALLARD
ROAD
0450 PM CHESTERTOWN NY WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97 WARREN LARGE TREES DOWN ON ROADLocal storm report, Jul 15, 5:08 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
507 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0345 PM WILTON NY WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97 SARATOGA 3 TRAILERS TIPPED OVER AT
TRAILER PARK ON BALLARD
ROAD
0450 PM CHESTERTOWzN NY WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97 WARREN LARGE TREES DOWN ON ROADLocal storm report, Jul 15, 5:16 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP G
0519PM TUE JUL 15 1997
GCOW WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
05142 FILE 28 WASHINGTON CO SO SALEM NY0570000 JUL 15-97
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: WASHINGTON COUNTY
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): TOWNS OF EASTON, GREENWICH AND
CAMBRIDGE
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 07/15/97 AT 16:02 HRS
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 (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO: ( ) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS (X) - 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 (X) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - 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: HAIL AND HIGH WIND REPORTED RTE 29 GREENWICH / NUMEROUS TREES AND
WIRES DOWN IN THE TOWNS OF CAMBRIDGE EASTON AND GREENWICH
AUTH PHONE #: 518 747-7520
AUTH WILLIAM H COOK ASST DIRECTOR
OPER - PORLIER,ARTHUR L JR 1718Local storm report, Jul 15, 5:26 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
526 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0515 PM TORRINGTON CT WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97 LITCHFIELD TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN
THE TOWN OF TORRINGTONLocal storm report, Jul 15, 5:27 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
526 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0515 PM TORRINGTON CT WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97 LITCHFIELD TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN
THE TOWN OF TORRINGTONThe 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, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren | 51 min |
| Jul 15, 5:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood 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.