Alert archive / Vermont / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1997, 6:08 PM EDT for Bennington County, Vermont. It was in force for 67 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 18, 1997, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1997, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bennington County, VT
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 6:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Manchester, VT | |
| Jul 18, 6:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorset, VT |
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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 964 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALB 182207 RRA SVRALB VTC003-182315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 608 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH VERMONT ...BENNINGTON COUNTY AT 605PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DOPPLER INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY INTO BENNINGTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL REACH RUPERT AND ARLINGTON BETWEEN 615 AND 625 PM ...DORSET...MANCHESTER AND SUNDERLAND BETWEEN 630 PM AND 640 PM EDT. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS INCLUDING DOWNING TREES AND POWERLINES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. &
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 18, 3:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP A
0321PM FRI JUL 18 1997
ASOC WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
10380 FILE 28 CATTARAUGUS CO SO NY0040000 JUL 18-97
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: CATTARAUGUS
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): TOWN OF DAYTON, TOWN OF OTTO, TOWN
OF CARROLLTON RT 17 AREA, HINSDALE,ALLEGANY,OLEAN
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 1445
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: TREES DOWN IN THE ABOVE AREAS HIGH WIND
AND HAIL
CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
( ) - NO HAIL REPORTED (X) - LESS THAN 1/2" (PEA)
(X) - 1/2" (MARBLE) (X) - 1/2" TO 3/4" (PENNY)
(X) - 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: 0 NUMBER INJURED: 0
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD ( ) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO: (X) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - 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 ( ) - 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: WIDE SPREAD DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY
AUTH PHONE #: 716 938-9191
AUTH BUCHHARDT,LT MCVAUGH 1520
OPER - MCVAUGH, TIMOTHY 1520Local storm report, Jul 18, 5:26 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
526 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0500 PM SPECULATOR NY WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 HAMILTON TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0500 PM WELLS NY WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 HAMILTON TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0500 PM LAKE PLEASANT NY WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 HAMILTON TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
HWJIVLocal storm report, Jul 18, 5:27 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
526 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0500 PM SPECULATOR NY WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 HAMILTON TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0500 PM WELLS NY WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 HAMILTON TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0500 PM < LAKE PLEASANT NY WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 HAMILTON TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
HWJIVThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Windham | 57 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.