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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Albany, NY

August 3, 1997Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1997, 3:18 PM EDT for Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. 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
Aug 3, 1997, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 1997, 4:25 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Berkshire County, MA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 3, 3:29 PM EDTThunderstorm WindSheffield, MA
Aug 3, 3:30 PM EDTThunderstorm WindSouthfield, MA

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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1997-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 996 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1997-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
996 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KALB 031918 RRA
SVRALB
MAC003-CTC005-032025-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
318 PM EDT SUN AUG 3 1997
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR

BERKSHIRE   COUNTY -  IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
LITCHFIELD  COUNTY -  IN NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT

UNTIL  425 PM EDT

AT  315 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF SHEFFIELD.

THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR -

SHEFFIELD AT  320 PM.
CANAAN AT  330 PM.
WINSTED AT  400 PM.
NEW HARTFORD CENTER AT  415 PM.

IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA - BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IN
A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM - AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

|42.115  73.427 |42.055  73.312 |41.996  73.196 |41.936  73.081 |41.876  72.965

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.