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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Albany, NY

August 5, 1997Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 1997, 4:35 PM EDT for Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 55 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
Aug 5, 1997, 4:35 PM EDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 1997, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Ulster County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 5, 4:35 PM EDTHail 0.75Woodstock, 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 1997-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 1997-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 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 052034 RRA
SVRALB
NYC111-052130-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
435 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 1997
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR

ULSTER      COUNTY -  IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
 

UNTIL  530 PM EDT

AT  430 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF WOODSTOCK.

THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR -

WOODSTOCK AT  435 PM.
WEST HURLEY AT  445 PM.
ZENA AT  455 PM.
LINCOLN PARK AT  505 PM.
KINGSTON AT  520 PM.
PORT EWEN AT  525 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.

HTS

|42.041  74.155 |42.008  74.103 |41.976  74.051 |41.944  73.999 |41.912  73.947

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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.