Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1997, 6:15 PM EDT for Fulton County, New York. It was in force for 30 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 27, 1997, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1997, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fulton County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 6:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Broadalbin, 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 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 272217 COR SVRALB NYC035-272245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 615 PM EDT WED AUG 27 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN FULTON COUNTY - IN EASTERN NEW YORK UNTIL 645 PM EDT AT 615 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTHVILLE. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR - OVER THE GREAT SACANDAGA LAKE AT 625 PM. 5 MILES SOUTH OF NORTHVILLE AT 635 PM. IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA - BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM - AWAY FROM WIND|OWS. TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. |43.153 74.328 |43.146 74.221 |43.139 74.114 |43.132 74.008 |43.125 73.901
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, Aug 27, 5:34 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
534 PM EDT WED AUG 27 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0505 PM SALISBURY NY WIND DAMAGE
08/27/97 HERKIMER TREE AND WIRES DOWN NEAR
SCHOOL HOUSE ROAD AND
ROUTE 29A.Local storm report, Aug 27, 5:35 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
534 PM EDT WED AUG 27 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0505 PM SALISBURY NY WIND DAMAGE
08/27/97 HERKIMER TREE AND WIRES DOWN NEAR
SCHOOL HOUSE ROAD AND
ROUTE 29A.The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 41 min |
| Aug 27, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton | 59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.