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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Albany, NY

May 29, 1998Schoharie County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1998, 3:05 PM EDT for Schoharie County, New York. It was in force for 65 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
May 29, 1998, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1998, 4:10 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Schoharie County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 3:27 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCentral Bridge, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 1998-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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 1998-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-198 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1241 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 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.

367 
WUUS1 KALB 291906 RRA
SVRALB
NYC095-292010-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
305 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SCHOHARIE  COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 410 PM EDT

* AT 305 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS 
  INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SCHOHARIE COUNTY.
  THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF CHERRY VALLEY 
  MOVING EAST ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY 
  OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHERRY VALLEY AT  310 PM
  SHARON SPRINGS AT  315 PM
  5 MILES NORTH OF COBLESKILL AT  325 PM

IF YOU LIVE IN THESE AREAS BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL...AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

|42.817  74.836 |42.788  74.614 |42.759  74.392 |42.730  74.170 |42.702  73.948

BLAES /NWSFO ALY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHerkimer74 min
May 29, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton60 min
May 29, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYMontgomery70 min
May 29, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga, Schenectady60 min
May 29, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWashington65 min
May 29, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany65 min
May 29, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene, Rensselaer58 min
May 29, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchoharie25 min
May 29, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia60 min
May 29, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster70 min
May 29, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess80 min
May 29, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.