Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 9, 1998, 1:21 PM EST for Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 74 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
- Jan 9, 1998, 1:21 PM EST (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 1998, 2:35 PM EST
- In force
- 74 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Herkimer County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2:00 PM EST | Hail 0.88 | Little Falls, NY | During the afternoon of January 9, a cold front produced showers and thunderstorms across eastern New York. At Little Falls in Herkimer County, a severe thunderstorm dumped nickel size hail. |
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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 398 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 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 091821 RRA SVRALB NYC043-091935- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 121 PM EST FRI JAN 9 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY IN NEW YORK * UNTIL 235 PM EST * AT 118 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN HERKIMER COUNTY....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... HERKIMER AT 135 PM NEWPORT AT 135 PM OHIO AT 145 PM DAMAGING HAIL IS THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL FORCE SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS WELL OVER THEIR BANKS. IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS... SEEK SAFETY IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES. BLAES/WRS /NWSFO ALY
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, Jan 9, 1:05 PM EST, 16 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0104PM FRI JAN 09 1998
CCSO WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
00073 FILE 28 CHENANGO CO SO NORWICH NY0080000 JAN 09-98
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: CHENANGO
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): TOWNS OF GREENE PRESTON NORWICH
NORTH NORWICH SHERBURNE
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 1/9/98 1209PM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: NONE REPORTED
CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
( ) - NO HAIL REPORTED ( ) - 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: NONE NUMBER INJURED: NONE
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS (X) - CLOUD TO CLOUD (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO: ( ) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: NONE NUMBER INJURED: NONE
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE ( ) - CROPS
( ) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS ( ) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES
( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: MPH OR KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
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: STORM HAS CLEAREDN CHENANGO COUNTY NO MAJOR PROBLEMS REPORTED
AUTH PHONE #: -
AUTH
OPER - GALE,RICHARD B 1304Local storm report, Jan 9, 1:07 PM EST, 14 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0106PM FRI JAN 09 1998
CCSO WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
00074 FILE 28 CHENANGO CO SO NORWICH NY0080000 JAN 09-98
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: CHENANGO
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): TOWNS OF GREENE PRESTON NORWICH
NORTH NORWICH SHERBURNE
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 1/9/98 1209PM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: NONE REPORTED
CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
( ) - NO HAIL REPORTED ( ) - 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: NONE NUMBER INJURED: NONE
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS (X) - CLOUD TO CLOUD (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO: ( ) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: NONE NUMBER INJURED: NONE
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE ( ) - CROPS
( ) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS ( ) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES
( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: MPH OR KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
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: STORM HAS CLEAREDV CHENANGO COUNTY NO MAJOR PROBLEMS REPORTED
AUTH PHONE #: 607 334-3728
AUTH CEMO 2 OFFICER LANE ANDERSON R GALE 1306
OPER - GALE,RICHARD B 1306The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 8:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 8 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:33 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 14 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 55 min |
| Jan 9, 1:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 78 min |
| Jan 9, 3:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia | |
| Jan 9, 3:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Greene, Schoharie, Ulster | 15 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 15 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 15 hr |
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.