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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Albany, NY

May 29, 1998Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1998, 4:35 PM EDT for Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 70 min. 6 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: May 29, 1998, 4:35 PM EDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 1998, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 70 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Whole counties

County Ulster County, NY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
May 29, 5:03 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodstock, NY
May 29, 5:03 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Olivebridge, NY
May 29, 5:03 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Hurley, NY
May 29, 5:05 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Napanoch, NY
May 29, 5:10 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Ellenville, NY
May 29, 5:18 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Kingston, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 29, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KALB 292034 RRA
SVRALB
NYC111-292145-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
435 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ULSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 435 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTERS
  INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS ULSTER 
  COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 45 MILES 
  AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 
  SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL. TAKE COVER NOW !

* THE STRONGEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OLIVEREA AT  440 PM
  SLIDE MOUNTAIN AT  455 PM
  5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST HURLEY AT  505 PM
  HURLEY AT  515 PM
  JUST SOUTH OF KINGSTON AT  520 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.

|42.071  74.669 |42.017  74.468 |41.963  74.267 |41.909  74.065 |41.854  73.864

BLAES /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, May 29, 3:50 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
350 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0240 PM    DOLGEVILLE                NY   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   HERKIMER                       TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN

0258 PM    PISECO                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   HAMILTON                       TREE DOWN 1 1/2 MILES
                           SOUTH PISECO LAKE.  POWER
                                          OUT PISECO LAKE.

0308 PM    INDIAN LAKE               NY   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   HAMILTON                       BRANCHES DOWN.  TREE TOPS
                                          BLOWN OFF

0325 PM    WARRENSBURG               NY   WIND DAMAGE

05/29/98   WARREN                         TREES DOWN

0327 PM    CENTRAL BRIDGE            NY   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   SCHOHARIE                      TREES DOWN

0330 PM    DELANSON                  NY   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   SCHENECTADY                    NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

0339 PM    ROCK CITY FALLS           NY   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/98   SARATOGA                       LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN

Local storm report, May 29, 4:08 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0408PM     FRI MAY 29 1998
CDSO WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
01048    FILE 28   DELAWARE CO SO DELHI NY0120000            MAY 29-98
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: DELAWARE COUNTY

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): T/DAVENPORT,V/DELHI,V/WALTON
T/MASONVILLE
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 3-55PM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: TREES DOWN WIRES DOWN

CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
( ) - NO HAIL REPORTED    ( ) - LESS THAN 1/2" (PEA)
( ) - 1/2" (MARBLE)       ( ) - 1/2" TO 3/4" (PENNY)
( ) - 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: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD  ( ) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO:            (X) - TREES
(X) - POWER/TELCO POLES   (X) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE   ( ) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS  ( ) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  (X) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES

RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS:     MPH OR    KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

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: NO INJURIES REPORTED AjT THIS TIME OR SERIOUS DAMAGE AT THIS TIME

AUTH PHONE #: 607 746-2000

AUTH DIR EMS N DELAMETER                            SGT AVERY 4-10 P

OPER - AVERY,THOMAS D                 1607

Local storm report, May 29, 4:17 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP G
0416PM     FRI MAY 29 1998
GFSO WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
02662    FILE 28   FULTON CO SHERIFF NY0170000               MAY 29-98
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: FULTON

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): ENTIRE COUNTY

DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 05/29/98
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: TREES AND LIMBS DOWN, POWER LINES DOWN
INJURIES TO CITIZENS REPORTED  RADIO COMMUNICATIONS DISABLED  NUMEROUS MOTOR
VEHICLE ACCIDENTS  TREES ON HOUSES ROADWAYS BLOCKED  TRAFFIC LIGHTS OUT

CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
( ) - NO HAIL REPORTED    ( ) - LESS THAN 1/2" (PEA)
( ) - 1/2" (MARBLE)       ( ) - 1/2" TO 3/4" (PENNY)
( ) - 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:          NUMBER INJURED:

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD  ( ) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO:            ( ) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES   ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED: UNK

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE   ( ) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS  (X) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  (X) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES

RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: 40+ MPH OR    KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED: UNK

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: EMERGENCY TRAFFIC IN COMMUNICATIONS CONFIRMED REPORT OF CHILD PICKED
UP BY WIND AND TOSSED A DISTANCE  UNKNOWN EXTENT OF INJURIES

AUTH PHONE #: 518 736-2100

AUTH SGT GARTH W HILLIER

OPER - AVERY,LELAND J                 1615

Local storm report, May 29, 4:31 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0431PM     FRI MAY 29 1998
CBSO WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
03409    FILE 28   BROOME CO SHERIFFS OFFICE NY0030000       MAY 29-98
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: BROOME COUNTY

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): ENTIRE COUNTY

DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: APPROX 330PM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINE DOWN AND LOW
ROAD FLOODING

CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
(X) - NO HAIL REPORTED    ( ) - LESS THAN 1/2" (PEA)
( ) - 1/2" (MARBLE)       ( ) - 1/2" TO 3/4" (PENNY)
( ) - 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:          NUMBER INJURED:

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD  (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO:            (X) - TREES
(X) - POWER/TELCO POLES   ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE   ( ) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS  (X) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  (X) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES

RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS:     MPH OR    KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
(X) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE

REMARKS: NO INJURIES REPORTED AT THIS TIME

AUTH PHONE #: 607 778-1208

AUTH DIR MICHAEL F ASWAD                            SPACEK/430PM

OPER - SPACEK,MICHAEL A               1630

Local storm report, May 29, 4:32 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP G
0432PM     FRI MAY 29 1998
GMSO WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
03306    FILE 28   MONTGOMERY CO SO FONDA NY0280000          MAY 29-98
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: MONTGOMERY

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): ENTIRE COUNTY

DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 0345 PM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: MANY TREES WIRES SOME POLES DOWN TRAFFIC
LIGHTS OUT POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY HEAVY RAIN WITH HIGH WINDS HAVE
SUBSIDED SOMEWHAT

CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
(X) - NO HAIL REPORTED    ( ) - LESS THAN 1/2" (PEA)
( ) - 1/2" (MARBLE)       ( ) - 1/2" TO 3/4" (PENNY)
( ) - 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: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD  (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO:            (X) - TREES
(X) - POWER/TELCO POLES   (X) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE   ( ) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS  (X) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  (X) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES

RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS:     MPH OR    KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
( ) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
REMARKS: TRAFFIC REROUITED SEVERAL AREA DUE TO ROAD CLOSURES FROM DOWNED
TREES AND POWER LINES  EMERGENCY SERVICES ON SCENE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY

AUTH PHONE #:  518 853-5500

AUTH LT DAVID H OWENS
OPER - BUCK,KATHLEEN R                1631

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 1:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer	74 min
May 29, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton	60 min
May 29, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Montgomery	70 min
May 29, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Schoharie	65 min
May 29, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Schenectady	60 min
May 29, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Washington	65 min
May 29, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany	65 min
May 29, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Greene, Rensselaer	58 min
May 29, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Schoharie	25 min
May 29, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	60 min
May 29, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess	80 min
May 29, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1998 Every 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.