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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Albany, NY

January 9, 1998Schoharie County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 9, 1998, 1:57 PM EST for Schoharie County, New York. It was in force for 78 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 9, 1998, 1:57 PM EST (18:57 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 1998, 3:15 PM EST
In force: 78 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Whole counties

County Schoharie County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 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-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: 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

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The text

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

592 
WUUS1 KALB 091858 RRA
SVRALB
NYC095-092015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
157 PM EST FRI JAN 9 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 315 PM EST

* AT 157 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY ...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  JEFFERSON AND GILBOA AT 205 PM
  RICHMONDVILLE AND MIDDLEBURGH AT 215 PM
  SHARON SPRINGS...COBLESKILL AND SCHOHARIE AT 225 PM

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL FORCE ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAMS AND CREEKS ABOVE
THEIR BANKS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
HAIL...COVERING THE GROUND AT TIMES.

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.


BLAE S/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, 52 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                 1304

Local storm report, Jan 9, 1:07 PM EST, 50 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                 1306

The 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, 1:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer	74 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.