Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1998, 9:30 PM EDT for Warren County, Washington County, New York. It was in force for 60 min. 8 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
- Jun 25, 1998, 9:30 PM EDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1998, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 9:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestertown, NY | |
| Jun 25, 10:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Hague, NY | |
| Jun 25, 10:05 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Granville, NY | |
| Jun 25, 10:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Brant Lake, NY | |
| Jun 25, 10:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Granville, NY | |
| Jun 25, 10:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall, NY | |
| Jun 25, 10:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartford, NY | |
| Jun 25, 10:30 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Whitehall, 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 2224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1105 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
902 WUUS1 KALB 260132 RRA SVRALB NYC113-115-260230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 930 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 1030 PM EDT * AT 930 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY NEAR GRAPHITE AND HAGUE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO FAR NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. * THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE... 5 MILES NORTH OF HULETTS LANDING AT 935 PM NEAR SILVER BAY AT 940 PM NEAR WHITEHALL AT 945 PM JUST WEST OF GRANVILLE AT 955 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.
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, Jun 25, 8:48 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
848 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 PM BLUE MTN NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 HAMILTON TREE DOWN.The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 2:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga | 97 min |
| Jun 26, 2:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 3:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 55 min |
| Jun 26, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery | 47 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.