Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Albany, NY

April 2, 1998Columbia County, Dutchess County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 1998, 1:38 PM EST for Columbia County, Dutchess County, New York. It was in force for 57 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
Apr 2, 1998, 1:38 PM EST (18:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 1998, 2:35 PM EST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 2, 1:45 PM ESTHail 0.88Red Hook, NYAn isolated severe thunderstorm, produced nickel size hail at Red Hook in Dutchess County.

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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 1998-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 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.

179 
WUUS1 KALB 021839 RRA
SVRALB
NYC021-027-021935-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
138 PM EST THU APR 2 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK
  NORTHERN DUTCHESS COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 235 PM EST

* AT 140 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR RED HOOK IN NORTHEASTERN DUTCHESS
  COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
  LARGE HAIL. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELIZAVILLE AT 145 PM EST
  TAGHKANIC AT 150 PM EST
  COPAKE AT 205 PM EST

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.


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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.