Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Albany, NY

May 6, 1998Albany County, Saratoga County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1998, 6:00 PM EDT for Albany County, Saratoga County, New York. It was in force for 45 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
May 6, 1998, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1998, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Albany County, NY, Saratoga County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 20 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 1998-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 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.

000 
TTAA00 KALB 062200 RRA
SVRALB
NYC001-091-062245-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
600 PM EDT WED MAY 6 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ALBANY      COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK
  SARATOGA    COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL  645 PM EDT

* AT  600 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LOUDONVILLE MOVING 
  NORTH ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LATHAM AT  605 PM
  CLIFTON PARK AT  630 PM

IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL...AWAY FROM WINDOWS.


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Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.