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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Albany, NY

September 7, 1998Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1998, 12:28 AM EDT for Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 92 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
Sep 7, 1998, 12:28 AM EDT (04:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 1998, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 7, 12:48 AM EDTHail 0.88Old Forge, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 6, 11:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 00:00Z on 1998-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1998 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 00:00Z on 1998-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1998 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
10.7

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 1:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWarren, Washington93 min
Sep 7, 1:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery2 hr
Sep 7, 1:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchoharie2 hr
Sep 7, 1:59 AM EDTTornado WarningALYHerkimer61 min
Sep 7, 2:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Saratoga, Schenectady118 min
Sep 7, 2:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene118 min
Sep 7, 2:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Rensselaer118 min
Sep 7, 2:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWashington118 min
Sep 7, 3:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWarren63 min
Sep 7, 3:22 AM EDTTornado WarningALYSaratoga48 min
Sep 7, 3:32 AM EDTTornado WarningALYWashington33 min
Sep 7, 5:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster60 min
Sep 7, 6:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess45 min
Sep 7, 3:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBennington92 min
Sep 7, 3:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWindham92 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.