Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1998, 1:48 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 2 hr. 16 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
- Sep 7, 1998, 1:48 AM EDT (05:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1998, 3:50 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fulton County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2:17 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Herkimer, NY | |
| Sep 7, 2:18 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 78 | Fairfield, NY | |
| Sep 7, 2:20 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Frankfort, NY | |
| Sep 7, 2:20 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Columbia Center, NY | |
| Sep 7, 2:21 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Dolgeville, NY | |
| Sep 7, 2:35 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | St Johnsville, NY | |
| Sep 7, 2:40 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Gloversville, NY | |
| Sep 7, 2:40 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Perth, NY | |
| Sep 7, 2:40 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 80 | Glen, NY | |
| Sep 7, 2:40 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnstown, NY | |
| Sep 7, 2:45 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Pleasant, NY | |
| Sep 7, 2:45 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Broadalbin, NY | |
| Sep 7, 2:50 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Canajoharie, NY | |
| Sep 7, 2:55 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Rural Grove, NY | |
| Sep 7, 2:55 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Fonda, NY | |
| Sep 7, 2:55 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Charleston, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
853 WUUS1 KALB 070548 RRA SVRALB NYC035-041-043-057-095-070750- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 148 AM EDT MON SEP 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HERKIMER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK HAMILTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK FULTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK SCHOHARIE COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 350 AM EDT * AT 145 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING WESTERN HERKIMER COUNTY... MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BETWEEN OLD FORGE OHIO AND HERKIMER AT 210 AM EDT BETWEEN RAQUETTE LAKE HIGGINS BAY AND CANAJOHARIE AT 235 AM EDT BETWEEN INDIAN LAKE JOHNSTOWN AND COBLESKILL AT 3AM EDT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS GG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 12:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 92 min |
| Sep 7, 1:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 93 min |
| Sep 7, 1:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 2 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 61 min |
| Sep 7, 2:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady | 118 min |
| Sep 7, 2:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene | 118 min |
| Sep 7, 2:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer | 118 min |
| Sep 7, 2:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 118 min |
| Sep 7, 3:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren | 63 min |
| Sep 7, 3:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 48 min |
| Sep 7, 3:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Washington | 33 min |
| Sep 7, 5:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 60 min |
| Sep 7, 6:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.