Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1998, 2:57 AM EDT for Washington County, New York. It was in force for 118 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, 2:57 AM EDT (06:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1998, 4:55 AM EDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 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, 3:33 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Ft Edward, 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, 7.0 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.
- 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.
000 TTAA00 KALB 070657 RRA SVRALB NYC021-083-115-070855- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 257 AM EDT MON SEP 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WASHINGTON COUNTY NEW YORK IN EASTERN NEW YORK RENSSELAER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 455 AM EDT * AT 255 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN NORTHVILLE GALWAY ALTAMONT AND PRATTSVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BETWEEN HUDSON FALLS TROY AND SCHODACK LANDING AT 330 AM EDT BETWEEN GRANVILLE BERLIN ANDD HUDSON AT 345 AM EDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. JSQ
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, Sep 7, 1:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK TROOP E 0150AM MON SEP 07 1998 EHQT WLSR 06608 FILE 28 SP CANANDAIGUA NY1340100 SEP 07-98 TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROAD CONDITION REPORT FOR DATE: 9/7/98 TIME 1-15 AM COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: ENTIRE TROOP E 10 COUNTY AREA CONDITION(S) - SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HIGH WINDS HAVE RESULTED IN POWER OUTAGES AND NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN - GETTING REPORTS OF SEVERE DAMAGE TO HOMES AND PROPERTIES AUTH SGT REGINALD WHITE OPER - BRUTON, TRACEY A 0150
Local storm report, Sep 7, 1:57 AM EDT, 1 hour before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP W
0157AM MON SEP 07 1998
WORL WLSR QHQT QTRF WAPT APTS
00003 FILE 28 ORLEANS COUNTY EMERGENCY 911 SEP 07-98
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ATTENTION SEMO DUTY OFFICER
SEVERE STORM POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: STARTING MIDNIGHT SEVERE WEATHER STRUCK ORLEANS CO
VILL LYNDONVILLE HEADED EASTERLY DIRECTION
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: ORLEANS
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): VILLAGES LYNDONVILLE,ALBION, HOLLEY
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 12 MIDNIGHT
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED: 0130 AM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: POWER POLES WIRES AND TREES DOWN BLOCKING
MAIN ROUTES RT104 RIDGE RD ROOSEVELT HIGHWAY KENDALL
NUMBER KILLED: 0 NUMBER INJURED: 0
REMARKS: LARGE HAIL STONES ALSO REPORT OF POSS TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ON KENYONVILLE
RD 1209AM 2292 KENYONVILLE RD HOUSE ROOF RIPPED OFF 2271 OAK ORCH RIVER RD
ROOF AND TREES DOWN
VILL ALBION UNDER STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED BY VILL MAYOR SALVATORE 1AM
NO UNECESSARY TRAVEL DANGEROUS TRAVEL DUE TO POLE AND WIRES DOWN
AUTH PHONE #: 716 589-5$527
AUTH SHERIFF DAVID GREEN LITCHFIELD 154 AM
OPER - LITCHFIELD,WAYNE 0157Local storm report, Sep 7, 2:24 AM EDT, 33 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK TROOP E 0224AM MON SEP 07 1998 EHQT WLSR EADM 06609 FILE 28 SP CANANDAIGUA NY1340100 SEP 07-98 TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUE TO THE SEVERE WEATHER IN THE WAYNE COUNTY AREA THERE WILL BE NO UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IN THE COUNTY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FROM THE SHERIFF AUTH TPR SUSAN ALLEN OPER - BRUTON, TRACEY A 0224
Local storm report, Sep 7, 2:43 AM EDT, 14 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK TROOP W 0243AM MON SEP 07 1998 WORL WLSR APTS 00004 FILE 28 ORLEANS CO WARNING PT NYSEM360H SEP 07-98 TO MEDIA WESTERN NY ST WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGE IN VILLAGE OF ALBION NIAGARA MOHAWK WILL BE HAVING CREWS COMING IN VILLAGE OF ALBION WILL BE HAVING POWER RESTORED MINIMUM OF 8 HOURS OTHER AREAS OF COUNTY FOR RESIDENTIAL SERVICE MINIMUM OF 48 HOURS SEVERE STORM PASSED THROUGH COUNTY JUST PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT MANY TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROADS, POWER LINES DOWN. OTHER REPORTS OF HOUSES DAMAGED DUE TO STRONG WINDS. ONLY THE VILLAGE OF ALBION DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY WITH NO UNNECESSARY TRAFFIC IN THE VILLAGE AUTH RICHARD J CLARK EMERGENCY MGR LITCHFIELD 242 AM OPER - LITCHFIELD,WAYNE 0242
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 | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| 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, 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.