Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1998, 3:12 AM EDT for Warren County, New York. It was in force for 63 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
- Sep 7, 1998, 3:12 AM EDT (07:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1998, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Warren County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:15 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 070712 RRA SVRALB NYC113-070815- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 312 AM EDT MON SEP 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WARREN COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 415 AM EDT * AT 310 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKE LUZERNE... MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSBTORM WILL BE NEAR... BETWEEN LAKE GEORGE AND GLENS FALLS AT 325 AM EDT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY 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 22 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 15 minutes 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, 48 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, 29 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, 2:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 118 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.