Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 1998, 9:29 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 61 min. 6 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 26, 1998, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 1998, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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 26, 9:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Forge, NY | |
| Sep 26, 10:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Forge, NY | |
| Sep 26, 10:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbia Center, NY | |
| Sep 26, 10:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Inlet, NY | |
| Sep 26, 10:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Blue Mtn Lake, NY | |
| Sep 26, 10:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Herkimer, 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 26, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 952 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 8:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
MAZ001-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-VTZ013-014-270700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 825 PM EDT SAT SEP 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL 300 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN ADIRONDACKS...THE MOHAWK VALLEY...THE EASTERN CATSKILLS...THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...NORTHERN TACONICS AND THE BERKSHIRES FOR OVERNIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL... AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH CAN LEAD TO FLOODING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. YOU SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 8:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
MAZ001-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-VTZ013-014-270700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 825 PM EDT SAT SEP 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL 300 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN ADIRONDACKS...THE MOHAWK VALLEY...THE EASTERN CATSKILLS...THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...NORTHERN TACONICS AND THE BERKSHIRES FOR OVERNIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL... AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH CAN LEAD TO FLOODING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. YOU SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 8:30 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
MAZ001-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-VTZ013-014-270700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 830 PM EDT SAT SEP 26 1998...CORRECTION THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL 300 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS ...THE MOHAWK VALLEY...THE EASTERN CATSKILLS...THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...NORTHERN TACONICS... BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS AND BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM COUNTIES IN VERMONT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL... AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH CAN LEAD TO FLOODING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. YOU SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. CAROPOLO
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 8:30 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
MAZ001-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-VTZ013-014-270700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 830 PM EDT SAT SEP 26 1998...CORRECTION THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL 300 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS ...THE MOHAWK VALLEY...THE EASTERN CATSKILLS...THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...NORTHERN TACONICS... BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN MASSACHUSETTS AND BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM COUNTIES IN VERMONT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL... AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH CAN LEAD TO FLOODING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. YOU SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. CAROPOLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 75 min |
| Sep 26, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 46 min |
| Sep 26, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren | 61 min |
| Sep 26, 10:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 60 min |
| Sep 26, 11:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Schenectady, Schoharie | 58 min |
| Sep 26, 11:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Washington | 60 min |
| Sep 26, 11:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene | 61 min |
| Sep 27, 12:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 63 min |
| Sep 27, 1:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 44 min |
| Sep 26, 11:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Bennington | 63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.