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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Albany, NY

September 26, 1998Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 1998, 10:29 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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, 10:29 PM EDT (02:29 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 1998, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
46 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 02:32 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 26, 10:50 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCedar Lake, NY
Sep 26, 11:00 PM EDTThunderstorm WindBenson, 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 26, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 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 1998-09-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 134 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 1998-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

499 
WUUS1 KALB 270232 RRA
SVRALB
NYC041-043-270315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1029 PM EDT SAT SEP 26 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT

* AT 1025 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN INDIAN LAKE AND NEWPORT... MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BETWEEN WELLS AND HERKIMER AT 1040 PM EDT
  BETWEEN HOPE AND COLUMBIA CENTER AT 1050 PM EDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

RB/JQ

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, 2 hours 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, 2 hours 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, 1 hour 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, 1 hour 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer61 min
Sep 26, 10:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Montgomery75 min
Sep 26, 10:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWarren61 min
Sep 26, 10:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga60 min
Sep 26, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Schenectady, Schoharie58 min
Sep 26, 11:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYRensselaer, Washington60 min
Sep 26, 11:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Greene61 min
Sep 27, 12:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess, Ulster63 min
Sep 27, 1:11 AM EDTTornado WarningALYDutchess44 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.