Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 27, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this tornado warning at Sep 7, 1998, 1:59 AM EDT for Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 61 min. 5 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, 1:59 AM EDT (05:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1998, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Herkimer County, NY
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 |
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 |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 070559 RRA TORALB NYC043-070700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 159 AM EDT MON SEP 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK * UNTIL 300 AM EDT * AT AT 200 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR PARIS... MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...& CEDAR LAKE 215 AM EDT WARREN AT 225 AM EDT GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! GG
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 9 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, 2 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 0157The 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, 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.