Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1998, 1:57 AM EDT for St. Lawrence 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
- Jun 26, 1998, 1:57 AM EDT (05:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1998, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Whole counties
County St. Lawrence County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:57 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 2224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1105 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.2
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.
NWS Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 25, 9:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 9:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 905 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1998 WILD EVENING ALREADY AND SERIOIUS FLOOD THREAT SETTING UP FOR OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH FRIDAY. WORRIED ABOUT UPR DVGC AT RT REAR OF NW FLOW JET MAX PASSING SEWRD THRU NERN VT TNGT WHICH COULD KEEP CNVTN FIRING IN AIRMASS WITH 1.75 INCHES OF P.W. AND SOME OF THE HIGHEST K INDEX VALUES WE SEE IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. THEN...WHILE MUCH STGR S/WV AND DVLPG H8 LOW APCHS FROM GT LAKES...OVRRNG OF TNGTS THUNDERSTORM BNDRY SHUD KEEP NEW CNVTV ACTIVITY POPPING FRIDAY. DPNG H8 LOW PASSING OVERHEAD AND FALLING THICKNESS SHUD WRING OUT SYNOPTIC RAIN ON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL MAX PRBLY ALREADY OVER 1.5 INCHES IN TRI-LAKES OF ADIRONDACKS WITH 1 INCH REPORTED IN LAST HOUR. LOTS MORE TO COME AS DISCUSSED ABOVE. IF AND WHEN ZONES ARE UPDATED AGAIN LATER THIS EVENING...IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO CONSIDER A FLOOD WATCH THRU AT LEAST FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN NY WHERE TNGTS ACTIVITY IS REALLY SATURATING EVERYTHING. WOULDNT BE SURPRISED IF TWO DAY TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO 3 TO 5 INCHES ON NWRN SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND NRN GREEN MTNS. BELL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 25, 9:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VERMONT
940 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0707 PM BRUSHTON NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 FRANKLIN NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS...FEW
TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY COUNTY
FIRE CONTROL.
0715 PM DICKINSON NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 FRANKLIN NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWNED
BY STRONG WINDS...COUNTY
FIRE CONTROL.
0800 PM PAUL SMITHS NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 FRANKLIN TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY
STATE POLICE
0830 PM LAKE PLACID NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 ESSEX TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY
STATE POLICELocal storm report, Jun 25, 10:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VERMONT
1032 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0707 PM BRUSHTON NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 FRANKLIN NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS...FEW
TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY COUNTY
FIRE CONTROL.
0715 PM DICKINSON NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 FRANKLIN NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWNED
BY STRONG WINDS...COUNTY
FIRE CONTROL.
0800 PM PAUL SMITHS NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 FRANKLIN TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY
STATE POLICE
0830 PM LAKE PLACID NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 ESSEX TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY
STATE POLICE
1010 PM BENSON VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN...REPORTED STATE
POLICE
1015 PM BOMOSEEN VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN...INCLUDING ON MOBILE
HOME WITH 2 PEOPLE
TRAPPED.
1018 PM CASTLETON VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 4
AND ROUTE 30 IN CASTLETONLocal storm report, Jun 25, 10:57 PM EDT, 3 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VERMONT
1057 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0707 PM BRUSHTON NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 FRANKLIN NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS...FEW
TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY COUNTY
FIRE CONTROL.
0715 PM DICKINSON NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 FRANKLIN NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWNED
BY STRONG WINDS...COUNTY
FIRE CONTROL.
0800 PM PAUL SMITHS NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 FRANKLIN TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY
STATE POLICE
0830 PM LAKE PLACID NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 ESSEX TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY
STATE POLICE
1010 PM BENSON VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN...REPORTED STATE
POLICE
1015 PM BOMOSEEN VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN...INCLUDING ON MOBILE
HOME WITH 2 PEOPLE
TRAPPED.
1018 PM CASTLETON VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 4
AND ROUTE 30 IN CASTLETON
1020 PM POULTNEY VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND TREES DOWN
1025 PM MIDDLETOWN SPGS VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN...REPORTED STATE
POLICE
1025 PM TINMOUTH VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND SEVERAL TREES
DOWN...REPORTED BY STATE
POLICELocal storm report, Jun 25, 10:57 PM EDT, 3 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VERMONT
1057 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0707 PM BRUSHTON NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 FRANKLIN NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS...FEW
TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY COUNTY
FIRE CONTROL.
0715 PM DICKINSON NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 FRANKLIN NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWNED
BY STRONG WINDS...COUNTY
FIRE CONTROL.
0800 PM PAUL SMITHS NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 FRANKLIN TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY
STATE POLICE
0830 PM LAKE PLACID NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 ESSEX TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY
STATE POLICE
1010 PM BENSON VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN...REPORTED STATE
POLICE
1015 PM BOMOSEEN VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN...INCLUDING ON MOBILE
HOME WITH 2 PEOPLE
TRAPPED.
1018 PM CASTLETON VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 4
AND ROUTE 30 IN CASTLETON
1020 PM POULTNEY VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND TREES DOWN
1025 PM MIDDLETOWN SPGS VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN...REPORTED STATE
POLICE
1025 PM TINMOUTH VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND SEVERAL TREES
DOWN...REPORTED BY STATE
POLICELocal storm report, Jun 25, 11:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VERMONT
1124 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0707 PM BRUSHTON NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 FRANKLIN NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS...FEW
TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY COUNTY
FIRE CONTROL.
0715 PM DICKINSON NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 FRANKLIN NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWNED
BY STRONG WINDS...COUNTY
FIRE CONTROL.
0800 PM PAUL SMITHS NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 FRANKLIN TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY
STATE POLICE
0830 PM LAKE PLACID NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 ESSEX TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY
STATE POLICE
1010 PM BENSON VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN...REPORTED STATE
POLICE
1015 PM BOMOSEEN VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN...INCLUDING ON MOBILE
HOME WITH 2 PEOPLE
TRAPPED.
1018 PM CASTLETON VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 4
AND ROUTE 30 IN CASTLETON
1020 PM POULTNEY VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND TREES DOWN
1025 PM MIDDLETOWN SPGS VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN...REPORTED STATE
POLICE
1025 PM TINMOUTH VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND SEVERAL TREES
DOWN...REPORTED BY STATE
POLICE
1025 PM WELLS VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND TREES DOWNLocal storm report, Jun 25, 11:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VERMONT
1124 PM EDT THU JUN 25 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0707 PM BRUSHTON NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 FRANKLIN NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS...FEW
TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY COUNTY
FIRE CONTROL.
0715 PM DICKINSON NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 FRANKLIN NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWNED
BY STRONG WINDS...COUNTY
FIRE CONTROL.
0800 PM PAUL SMITHS NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 FRANKLIN TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY
STATE POLICE
0830 PM LAKE PLACID NY WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 ESSEX TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY
STATE POLICE
1010 PM BENSON VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN...REPORTED STATE
POLICE
1015 PM BOMOSEEN VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN...INCLUDING ON MOBILE
HOME WITH 2 PEOPLE
TRAPPED.
1018 PM CASTLETON VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 4
AND ROUTE 30 IN CASTLETON
1020 PM POULTNEY VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND TREES DOWN
1025 PM MIDDLETOWN SPGS VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN...REPORTED STATE
POLICE
1025 PM TINMOUTH VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND SEVERAL TREES
DOWN...REPORTED BY STATE
POLICE
1025 PM WELLS VT WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 RUTLAND TREES DOWNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Rutland | 61 min |
| Jun 25, 8:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Essex, Franklin | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Clinton | 4 hr |
| Jun 25, 11:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Essex | 3 hr |
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.