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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 459

May 29, 19986 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 29, 1998, 3:30 PM EDT for 6 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1998, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1998, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties

Berkshire County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Lincoln County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Cheshire County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Greene County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Providence County, RI, Addison County, VT, Bennington County, VT, Orange County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Windham County, VT, Windsor County, VT

Warnings issued inside it

29 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany65 min
May 29, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVRutland60 min
May 29, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene, Rensselaer58 min
May 29, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSchoharie25 min
May 29, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBennington65 min
May 29, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia60 min
May 29, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan93 min
May 29, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBerkshire65 min
May 29, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVWindsor61 min
May 29, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYUlster70 min
May 29, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYWindham58 min
May 29, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXMerrimack66 min
May 29, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess80 min
May 29, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden, Hampshire31 min
May 29, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia29 min
May 29, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXFranklin29 min
May 29, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXBelknap46 min
May 29, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBerkshire35 min
May 29, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCheshire32 min
May 29, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCarroll, Strafford45 min
May 29, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXWorcester46 min
May 29, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden, Hampshire46 min
May 29, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXMiddlesex, Worcester42 min
May 29, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXYork46 min
May 29, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXCumberland57 min
May 29, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXEssex, Middlesex, Worcester62 min
May 29, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSagadahoc60 min
May 29, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXEssex, Norfolk, Suffolk44 min
May 29, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXProvidence44 min

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 12:00Z on 1998-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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 12:00Z on 1998-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-198 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1241 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 29, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland and 24 more6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New York, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Massachusetts, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New Hampshire, 1998Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.