Alert archive / New York / Tornado Watches in 1998

Tornado Watch 478

May 31, 19984 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 31, 1998, 3:00 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1998, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1998, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties

Berkshire County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Albany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Madison County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego62 min
May 31, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYMontgomery62 min
May 31, 3:24 PM EDTTornado WarningALYMontgomery61 min
May 31, 3:29 PM EDTTornado WarningALYFulton, Herkimer61 min
May 31, 3:33 PM EDTTornado WarningALYMontgomery52 min
May 31, 3:43 PM EDTTornado WarningALYSaratoga62 min
May 31, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango61 min
May 31, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego33 min
May 31, 4:08 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMChemung, Steuben62 min
May 31, 4:16 PM EDTTornado WarningALYWashington74 min
May 31, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOnondaga62 min
May 31, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware49 min
May 31, 4:30 PM EDTTornado WarningALYRensselaer50 min
May 31, 4:35 PM EDTTornado WarningALYAlbany, Schenectady, Schoharie55 min
May 31, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYSaratoga32 min
May 31, 4:52 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMTioga78 min
May 31, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYGreene78 min
May 31, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCortland63 min
May 31, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Madison61 min
May 31, 5:05 PM EDTTornado WarningALYWindham70 min
May 31, 5:16 PM EDTTornado WarningALYBerkshire74 min
May 31, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXFranklin, Hampshire60 min
May 31, 5:26 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMBroome64 min
May 31, 5:30 PM EDTTornado WarningBOXFranklin50 min
May 31, 5:41 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMChenango64 min
May 31, 5:45 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMBradford65 min
May 31, 6:04 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMOtsego61 min
May 31, 6:17 PM EDTTornado WarningALYFulton, Herkimer, Montgomery63 min
May 31, 6:22 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMBroome, Delaware63 min
May 31, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXFranklin32 min
May 31, 6:29 PM EDTTornado WarningALYSchoharie46 min
May 31, 6:32 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMChemung, Tioga63 min
May 31, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Saratoga, Schenectady60 min
May 31, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMPike, Wayne65 min
May 31, 6:48 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMBroome67 min
May 31, 7:03 PM EDTTornado WarningALYGreene57 min
May 31, 7:06 PM EDTTornado WarningALYRensselaer59 min
May 31, 7:07 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMPike, Wayne63 min
May 31, 7:10 PM EDTTornado WarningALYWashington60 min
May 31, 7:10 PM EDTTornado WarningALYAlbany, Schoharie55 min
May 31, 7:10 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMDelaware65 min
May 31, 7:12 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMPike, Wayne63 min
May 31, 7:19 PM EDTTornado WarningALYUlster56 min
May 31, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan61 min
May 31, 7:23 PM EDTTornado WarningALYWindham67 min
May 31, 7:32 PM EDTTornado WarningALYBerkshire73 min
May 31, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung, Tioga61 min
May 31, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome78 min
May 31, 7:50 PM EDTTornado WarningALYGreene45 min
May 31, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXFranklin50 min
May 31, 8:00 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMDelaware65 min

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 1998-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1673 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 5:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
May 31, 5:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
May 31, 9:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCCattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Clinton, Erie, Essex and 21 more6 hr
May 31, 3:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie and 10 more7 hr
May 31, 10:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeaver, Butler, Crawford, Erie, Lawrence, Mercer and 1 more5 hr
May 31, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAllegheny, Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Clearfield and 7 more7 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.