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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 7, 1986Chenango County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1986, 5:30 PM EDT for Chenango County, New York. It was in force for 60 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
Jul 7, 1986, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 1986, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Chenango County, NY

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 7, 6:15 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Chenango, NY
Jul 7, 6:20 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Chenango, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 4:35 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
TTAA00 KBGM  072035

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
435 PM EDT MON JUL 7 1986

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE VICINITY OF SENECA FALLS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS THAT TOOK DOWN FAIR SIZED
TREES IN SOUTHER WAYNE COUNTY..SO IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..
TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL NEW YORK
UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED BETWEEN OTSEGO COUNTY..ACROSS THE
NORTHERN FINGER LAKES TO NIAGARA FALLS.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS OF CAYUGA AND SENECA LAKES.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS COULD BE DAMAGING..
SO KEEP ALERT TO THREATENING SKIES.                     

SCHARNIKOW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMonroe61 min
Jul 7, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSeneca47 min
Jul 7, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCortland59 min
Jul 7, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego60 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.