Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1989, 2:57 PM EDT for Chemung County, Tioga County, Tompkins County, New York. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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 27, 1989, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1989, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chemung County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 3:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Chemung, 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 nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBGM 271858
SVRBGM
NYC015-107-109-272000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
257 PM EDT THU JUL 27 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
...EASTERN CHEMUNG...TIOGA...TOMPKINS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EASTERN CHEMUNG COUNTY WHERE CHEMUNG
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED TREE LIMBS AND WIRES DOWN
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST
AT 25 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN TIOGA COUNTY AROUND
310 PM EDT.
OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL TOMPKINS COUNTY SOUTH OF
ITHACA...THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEACVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cortland | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware, Otsego | 69 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.