Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 17, 1990Steuben County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1990, 1:32 PM EDT for Steuben County, New York. It was in force for 58 min. 3 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: May 17, 1990, 1:32 PM EDT (17:32 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 1990, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Whole counties

County Steuben 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
May 17, 1:45 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Steuben, NY
May 17, 2:10 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Steuben, NY
May 17, 2:10 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Steuben, 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, May 17, 12:36 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 17, 12:40 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

NYZ003-171900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1240 PM EDT THU MAY 17 1990

 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES OF NEW YORK...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR OR
GREATER OR WINDS GUSTING TO 58 MILES AN HOUR OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED
TO LAST FOR AN HOUR OR LONGER OVER THE AREA FOR WHICH THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT.

THE STRONG WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST
WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...HOWEVER GUSTY WEST WINDS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH
THE ITHACA AND ELMIRA AREAS BETWEEN 200 AND 300 PM.

IF YOU HAVE OBJECTS OUTSIDE THAT MAY BECOME FLYING PROJECTILES SECURE
THEM PROPERLY OR BRING THEM INSIDE. QUINLA

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chemung	58 min
May 17, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Schuyler, Tompkins	64 min
May 17, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cortland, Tioga	60 min
May 17, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Chenango	65 min
May 17, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Delaware, Otsego	67 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.