Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1990, 2:32 PM EDT for Chemung County, New York. It was in force for 58 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
- May 17, 1990, 2:32 PM EDT (18:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1990, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chemung 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 3:30 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBGM 171832 RRA
SVRBGM
NYC015-171930-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
232 PM EDT THU MAY 17 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
...CHEMUNG
A THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING STRONG GUSTY WINDS WAS NEAR ELMIRA IN
CHEMUNG COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN
HOUR...AND WILL BE IN NORTHEAST CHEMUNG COUNTY BY 245 PM EDT. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY 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.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, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PAZ010-016-172100- SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON PA 1230 PM EDT THU MAY 17 1990 ...A SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE POCONOS AND THE NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA METROPOLITAN AREA THIS AFTERNOON... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE. THIS COULD RESULT IN FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...ESPECIALLY THOSE SECTIONS THAT WERE DRENCHED WEDNESDAY EVENING. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND. THE WEATHER SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS EXPECTED RAINFALL IS A COLD FRONT MOVIoNGIN FROM THE WESTERN END OF THE STATE. PRESENT INDICATIONS POINT TO IT MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE STATE BY LATE AFTERNOON. IMPROVING WEATHER SHOULD FOLLOW THIS EVENING. AJP
Special weather statement, May 17, 12:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 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
(Special weather statement, May 17, 1:39 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
PAZ007-008-010-016-180100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON PA 140 PM EDT THU MAY 17 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...COLUMBIA...LACKAWANNA...LUZERNE...SUSQUEHANNA...WAYNE... AND WYOMING. THE THREAT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING WIND WILL EXIST UNTIL 900 PM EDT. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT TO LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS...AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED. ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 300 PM EDT. MJ/WSO WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON
Special weather statement, May 17, 2:02 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
NYZ004-005-172000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SYRACUSE NY 2 00 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK UNTIL 9 PM EDT... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS JUST AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT RUNS FROM FAIR HAVEN SOUTH ALONG THE WESTERN BORDER OF CAYUGA COUNTY INTO THE SOUTHERN TIER NEAR ELMIRA. THE LINE IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 40 TO 45 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE SYRACUSE AREA AROUND 3 PM. STRONG WINDS AND BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. BARTHOLF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.