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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 21, 1990Chenango County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1990, 3:17 PM EDT for Chenango County, New York. It was in force for 58 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
Jun 21, 1990, 3:17 PM EDT (19:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1990, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
58 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
Jun 21, 4:00 PM EDTHail 2.75Chenango, NY
Jun 21, 4:00 PM EDTHail 2.75Chenango, 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

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 1990-06-21Temperature 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 1990-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBGM 211917
SVRBGM
NYC017-212015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
317 PM EDT THU JUN 21 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
          ...CHENANGO
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS JUST CROSSED THE COUNTY LINE FROM CORTLAND
COUNTY AND WAS IN THE OTSELIC AREA AT 317 PM EDT. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE BETWEEN SHERBURNE AND
NORWICH AROUND 330 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIUS 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 TwHE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 2:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOntario39 min
Jun 21, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMYates29 min
Jun 21, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSchuyler47 min
Jun 21, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTompkins58 min
Jun 21, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCortland35 min
Jun 21, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTioga64 min
Jun 21, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome58 min
Jun 21, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego69 min
Jun 21, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung60 min
Jun 21, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware68 min
Jun 21, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTioga58 min
Jun 21, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware44 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.