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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 4, 1990Monroe County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1990, 11:02 PM EDT for Monroe County, Wayne 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
Jul 4, 1990, 11:02 PM EDT (03:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1990, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Monroe County, NY, Wayne 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 4, 11:20 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Monroe, NY
Jul 4, 11:25 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Wayne, NY
Jul 4, 11:30 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Wayne, 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 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 1990-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2539 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 1990-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 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
2539 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1370 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMonroe, Wayne65 min
Jul 4, 10:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOntario41 min
Jul 4, 11:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOntario60 min
Jul 4, 11:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware56 min
Jul 4, 11:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCortland56 min
Jul 4, 11:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTompkins66 min
Jul 4, 11:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLivingston63 min
Jul 5, 12:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego58 min
Jul 5, 12:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSchuyler59 min
Jul 5, 12:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCortland63 min
Jul 5, 12:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome68 min
Jul 5, 1:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTioga66 min
Jul 5, 2:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben65 min
Jul 5, 3:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego37 min
Jul 5, 8:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben54 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.