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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 20, 1990Otsego County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 1990, 3:07 PM EDT for Otsego County, New York. It was in force for 68 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
Jul 20, 1990, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 1990, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Otsego 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 20, 3:10 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Otsego, NY
Jul 20, 3:10 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Otsego, 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 1990-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 574 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1990-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
574 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.9

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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 20, 12:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben55 min
Jul 20, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung64 min
Jul 20, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware58 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.