Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1990, 6:46 PM EDT for Seneca County, Yates County, New York. It was in force for 59 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
- Aug 28, 1990, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1990, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Seneca County, NY, Yates 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 6:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Yates, NY | |
| Aug 28, 7:00 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Seneca, 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1420 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Aug 28, 5:47 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-282245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 535 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BROOME...TIOGA...CHENANGO...CHEMUNG... CORTLAND...SCHUYLER...TOMPKINS...AND STUEBEN COUNTIES OF NEW YORK UNTIL 11 PM... A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WAS ALONG THE YATES...ONTARIO COUNTY LINE NEAR BRISTOL SPRINGS. THIS STORM MAY ALSO CONTAIN STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL PASS OVER KEUKA LAKE..AS WELL AS ALONG THE YATES...STUEBEN COUNTY LINE DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS STORM WAS THE MAIN FEATURE IN AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMSNORTHWEST OF A JAMESTOWN...SENECA FALLS.)..TO WATERTOWN LINE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY IN A STRONG BUILDING. FRANKLIN/CHAMPNEY
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 6:08 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
NYZ004-005-282300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SYRACUSE NY
605 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 1990
...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CAYUGA COUNTY...
AT 600 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF
AN AREA EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL LAKE ONTARIO...SOUTHEAST TO CAYUGA
COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THESE THUNDERSTOqRMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.
JUNGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 3:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 50 min |
| Aug 28, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Seneca, Yates | 40 min |
| Aug 28, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Schuyler, Tompkins | 56 min |
| Aug 28, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 56 min |
| Aug 28, 7:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Schuyler, Tompkins | 69 min |
| Aug 28, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 69 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.