Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1990, 9:08 PM EDT for Delaware County, New York. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 1990, 9:08 PM EDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1990, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Delaware County, NY
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 1708 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1233 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
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, 3 hours 21 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, 3 hours 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.
JUNGSpecial weather statement, Aug 28, 6:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-282245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 630 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... AT 630 PM...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...STRONG WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE NEAR NAPLES IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO COUNTY...AND NEAR KEUKA LAKE...FROM KEUKA PARK TO BRANCHPORT IN YATES COUNTY. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH...AND THESE STORMS WILL BRUSH NORTHERN STUEBEN... NORTHERN SCHUYLER...AND NORTHERN TOMPKINS COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE THE MAIN FEATURE IN AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF A JAMESTOWN...TO ITHACA...TO SYRACUSE LINE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY IN A STRONG BUILDpING. FRANKLIN/CHAMPNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 69 min |
| Aug 28, 8:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Cortland | 60 min |
| Aug 28, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 60 min |
| Aug 28, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango | 61 min |
| Aug 28, 10:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne | 58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.