Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1990, 8:22 PM EDT for Steuben County, New York. It was in force for 98 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
- Jun 14, 1990, 8:22 PM EDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1990, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 98 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Steuben 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Steuben, NY | |
| Jun 14, 8:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Steuben, NY | |
| Jun 14, 10:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Steuben, 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 432 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBGM 150022
SVRBGM
NYC101-150200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
822 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
STEUBEN
...AT 8 PM RADAR SHOWED A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM OVER DANSVILLE
...AND THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG
WINDS...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
STORM. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR BATH BY 9 PM.
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM...GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND LIGHTNING.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.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, Jun 14, 3:46 PM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-142100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 330 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER PARTS OF NEW YORK. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS OVER EASTERN STEUBEN COUNTY...AND WAS MOVING EAST TOWARDS CHEMUNG COUNTY AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM ALSO MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AND EVEN SMALL HAIL. IF YOU LIVE IN EASTERN STEUBEN OR CHEMUNG COUNTY ...BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WERE ALONG THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK TO THE SOUTHERN CATSKILLS. MORFORD
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:58 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-142130-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
430 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WERE BETWEEN WATKINS GLEN
AND WELLSBORO...
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL
...AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
THEY WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED FROM WATERTOWN
TO WELLSBORO. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE NEAR AUBURN
AND NEAR OVID IN SOUTHERN SENECA COUNTY.
ANOTHER ARE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN...WAS
SCATTERED BETWEEN GLOVERSVILLE...POUGHKEEPSIE AND LANSDALE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR...AND THUNDERSTORMS
...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE FROM NEAR ITHACA TO NEAR SAYRE AROUND 530 PM
,Special weather statement, Jun 14, 7:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
NYZ004-005-150200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SYRACUSE NY
700 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990
...HEAVY RAINS IN LEWIS AND NORTHERN ONEIDA COUNTIES...
RADAR AT 7 PM IS SHOWING AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN
LEWIS AND NORTHERN ONEIDA CLUNTIES. BECAUSE THESE STORMS ARE MOVING
VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD THERE COULD BE AREAS OF FLOODING THROUGHOUT THIS
REGION.
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THAT NORMALLY FLOODS WITH HEAV_Y RAINFALLS...BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION. STREAMS MAY BRIEFLY RISE ABOVE BANKFULL.
THESE STORMS WILL BE LINGERING IN THIS AREA TILL 8 PM. FURTHER
STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
END/BARTHOLFSpecial weather statement, Jun 14, 8:00 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PAZ007-008-010-016-150200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON PA 800 PM EDT THU JUN 14 1990 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... AT 7:55 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE COVERING MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY...MOVING INTO COLUMBIA AND LUZERNE COUNTIES. OTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHUMBERLAND AND TIOGA COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ENTERING NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE WEST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. ALSO...MOTORISTS THIS EVENING SHOULD USE CAUTION AS ANY HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS. ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 10 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF NEEDED. JUREWICZ/WSO WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Otsego | 55 min |
| Jun 14, 10:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 51 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.