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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 14, 1990Steuben County, New York

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 8:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Steuben, NY
Jun 14, 8:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Steuben, NY
Jun 14, 10:10 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Steuben, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 1990-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 432 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 1990-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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/BARTHOLF
Special 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Otsego55 min
Jun 14, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben51 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.