Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1990, 10:44 PM EDT for Cayuga County, New York. It was in force for 76 min. 1 report 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 4, 1990, 10:44 PM EDT (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1990, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 76 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cayuga 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 11:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Cayuga, 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 2539 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1370 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
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, Jul 4, 10:31 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
VTZ001-002-003-004-005-NYZ011-050530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1013 PM EDT WED JUL 4 1990 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF VERMONT TONIGHT HAS EXPIRED... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF VERMONT EXCEPT BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 7 AM THURSDAY MORNING... FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 1115PM... FRANKLIN AND CHITTENDEN COUNTIES UNTIL 115AM...AND FOR LAMOILLE COUNTY UNTIL 130AM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN VERMONT...NORTHERN NEW HAMSHIRE AND NORTHEAST NEW YORK LATE THIS EVENING...BUT THE RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL APPEARS TO HAVE ENDED IN VERMONT. THERE STILL ARE FLOODING PROBLEMS...HOWEVER...WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. ^ THUNDERSTORMS DROPPED UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN VERMONT TODAY...CAUSING FLOODING OF SOME STREAMS AND RIVERS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE OVERNIGHT... WHICH MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR T.V. STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNIN G IS ISSUED. END/RM/AS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 9:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Chittenden, Franklin | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 9:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Lamoille | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 10:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 11:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Orange, Washington | 65 min |
| Jul 5, 1:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Bennington, Windham | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 2:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Caledonia, Washington | 66 min |
| Jul 4, 11:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Onondaga | 108 min |
| Jul 5, 12:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Lewis | 35 min |
| Jul 5, 12:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Oneida | 45 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.