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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Binghamton, NY

March 28, 1991Livingston County, Monroe County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1991, 2:22 AM EST for Livingston County, Monroe County, New York. It was in force for 68 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
Mar 28, 1991, 2:22 AM EST (07:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 1991, 3:30 AM EST
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 28, 2:30 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Livingston, NY
Mar 28, 2:32 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 56Monroe, NY
Mar 28, 2:52 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Monroe, 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 1991-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 40 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 1991-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 435 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1263 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
435 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
563 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 1:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMonroe60 min
Mar 28, 2:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOntario, Wayne67 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.