Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Binghamton, NY

NYZ003-006-011945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
230 PM EDT WED MAY 1 1991

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NEW YORK INCLUDING THE FOLLOWINGS COUNTIES...BROOME...CHENANGO
...CORTLAND...TIOGA...TOMPKINS...CHEMUNG...SCHUYLER...AND STEUBEN...
UNTIL 700 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA.  IF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED.

ISOLATED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE OVER CENTRAL NEW YORK AND EASTERN LAKE
ONTARIO.  THE SHOWERS WERE FROM ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF OSWEGO...TO THE
EXTREME WESTERN ADIRONDACKS.  THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

IF YOU LIVE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA...PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
.
MORFORD

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SYRACUSE NY
325 PM EDT WED MAY 1 1991

            ...INVESTIGATION OF THE APRIL 30 1991 STORM...

AN INVESTIGATION TODAY BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
SYRACUSE OF STORM DAMAGE TO A BARN IN THE TOWN OF SENNETT SHOWED THAT
IT WAS TORNADIC IN ORIGIN.

AT APPROXIMATELY 5:20 PM ON TUESDAY APRIL 30TH...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS
SIGHTED JUST WEST OF CHERRY STREET AND NORTH OF FRANKLIN ROAD IN THE
TOWN OF SENNETT.  THE FUNNEL UPROOTED ONE LARGE TREE ALONG THE SOUTHERN
EDGE OF A WOODED AREA BORDERED TO THE SOUTH BY A LARGE CORN FIELD.  THIS
FUNNEL CROSSED CHERRY STREET AND LEFT POWER LINES WHICH RUN NORTH-SOUTH
ALONG CHERRY STREET UNTOUCHED.  AFTER CROSSING CHERRY STREET THE FUNNEL
TOUCHED DOWN AND DEMOLISHED A 36 X 60 FOOT BARN ABOUT 100 YARDS TO THE
EAST OF CHERRY STREET.  THIS BARN WAS BUILT IN 1911.  A SMALL PATH OF
ROTTED CORN STALKS WERE NOTICED ALONG THE GROUND FROM JUST EAST OF
CHERRY STREET TO THE BARN.  DEBRIS FROM THE BARN WAS MOST EVIDENT TO THE
WEST...SOUTH AND EAST OF THE BARN.

DAMAGE PATH LENGTH.....100 YARDS
            WIDTH......25 YARDS
            STRENGTH...F1 (73 TO 112 MPH)
DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT..EASTERLY
INJURIES...<............NONE

END/WALLINGFORD

NYZ003-006-012045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
330 PM EDT WED MAY 1 1991

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NEW YORK UNTIL 700 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER A LARGE AREA OF NEW YORK.
THEY STRETCHED FROM BETWEEN ROCHESTER AND BUFFALO...NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
EASTERN HALF OF LAKE ONTARIO...TO THE CENTRAL ADIRONDACKS EAST OF OLD
FORGE.  THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND
50 MILES AN HOUR.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
ARiEA.  IF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE WATCH AREA...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL
TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
.
MORFORD

PAZ007-012200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON PA
350 PM EDT WED MAY 1 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR MUCH OF WESTERN
AND NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT.  IN
NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...THE ONLY COUNTY AFFECTED AT THIS TIME
IS SUSQUEHANNA.

AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.  THIS
LINE EXTENDED FROM WEST OF BRADFORD TO JUST EAST OF PITTSBURGH.
THIS ACTIVITY CONTINUED TO MOVE EASTWARD AT ABOUT 40 MPH.  AT
CURRENT RATE OF SPEED AND DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT...THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE INTO NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN 6 PM
AND 8 PM EDT.
IF YOU LIVE IN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY OR IN AREAS NEARBY...AND YOU
SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHING...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WHILL BE ISSUED BY 600 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF
NEEDED.

JUREWICZ/WSO WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON

NYZ004-005-302330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - THUNDERSTORMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SYRACUSE NY
400 PM EDT TUE APR 30 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...

AT 400 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS JUST TO THE WEST OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER.  THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE
SYRACUSE AREA BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM.  THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY CAUSED
SOME DAMAGE OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE WITH WINDS AS HIGH
AS 85 MPH BEING REPORTED AT ABOUT 330 PM IN SOUTH WARSAW IN WYOMING
COUNTY.  AT 350 PM WINDS GUSTED TO 64 MPH IN ROCHESTER.

THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN STRONG GUoSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL.  PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SEEK SHELTER
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
WALLINGFORD

PAZ007-008-010-016-012300

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON PA
500 PM EDT WED MAY 1 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 11 PM EDT.  THIS
WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
...COLUMBIA...LACKAWANNA...LUZERNE...SUSQUEHANNA...WAYNE...AND
WYOMING.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL EXIST IN AND CLOSE TO THE
WATCH AREA UNTIL 11 PM EDT.

AT 450 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS OF THE STATE.  THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR LOCK HAVEN
TO SOUTH OF ALTOONA.  THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EASTWARD
AT 40 TO 50 MPH.  AT CURRENT DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT AND RATE OF
SPEED...THUNDERSTORMS MAY BEGIN TO MOVE INTO NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN 5 PM AND 7 PM EDT.

IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHING...SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 7 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF
NEEDED.

JUREWICZ/WSO WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON