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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Binghamton, NY

April 9, 1991Tompkins County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 1991, 8:07 PM EDT for Tompkins County, New York. It was in force for 53 min. 2 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
Apr 9, 1991, 8:07 PM EDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 1991, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Tompkins County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 9, 8:15 PM EDTHail 1.75Tompkins, NY
Apr 9, 8:55 PM EDTHail 1.75Tompkins, 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 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 tornado 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, Apr 9, 7:12 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
NYZ004-005-100000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - THUNDERSTORMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SYRACUSE NY
710 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING CENTRAL NEW YORK...

AT 700 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN FINGER LAKES REGION.  THE
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH AND SHOULD BE
MOVING INTO CAYUGA COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE RAPIDLY THROUGH MOST OF CENTRAL NEW YORK
DURING THE EVENING TONIGHT.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK
UNTIL 1AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING.  PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR
SEVERE WEATHER AND TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES.
JUNG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Cortland, Tioga57 min
Apr 9, 9:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTompkins67 min
Apr 9, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango42 min
Apr 9, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCortland42 min
Apr 10, 12:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTioga49 min
Apr 10, 12:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome54 min
Apr 10, 12:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware56 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.