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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 5, 1992Chenango County, Cortland County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1992, 3:12 PM EDT for Chenango County, Cortland County, New York. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1992, 3:12 PM EDT (19:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1992, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1992-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1992-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1016 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 5, 12:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-051800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1230 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH PARTS OF THE
SOUTHERN TIER...

A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL MOVE
THROUGH NORTHERN BROOME AND SOUTHERN CHENANGO COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM.

THE STORM STRECHED FROM RICHFORD TO WHITNEY POINT...AND WILL BE NEAR
BAINBRIDGE BY 100 PM.

ANOTHER STORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE BE NEAR CORNING IN STEUBEN
COUNTY BY 130 PM...WHILE A THIRD MOVES TO NEAR NEW BERLIN IN CHENANGO
COUNTY BY 100 PM.

OTHER ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WERE OVER NEW YORK AND
PENNSYLVANIA FROM ROCHESTER AND BRADFORD...EAST TO THE HUDSON VALLEY.
.
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE RACING EAST AT 55 MPH.

IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY ONE OF THESE STORMS...BE PREPARED
FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS.

MORFORD
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:34 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-060000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
235  PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR
   A LARGE PART OF NEW YORK STATE...

THIS WATCH INCLUDES STEUBEN...TOMPKINS...SCHUYLER...CHEMUNG...
BROOME...TIOGA...CHENANGO...CORTLAND...OTSEGO AND DELAWARE COUNTIES.

TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
IN THESE AREAS.

YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SIGNS OF THREATENING WEATHER...AND
BE PREPARED TO GET INSIDE QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES
YOUR AREA.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  REMAIN CALM...
AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TV AND
RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

DELLICARPINI
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:42 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
PAZ010-016-060000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA
130 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992

...TORNADO WATCH ISSUED TILL 8PM...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH
FOR MUCH OF NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES..

BRADFORD
LYCOMING
SULLIVAN
WAYNE
WYOMING

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INZ AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATNING WEATHER AND LISTEN
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 4:00 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMChenango, Otsego30 min
Jul 5, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego45 min
Jul 5, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCortland68 min
Jul 5, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango48 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.