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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 5, 1992Otsego County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1992, 4:30 PM EDT for Otsego County, New York. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1992, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1992, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Otsego County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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

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 5, 2:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 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.
Local storm report, Jul 5, 3:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SYRACUSE, NY
 300  PM EDT SUN JUL 05 1992

. 05 / 1326-1332  EDT / HAIL         /           / NYZ09              /
 SYLVAN BEACH                 / ONEIDA COUNTY                    / NY /
 NUMEROUS REPORTS HAIL 1/2 INCH TO 11/2 INCH DAMAGE TO HOUSES BROKEN
 WINDOWS ANSD SIDING.  TREES DAMAGED.  CARS DAMAGED.

. 05 / 1350       EDT / HAIL         /           / NYZ09              /
 ROME                         /T ONEIDA COUNTY                    / NY /
 1/2 INCH HAIL

. 05 / 1322       EDT / WIND         /           / NYZ09              /
 WHITESBORO                   / ONEIDA COUNTY                    / NY /
 TREE DAMAGE

END
 FRANCIS
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:30 PM EDT, 1 hour before
PAZ007-008-010-016-052200-

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

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WAYNE AND WYOMING COUNTIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR
MOST OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA AND PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THE WATCH INCLUDES WAYNE...AND WYOMING
COUNTIES.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE
TORNADOES WILL EXIST UNTIL 8 PM EDT.

AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM SOUTHWEST SUSQUEHANNA
COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS SULLIVAN AND LYCOMING COUNTIES TO CLINTON
COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER WESTERN
SULLIVAN COUNTY BETWEEN HILLSGROVE AND FORKSVILLE.  ALL OF THE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE RACING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 55 MPH.

PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA AREA ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT
TO LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.  IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

HAMILTON/WSO WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:53 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
PAZ007-008-010-016-052200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA
330 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR
MOST OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA AND PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THE WATCH INCLUDES SUSQUEHANNA...WAYNE
AND WYOMING COUNTIES.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE
TORNADOES WILL EXIST UNTIL 8 PM EDT.

AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM SOUTHWEST SUSQUEHANNA
COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS SULLIVAN AND LYCOMING COUNTIES TO CLINTON
COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER WESTERN
SULLIVAN COUNTY BETWEEN HILLSGROVE AND FORKSVILLE.  ALL OF THE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE RACING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 55 MPH.

PER2SONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA AREA ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT
TO LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.  IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

HAMILTON/WSO WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON

...CORRECTED TO ADD SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY...
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:23 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Cortland48 min
Jul 5, 4:00 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMChenango, Otsego30 min
Jul 5, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCortland68 min
Jul 5, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.