Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1992, 4:56 PM EDT for Broome County, New York. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1992, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1992, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Broome County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBGM 142057 SVRBGM NYC007-142200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 456 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN CENTRAL NEW YORK ...BROOME COUNTY AT 455 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDESTORM JUST NORTH OF BINGHAMTON. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH CHENANGO BRIDGE...PORT DICKINSON AND NINEVEH BY 6 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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 14, 1:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-141855- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 140 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK UNTIL 7 PM. THIS INCLUDES CORTLAND...BROOME...CHANANGO...OTSEGO...AND DELAWARE COUNTIES. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD TAKE SHELTER QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER OCCURS. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK AT 130 PM. A STORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER TULLY IN SOUTHERN ONONDAGA COUNTY. OTHER STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ONEONTA...10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HERKIMER...AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALBANY. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS THAT WERE BETWEEN SYRACUSE...ALBANY...AND BINGHAMTON. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-141955- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 245 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN...HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE SUSQUEHANNA REGION OF NEW YORK... A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WAS JUST SOUTHEAST OF CORTLAND...AND WILL BE NEAR ONEONTA BY 330 PM. OTHER STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR UNADILLA FORKS IN OTSEGO COUNTY OF NEW YORK. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK. THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE FROM NEAR BATH...EASTWARD ACROSS CORTLAND AND DAVENPORT ...TO SARATOGA SPRINGS AND TROY IN EASTERN NEW YORK. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEW YORK SHOULD SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY . IF THREATENING WEATHER OCCURS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CORTLAND ...BROOME...CHENANGO...OTSEGO|...AND DELAWARE COUNTIES OF NEW YORK UNTIL 7 PM. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MARTIN
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
PAZ007-010-016-142100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA 300 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES ITS TORNADO WATCH...VALID UNTIL 7 PM EDT...FOR PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH AREA...LACKAWANNA...LUZERNE... SUSQUEHANNA...WAYNE...AND WYOMING. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA...CONTAINING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND VIVID CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CELLS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. AT 255 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN NEW YORK STATE...JUST NORTH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE LINE. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY COULD AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THREATENING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY SEEK SHELTER IF SUCH CONDITIONS APPROACH. REMEMBER...DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT DURING THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES. ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUEDx FROM THIS OFFICE BY AROUND 5 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. JUREWICZ/WSO WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-142055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 345 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN...WERE OVER THE SUSQUEHANNA REGION OF NEW YORK... A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WAS 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CORTLAND. THIS STORM WILL BE JUST NORTH OF ONEONTA BY 430 PM. OTHER STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORTLAND ...NEAR RICHFORD IN TIOGA COUNTY...AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COBLESKILL. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE FROM JUST SOUTH OF DANSVILLE...EASTWARD ACROSS CORTLAND AND ONEONTA...TO JUST WEST OF ALBANY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED FROM FULTON IN OSWEGO COUNTY...TO OLD FORGE IN HERKIMER COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. . PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEW YORK SHOULD SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER OCCURS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CORTLAND...BROOME...CHENANGO...OTSEGO ...AND DELAWARE COUNTIES OF NEW YORK UNTIL 7 PM. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME THE$ STORMS THIS AFTERNOON IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MARTIN
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:40 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
PAZ007-010-016-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA 440 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE PENNSYLVANIA/NEW YORK BORDER... A TORNADO WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR SECTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 7 PM EDT. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH AREA...LACKAWANNA...LUZERNE...SUSQUEHANNA...WAYNE... AND WYOMING. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA...CONTAINING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND VIVID CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CELLS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE PENNSYLVANIA/NEW YORK STATE LINE. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS IN EXTREME SOUTHERN NEW YORK ...NEAR AND JUST WEST OF ELMIRA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE INTO FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING SUSQUEHANNA AND WAYNE COUNTIES...BY AROUND 6 PM. PERSONS IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THREATENING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY SEEK SHELTER IF SUCH CONDITIONS APPROACH. REMEMBER...DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT DURING THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES. ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FROM THIS OFFICE BY AROUND 630 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. JUREWICZ/WSO WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:42 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-142155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 445 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN...WERE OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK... THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WERE 10 MILES SOUTH OF ITHACA...AND NEAR CORNING. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR BINGHAMTON BY 530 PM. ANOTHER STORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WAS JUST NORTH OF HUDSON. THESE STORM MAY ALSO CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER OCCURS...SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BROOME...CHENANGO...CORTLAND...OTSEGO...AND DELAWARE COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE OVER SOUTHERN NEW YORK...FROM NEAR OLEAN...EASTWARD ACROSS CORNING AND BAINBRIDGE...TO HUDSON IN EASTERN NEW YORK. . OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM LEE CENTER IN ONEIDA COUNTY...TO BENSON IN SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY OF NEW YORK. MARTIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango | 34 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.