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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 14, 1992Broome County, New York

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1992-07-14Temperature 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 1992-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.