Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 1992, 4:43 PM EDT for Chenango County, New York. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 1992, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 1992, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chenango County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBGM 102043 SVRBGM NYC017-102145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 443 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN CENTRAL NEW YORK ...CHENANGO COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS IN SOUTHERN CHENANGO COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF GREENE. THIS STORM WILL BE JUST NORTH OF BAINBRIDGE AT 500 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, Sep 10, 1:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
NYZ003-101900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 130 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTOM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 800 PM... ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE IN SCHUYLER AND WESTERN CHEMUNG COUNTIES INCLUDING ELMIRA BY 230 PM... AT 130 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRECTHED ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK TO NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NUMEROUS FROM DUBOIS PENNSYLVANIA NORTHEAST THROUGH BATH AND AUBURN NEW YORK TO BELFORT IN THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FROM COUDERSPORT PENNSYLVANIA TO PULASKI IN OSWEGO COUNTY OF NEW YORK. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. . IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CHAMPNEY
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 1:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
PAZ007-008-010-016-100000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA 140 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 800 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...THE COUNTIES OF COLUMBIA...LACKAWANNA...LUZERNE... SUSQUEHANNA...WAYNE AND WYOMING ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 8 O/CLOCK THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS... IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. AT 130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED OVER NEW YORK NEAR ELMIRA...THEN STRETCHED SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHCENTRAL AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A LONE SHOWER HAD ALSO DEVELOPED JUST WEST OF RICKETS GLEN STATE PARK...IN EASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. IF THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HOLDS TOGETHER IT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA BY AROUND 4 O/CLOCK LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND REACH THE IMMEDIATE HAZLETON... WILKES-BARRE...SCRANTON REGION BY 5 O/CLOCK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR ANY WARNINGS. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 330 PM OR EARLIER IF NEEDED. JOHNSON/WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON PA
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 2:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
NYZ003-102030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 230 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTOM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 800 PM... ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE IN CORTLAND AND TIOGA COUNTIES BY 330 PM. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS FROM ALTOONA PENNSYLVANIA ACROSS THE CORNING... ITHACA...SYRACUSE AND OLD FORGE AREAS. THE HEAVIEST STROMS WERE ACROSS ONONDAGA COUNTY...IN SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTIES IN NEW YORK AND IN WESTERN TIOGA COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT d25 MILES AN HOUR. . IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Sep 10, 3:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SYRACUSE, NY 3 15 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 . 10 / 1245 EDT / TSTM WND / / NYZ004 / NEW HAVEN-PALERMO / OSWEGO COUNTY / NY / NUMEROUS WIRES AND SOME LARGE BRANCHES DOWN ON COUNTY ROUTE 35 JUST NORTH OF JOHNSON RD. FIRE CONTROL REPORT. . 10 / 1345 EDT / TSTM WND / / NYZ005 / BALDWINSVILLE / ONONDAGA COUNTY / NY / WIRES DOWN ON A CAR...LARGE BRANCHES DOWN ON OSWEGO ST IN THE VILLAGE. FIRE CONTROL REPORT. END BARTHOLF
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 3:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PAZ007-008-010-016-102130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA 330 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 800 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...THE COUNTIES OF COLUMBIA...LACKAWANNA...LUZERNE...SUSQUEHANNA...WAYNE AND WYOMING ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 8 O/CLOCK THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS... IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUE TO FOLLOW A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER NEW YORK STATE...JUST TO THE EAST OF ELMIRA...STRETCHING SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO NORTHWEST BRADFORD COUNTY AND WERE ABOUT TO ENTER SULLIVAN COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND PEA-SIZE HAIL. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. IF THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HOLDS TOGETHER IT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN 4 AND 5 O/CLOCK LATER THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR ANY WARNINGS. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 5n00 PM OR EARLIER IF NEEDED. JOHNSON/WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON PA
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 3:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
NYZ003-102030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 330 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTOM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 800 PM... ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS COUTLAND INTO WESTERN CHENANGO AND ACROSS TIOGA INTO WESTERN BROOME COUNTY BY 430 PM. HEAVY RAINS FELL IN SCHUYLER COUNTY BETWEEN 200 AMD 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON. WATKINS GLEN RECIEVED .87 INCH IN 1 HOUR..REYNOLDSVILLE 1.10 INCH IN 30 MINUTES AND BURDETT HAD .70 INCH IN 20 MINUTES. WIND SPEEDS IN BOTH WATKING GLEN AND BURDETT WERE AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IS ENOUGH TO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER OF ROADS...HOWEVER IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO CAUSE ANY FLOODING. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THROUGH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DRIVING TO FAST CAN CAUSE HYDROPLANING. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 20 MILES WIDE...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS FROM STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA TO ELMIRA NEW YORK THEN TO CORTLAND AND ROME THEN ACROSS THE OLD FORGE AREA TO SARANAC LAKE. THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER THIS POSSIBILITY REMAINS UNTIL THE THE STORM PASS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Seneca, Yates | 56 min |
| Sep 10, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tioga | 66 min |
| Sep 10, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 68 min |
| Sep 10, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 44 min |
| Sep 10, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 63 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.