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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Binghamton, NY

September 10, 1992Wayne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 1992, 6:15 PM EDT for Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 1992, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 1992, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, PA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 10, 6:15 PM EDTHail 1Wayne, PA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 1992-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 236 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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, Sep 10, 2:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 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, 3 hours 5 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, 2 hours 39 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, 2 hours 34 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.
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 4:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 1:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSeneca, Yates56 min
Sep 10, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTioga66 min
Sep 10, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome68 min
Sep 10, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango62 min
Sep 10, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego44 min
Sep 10, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware63 min
Sep 10, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMWayne48 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.