Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Sep 3, 1992, 4:59 PM EDT for Broome County, New York. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 3, 1992, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 1992, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Broome County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 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 032100 TORBGM NYC007-032200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 459 PM EDT THU SEP 3 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN CENTRAL NEW YORK ...BROOME COUNTY SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECIEVED IN THE ENDICOTT AREA OF BROOME COUNTY. THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS OR POSSIBLE TONADOES WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROO6M SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 3, 2:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-032000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 240 PM EDT THU SEP 3 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT CHEMUNG...SCHUYLER AND TOMPKINS COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM... AT 230 PM...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM CORNING...TO JUST NORTHWEST OF ELMIRA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNTIES OF MILLPORT AND PINE VALLEY IN CHEMUNG COUNTY...NEWFIELD AND DANBY IN TOMPKINS COUNTY...AND SCHUYLER COUNTY EAST OF WATKINS GLEN...THROUGH 330 PM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WITH THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...INCLUDING STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. IF YOU WILL BE DRIVING IN THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK...AND NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. DELLICARPINI
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 3:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-032100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 340 PM EDT THU SEP 3 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL AFFECT BROOME...TIOGA AND CHENANGO COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM... AT 330 PM...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN FROM JUST EAST OF ELMIRA...TO NEWARK VALLEY IN TIOGA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SKYWARN AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGE REPORTS SHOWED OVER THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH /0.80/ OF RAIN FELL IN A HALF HOUR IN WEST ELMIRA AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH. HEAVY RAINS WITH THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...INCLUDING STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. IF YOU WILL BE DRIVING IN THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK...AND NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. DELLICARPINI
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 3:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-032100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 340 PM EDT THU SEP 3 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL AFFECT BROOME...TIOGA AND CHENANGO COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM... AT 330 PM...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN FROM JUST EAST OF ELMIRA...TO NEWARK VALLEY IN TIOGA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO BROOME COUNTY BY 4 PM...AND INTO CHENANGO COUNTY BY 415 PM. SKYWARN AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGE REPORTS SHOWED OVER THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH /0.80/ OF RAIN FELL IN A HALF HOUR IN WEST ELMIRA AND ARNOT FOREST AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH. OVER ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN FELL IN ERIN /0.51/ AND IN BIG FLATS /0.63/ IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD. HEAVY RAINS WITH THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...INCLUDING STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. IF YOU WILL BE DRIVING IN THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK...AND NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. DELLICARPINI
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 4:54 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-032200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 455 PM EDT THU SEP 3 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL MOVE EAST OF BROOME BUT STILL AFFECT CHENANGO AND OTSEGO COUNTIES THROUGH 6 PM... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ABOUT AN INCH TO AN INCH AND ONE QUARTER IN ONE HOUR OR LESS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORM AS THEY MOVED THROUGH CHEMUNG COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS WITH THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...INCLUDING SOME STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW YORK...AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. . THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED BETWEEN WELLSVILLE...WATERTOWN...AMSTERDAM AND MIDDLETOWN IN NEW YORK&...AND ALLENTOWN AND BRADFORD IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. ENDRES
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.