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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 26, 1993Delaware County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1993, 3:30 PM EDT for Delaware County, New York. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1993, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1993, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Delaware County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 1993-06-26Temperature 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 1993-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1177 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 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 261931 RRA
SVRBGM
NYC025-262015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
330 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
 
   ...DELAWARE COUNTY
 
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR DELHI...
 
AT 330 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF DELHI MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE INTO THE ROXBURY AREA WITHIN 30 TO 45
MINUTES.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, Jun 26, 3:24 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
NYZ010-262030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
324 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN CATSKILLS...

AT 320 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST EAST OF WALTON MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE DELHI AND
ROXBURY AREAS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG...GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SOME HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IF IT APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:24 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
NYZ010-262030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
324 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN CATSKILLS...

AT 320 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST EAST OF WALTON MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE DELHI AND
ROXBURY AREAS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG...GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SOME HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IF IT APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:28 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
NYZ010-262030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
324 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN CATSKILLS...

AT 320 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST EAST OF WALTON MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE DELHI AND
ROXBURY AREAS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG...GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SOME HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IF IT APPROACHES.

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.