Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1993, 6:31 PM EDT for Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1993, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1993, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Susquehanna County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Jun 15, 5:47 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-152130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 530 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SUSQUEHANNA REGION...CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER...AND WESTERN CATSKILLS THROUGH 800 PM... THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE THROUGH CORTLAND COUNTY BEFORE 630 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE VIVID LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR CINCINATUS AND TRUXTON BY 615 PM. THIS STORM WAS PART OF AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHED FROM EXTREME NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA...TO THE WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY. THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ARE RACING EAST AT 50 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APROACHE<S YOU...TAKE SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MORFORD
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:00 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
PAZ007-008-010-016-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA 600 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IS INDICATING THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY CONTAIN TORNADOES JUST EAST OF TOWANDA THAT ARE HEADED TOWARD THE COMMUNITIES OF RUSHVILLE AND WEST AULBURN IN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OF STURDY BUILDING... AVOID WINDOWS...THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. TAKE COVE IMMEDIATLY!. IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HOLD TOGETHER AND CONTINUE EAST THE NEXT AREA UNDER THE GUN WILL BE AROUND AUBURN/FOURCORNERS GRAF/WSOAVP
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:02 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PAZ007-008-010-016-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA 600 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IS INDICATING THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY CONTAIN TORNADOES JUST EAST OF TOWANDA THAT ARE HEADED TOWARD THE COMMUNITIES OF RUSHVILLE AND WEST AULBURN IN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OF STURDY BUILDING... AVOID WINDOWS...THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. TAKE COVE IMMEDIATLY!. IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HOLD TOGETHER AND CONTINUE EAST THE NEXT AREA UNDER THE GUN WILL BE AROUND AUBURN/FOURCORNERS GRAF/WSOAVP
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:20 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
PAZ007-008-010-016-160100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA 620 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA..THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF LACKAWANNA...LUZERNE...SUSQUEHANNA...WAYNE AND WYOMING. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS... LIGHTNING ...AND EVEN TORNADOES WILL EXIST UNTIL 10 PM THIS TUESDAY EVENING. AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVUCE RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY... WITH ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SUSQUEHANNA/BRADFORD COUNTY BORDER. THESE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 45 MPH...AND HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOS. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALRET TO THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HAMILTON/GRAF
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:22 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PAZ007-008-010-016-160100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA 620 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA..THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF LACKAWANNA...LUZERNE...SUSQUEHANNA...WAYNE AND WYOMING. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS... LIGHTNING ...AND EVEN TORNADOES WILL EXIST UNTIL 10 PM THIS TUESDAY EVENING. AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVUCE RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY... WITH ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SUSQUEHANNA/BRADFORD COUNTY BORDER. THESE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 45 MPH...AND HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOS. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALRET TO THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HAMILTON/GRAF
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:30 PM EDT, 1 minute before
NYZ003-006-010-152130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 630 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BROOME...CHENANGO... OTSEGO...AND DELAWARE COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 PM... ...THE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER INCLUDING ELMIRA AND ITHACA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CHENANGO COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS STORM WAS NEAR PITCHER AT 630 PM. IT WAS RACING EAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL BE BETWEEN SHERBURNE AND NORWICH BY 700 PM...AND BE NEAR NEW BERLIN BY 715 PM. THIS STORM COULD POSSIBLY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHED FROM THE CENTRAL ADIRONDACKS...TO NORTHEAST PENNYSLVANAIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ARE RACING EAST AT 50 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APROACHES YOU...TAKE SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MORFORD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Seneca | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tompkins | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wyoming | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna | 42 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.