Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 1993, 6:08 PM EDT for Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1993, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1993, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Susquehanna County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAVP 152210 TORAVP PAC115-152300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA 608 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILKES BARRE SCRANTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA ...SOUTH CENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IS FOLLOWING A POSSIBLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM THAT IS IN SOUTHWESTERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY AND MOVING TOWARD AUBURN AND FOURCORNERS. AND WILL BE APPROACHING HOP BOTTOM AND KINGSLEY BY AROUND 6:30 THIS EVENING. 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 ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. GRAF/WSOAVP
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, Jun 15, 5:30 PM EDT, 38 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
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:39 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PAZ007-008-010-016-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA 540 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 MOVING INTO WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:40 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
PAZ007-008-010-016-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA 540 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 MOVING INTO WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:47 PM EDT, 21 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, 8 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, 6 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 44 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
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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.