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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 31, 1993Delaware County, Otsego County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 31, 1993, 7:22 PM EDT for Delaware County, Otsego County, New York. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 31, 1993, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 1993, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Delaware County, NY, Otsego County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 1993-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 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 1993-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 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
29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-228 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMWayne57 min
Aug 31, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMonroe30 min
Aug 31, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben67 min
Aug 31, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMYates34 min
Aug 31, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSchuyler58 min
Aug 31, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTioga64 min
Aug 31, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome57 min
Aug 31, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango48 min
Aug 31, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego45 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.