Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1993, 11:58 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1993, 11:58 PM EDT (03:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1993, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lewis County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSYR 100402 TORSYR NYC049-100445- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SYRACUSE NY 1158 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SYRACUSE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NEW YORK ...CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY AT MIDNIGHT RADAR AT GRIFFISS AIR FORCE BASE INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO EAST OF ADAMS CENTER ON ROUTE 177 NEAR BARNES CORNERS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. BE ON THE ALERT FOR TORNADOES OR THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO CAUSE DRAINAGE FLOODING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO THE BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY AND GET UNDER A STURDY PIECE OF FURNITURE. MOBILE HOMES AND AUTOS OFFER LITTLE SHELTER FROM TORNADOES.
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 9, 9:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
VTZALL-NYZ011-008-100400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 910 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHEAST NEW YORK LATER THIS EVENING. AT 900 PM A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY...JUST NORTH OF LAKE ONTARIO. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEST NEW YORK AROUND 1030 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH WESTERN VERMONT AROUND MIDNIGHT. RC
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
VTZALL-NYZ011-008-100400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 910 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHEAST NEW YORK LATER THIS EVENING. AT 900 PM A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY...JUST NORTH OF LAKE ONTARIO. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEST NEW YORK AROUND 1030 PM. THUNDERSTORM(S WILL CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH WESTERN VERMONT AROUND MIDNIGHT. RC
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 11:45 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
VTZALL-NYZ011-008-100500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1145 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST NEW YORK. AT 1135 PM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH CLINTON...FRANKLIN...ST. LAWRENCE...LEWIS...HERKIMER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN CHAMPLAIN VALLEY AROUND 1245 AM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE CHAMPLAIN. RC
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 11:47 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
VTZALL-NYZ011-008-100500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1145 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST NEW YORK. AT 1135 PM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH CLINTON...FRANKLIN...ST. LAWRENCE...LEWIS...HERKIMER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MO6VING EAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN CHAMPLAIN VALLEY AROUND 1245 AM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE CHAMPLAIN. RC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Lewis | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Cayuga, Oswego | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 12:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Oneida | 56 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.