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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Burlington, VT

August 2, 1993Oswego County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this tornado warning at Aug 2, 1993, 10:56 AM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 1993, 10:56 AM EDT (14:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 1993, 11:30 AM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT
Area
Whole counties

County Oswego County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 2, 11:20 AM EDTTornado F0Mexico, NYAn isolated severe thunderstorm moved along the northeast portion of Oswego County. The initial damage from the storm, determined to be caused by strong thunderstorm winds, occurred in Texas where a large tree was blown onto a house. The resident there also

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 210 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 1993-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1605 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 1993-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1605 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
783 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
6.8

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVBennington, Rutland69 min
Aug 2, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVRutland, Windsor64 min
Aug 2, 10:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVOswego59 min
Aug 2, 12:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVMadison55 min
Aug 2, 12:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVOneida55 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.