Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 1994, 2:42 PM EDT for Onondaga County, New York. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 1994, 2:42 PM EDT (18:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 1994, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Onondaga County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 997 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 KBGM 021843 RRA SVRBGM NYC067-021945- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 242 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN CENTRAL NEW YORK ...ONONDAGA COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO ONONDAGA COUNTY NEAR JORDAN. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NORTH OF MARCELLUS AND SOUTH OF BALDWINSVILLE BETWEEN 250 AND 315 PM. THIS STORM WILL REACH DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE AROUND 330 PM. THIS STORM PRODUCED DIME SIZE HAIL BETWEEN AUBURN AND WEEDSPORT IN CAYUGA COUNTY AROUND 235 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. WALDSTREICHER &
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, Aug 2, 12:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036>037-044>046-055>057-062- PAZ038>040-043>044-047>048-022100- SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1250 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994 THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS SOUTHERN CAYUGA AND SENECA COUNTIES TO BE NEAR MORAVIA BY 200 PM. OTHER STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER EAST STEUBEN COUNTY AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR ELMIRA BY 200 PM. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN WYOMING COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL DROP A LOT OF RAIN IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND MAY CAUSE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. THE STORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PB
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036>037-044>046-055>057-062- PAZ038>040-043>044-047>048-022100- SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1250 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994 THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS SOUTHERN CAYUGA AND SENECA COUNTIES TO BE NEAR MORAVIA BY 200 PM. OTHER STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER EAST STEUBEN COUNTY AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR ELMIRA BY 200 PM. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN WYOMING COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL DROP A LOT OF RAIN IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND MAY CAUSE POO R DRAINAGE FLOODING. THE STORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PB
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:14 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-021930- SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 214 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN TOMPKINS COUNTY NORTH OF HOMER...REACHING CORTLAND AROUND 300 PM. ANOTHER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NEW YORK - PENNSYLVANIA STATE LINE JUST SOUTH OF ELMIRA...REACHING THE WAVERLY AREA AROUND 300 PM. ANOTHER STORM NEAR CINCINNATUS WILL MOVE INTO CHENANGO COUNTY REACHING OXFORD AND NORWICH BETWEEN 245 AND 300 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER CENTRAL NEW YORK AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. WALDSTREICHER
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:19 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
PA038>040-043>044-047>048-021930- SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 219 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN LACKAWANNA COUNTY...REACHING CLARKS SUMMIT BY 230 PM AND CARBONDALE AROUND 300 PM. ANOTHER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NEW YORK - PENNSYLVANIA STATE LINE JUST SOUTH OF ELMIRA...REACHING THE SAYRE AREA AROUND 300 PM. ANOTHER STORM WILL MOVE JUST NORTH OF TOWANDA BETWEEN 245 AND 300 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. WALDSTREICHER
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:20 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PA038>040-043>044-047>048-021930- SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 219 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN LACKAWANNA COUNTY...REACHING CLARKS SUMMIT BY 230 PM AND CARBONDALE AROUND 300 PM. ANOTHER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NEW YORK - PENNSYLVANIA STATE LINE JUST SOUTH OF ELMIRA...REACHING THE SAYRE AREA AROUND 300 PM. ANOTHER STORM WILL MOVE JUST NORTH OF TOWANDA BETWEEN 245 AND 300 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER NORTHEASTERdN PENNSYLVANIA AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. WALDSTREICHER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cortland | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Madison | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 4:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Monroe | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tompkins | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.