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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 12, 1994Oneida County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1994, 7:47 PM EDT for Oneida County, New York. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 1994, 7:47 PM EDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1994, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Oneida County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 1994-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 79 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 1994-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
79 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KBGM 122346 RRA
SVRBGM
NYC065-130045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
747 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
 
   ...ONEIDA COUNTY
 
AT 745 PM...RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN ONEIDA
COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS ONEIDA COUNTY NORTH OF
ROME THROUGH 845 PM.  THE TOWNS OF SYLVAN BEACH...NORTH BAY...
WESTERNVILLE...REMSEN AND BOONVILLE ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS.
 
THE STORMS WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS THE CITY OF ROME.
 
BOATERS ON ONEIDA LAKE SHOULD GET TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.
 
THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY DOWNED SEVERAL TREES IN NORTHERN ONEIDA
COUNTY.
 
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.
 
DELLICARPINI
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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, Jun 12, 5:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
NYZ056-024-045-044-057-046-023-022-055-025-017-036-009-037-018-
016-062-130045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
549 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR MOST
OF CENTRAL NEW YORK...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF CHENANGO...OTSEGO AND
DELAWARE COUNTIES AT 545 PM...BUT MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK LATER THIS EVENING.

CONDITIONS ARE STILL FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...SO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE WATCH AREA BE ALERT FOR SIGNS OF THREATENING
WEATHER...AND BE PREPARED TO GET INSIDE QUICKLY IF THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH...OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR TO YOUR LOCAL TV AND RADIO
STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

THE CENTRAL NEW YORK COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ARE STEUBEN...SCHUYLER...CHEMUNG...TOMPKINS...SENECA...CAYUGA...
ONONDAGA...TIOGA...BROOME...CORTLAND...CHENANGO...MADISON...ONEIDA...
OTSEGO...DELAWARE AND SULLIVAN.

DELLICARPINI
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PAZ039-040-043-044-047-053-130300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA
635 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN
   CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...COLUMBIA...LACKAWANNA...LUZERNE...SUSQUEHANNA
WAYNE AND WYOMING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  THE THREAT OF OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED.

AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE REGION.
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE OVERNIGHT.  HIGH PRESSURE
ALONG THE EAST COAST WILL LIKELY PROVIDE THE REGION WITH AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF VERY WARM AND HUMID WEATHER THIS UPCOMING WEEK.

DS/WSO WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PAZ039-040-043-044-047-053-130300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA
635 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN
   CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...COLUMBIA...LACKAWANNA...LUZERNE...SUSQUEHANNA
WAYNE AND WYOMING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  THE THREAT OF OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED.

AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE REGION.
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE OVERNIGHT.  HIGH PRESSURE
ALONG THE EAST COAST WILL LIKELY PROVIDE THE REGION WITH AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF VERY WARM AND HUMID WEATHER THIS UPCOMING WEEK.

DS/WSO WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PAZ039-040-043-044-047-053-130300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA
635 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN
   CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...COLUMBIA...LACKAWANNA...LUZERNE...SUSQUEHANNA
WAYNE AND WYOMING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  THE THREAT OF OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED.

AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE REGION.
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE OVERNIGHT.  HIGH PRESSURE
ALONG THE EAST COAST WILL LIKELY PROVIDE THE REGION WITH AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF VERY WARM AND HUMID WEATHER THIS UPCOMING WEEK.

DS/WSO WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON
Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:35 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
735 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 1994

ONEIDA COUNTY NY...730 PM EDT

TWO TREES DOWNED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN WEST LEYDEN.  REPORTED BY
WEATHER SPOTTER.

DELLICARPINI
Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:35 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
735 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 1994

ONEIDA COUNTY NY...730 PM EDT

TWO TREES DOWNED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN WEST LEYDEN.  REPORTED BY
WEATHER SPOTTER.

DELLICARPINI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung, Tioga56 min
Jun 12, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOneida24 min
Jun 12, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCortland32 min
Jun 12, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOneida64 min

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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.