Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1994, 3:39 PM EDT for Cortland County, Tioga County, New York. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1994, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1994, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cortland County, NY, Tioga County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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
- 152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KBGM 131938 RRA SVRBGM NYC023-107-132045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 339 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN CENTRAL NEW YORK ...CORTLAND COUNTY...TIOGA COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST WEST OF HOMER AND WILL MOVE TO CORTLAND BY 345 PM AND MCGRAW BY 400 PM. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SOUTH OF NEWFIELD IN SOUTHERN TOMPKINS COUNTY AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN TIOGA COUNTY BY 345 PM AND BE NEAR CANDOR BY 400 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS KNOCKED WIRES DOWN IN BEAVER DAM AND TRUMANSBURG... AND KNOCKED OUT POWER AROUND GROTON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. &
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 13, 1:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
NYZ056-024-045-044-023-022-055-025-017-036-009-037-018-016-015- 131815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 110 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR MOST OF CENTRAL NEW YORK... THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. BROOME...CAYUGA... CHEMUNG...CHENANGO...CORTLAND...MADISON...ONEIDA...ONONDAGA... SCHUYLER...SENECA...STEUBEN...TIOGA...TOMPKINS...AND YATES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS TO 58 MPH AND/OR HAIL TO 3/4 INCH. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. TAKE SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF IT APPROACHES. REPORT AND SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PAZ039-040-043-044-047-053-132000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA 135 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA. IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE STORMS CAN CONTAIN STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH ...LARGE HAIL...AND VIVID LIGHTNING. AT 130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK INTO NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ACROSS POTTER...CAMERON...AND ELK COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF THUNDERSTORMS MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT INTENSITY AND MOVEMENT...THEY COULD BEGIN TO AFFECT SECTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AFTER 3 PM. PERSONS IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK QUICK SHELTER IF SUCH CONDITIONS APPROACH. THE INSIDE OF A STURDY BUILDING OR AN AUTOMOBILE USUALLY PROVIDE THE BEST PROTECTION AGAINST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. JUREWICZ/HAMILTON WSO WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PAZ039-040-043-044-047-053-132000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA 135 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA. IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE STORMS CAN CONTAIN STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH ...LARGE HAIL...AND VIVID LIGHTNING. AT 130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK INTO NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ACROSS POTTER...CAMERON...AND ELK COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF THUNDERSTORMS MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT INTENSITY AND MOVEMENT...THEY COULD BEGIN TO AFFECT SECTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AFTER 3 PM. PERSONS IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK QUICK SHELTER IF SUCH CONDITIONS APPROACH. THE INSIDE OF A STURDY BUILDING OR AN AUTOMOBILE USUALLY PROVIDE THE BEST PROTECTION AGAINST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL SjTATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. JUREWICZ/HAMILTON WSO WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036>037-044>046-055>057-062-132000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 210 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL MOVE EAST TO CORNING...WATKINS GLEN...AND GENEVA BY 300 PM... OTHER SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH THE SUSQUEHANNA REGION...FINGER LAKES AND WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY THROUGH 400 PM. MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. AVOID THE USE OF TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TIL 800 PM FOR MOST OF CENTRAL NEW YORK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 330 PM. CHAMPNEY
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:33 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PAZ039-040-043-044-047-053-132130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA 335 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT. IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ...SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK INTO NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ACROSS WESTERN BRADFORD...TIOGA...POTTER... AND CLINTON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN PENNSYLVANIA WERE OVER CENTRAL TIOGA COUNTY NEAR WELLSBORO AND ALSO IN CLINTON COUNTY NEAR RENOVO. THESE STORMS MAY BE PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT CLOSE TO 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS COULD BEGIN TO AFFECT SECTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...ESPECIALLY SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY...BY AROUND 5 PM. PERSONS IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK QUICK SHELTER IF SUCH CONDITIONS APPROACH. THE INSIDE OF A STURDY BUILDING OR AN AUTOMOBILE USUALLY PROVIDE THE BEST PROTECTION AGAINST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. JUREWICZ/HAMILTON WSO WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:35 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
PAZ039-040-043-044-047-053-132130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA 335 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT. IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ...SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK INTO NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ACROSS WESTERN BRADFORD...TIOGA...POTTER... AND CLINTON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN PENNSYLVANIA WERE OVER CENTRAL TIOGA COUNTY NEAR WELLSBORO AND ALSO IN CLINTON COUNTY NEAR RENOVO. THESE STORMS MAY BE PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT CLOSE TO 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS COULD BEGIN TO AFFECT SECTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...ESPECIALLY SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY...BY AROUND 5 PM. PERSONS IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK QUICK SHELTER IF SUCH CONDITIONS APPROACH. THE INSIDE OF A STURDY BUILDING OR AN AUTOMOBILE USUALLY PROVIDE THE BEST PROTECTION AGAINST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. JUREWICZ/HAMILTON WSO WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Schuyler | 68 min |
| Jun 13, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Seneca, Tompkins | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung | 55 min |
| Jun 13, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware, Otsego | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Schuyler, Yates | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Seneca | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tompkins | 52 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.