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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 2, 1995Monroe County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 4:03 PM EDT for Monroe County, New York. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1995, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1995, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 1995-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 145 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 1995-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 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 
TTAA00 KBUF 022003 RRA
SVRBUF
NYC055-022100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
403 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN  NEW YORK
 
   ...MONROE COUNTY
 
AND ADJACENT WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES
 
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY RADAR NEAR THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT
AT 400 PM. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
SAGE

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 2, 3:05 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-
043-044-047-048-030100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - THUNDERSTORMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
305 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS
CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND
WESTERN NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD INTO BRADFORD COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA...AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER AND FINGER LAKES
REGION OF NEW YORK LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE ACROSS THE REST OF
CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA THIS EVENING.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...
WHICH MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IF
YOU WILL BE DRIVING...BE PREPARED FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. DON/T
DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO FLOODED AREAS.

IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR PLANS THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING...KEEP AN EYE TO
THE SKY...AND BE PREPARED TO GET INSIDE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.

SHORT TERM FORECASTS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO WILL DETAIL THE MOVEMENT OF
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
THROUGH THE EVENING. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.

DELLICARPINI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMWayne59 min
Jun 2, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben56 min
Jun 2, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSeneca37 min
Jun 2, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung, Schuyler68 min
Jun 2, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOnondaga60 min
Jun 2, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTompkins68 min
Jun 2, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida56 min
Jun 2, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango38 min
Jun 2, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida41 min
Jun 2, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego55 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.