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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 17, 1995Chenango County, Otsego County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1995, 3:16 PM EDT for Chenango County, Otsego County, New York. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 1995, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 1995, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chenango County, NY, Otsego County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 1995-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 1995-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
831 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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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.

NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 17, 2:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 2:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
210 PM EDT MON JUL 17 1995

A LOT GOING ON SO WILL BE SHORT.  PREFRONTAL BNDRY SHOWING UP GOOD AS
WIDELY SCT LINE OF TRWS...WATCHING CLOSE...NOTHING THREATENING
CURRENTLY. FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT WATCH IN OTSEGO COUNTY TNT.

COLD FNT MVS THROUGH OVERNIGHT SOME CLEARING IN THE MORNING.  ON TUE
THE SHORT WAVE LAGS BEHIND BUT STILL NOT MUCH MOISTURE BUT PROBABLY
ISOLATED RW/TRWS WITH PVA/COOLING ALOFT. PER DISC WITH BUF WILL INCLUDE
A 30 POP TUES. RADICALLY DRIER COOLER AIRMASS CHANGE FOR TUES PM AND
WED.

.BGM...NONE

CHIARAMONTE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 8:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego3 hr
Jul 17, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware57 min
Jul 17, 4:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMOtsego2 hr
Jul 17, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Tioga60 min
Jul 17, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware68 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.