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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 17, 1995Broome County, Tioga County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1995, 4:30 PM EDT for Broome County, Tioga County, New York. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 1995, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 1995, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Broome County, NY, Tioga County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 2:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes 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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 3:50 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

PAZ038-044-047-048-039-040-043-180200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
350 PM EDT MON JUL 17 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

BRADFORD PA...
LACKAWANNA PA...
LUZERNE PA...
PIKE PA...
SUSQUEHANNA PA...
WAYNE PA...
WYOMING PA...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH
IN DIAMETER OR LARGER...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS OF 58 MPH OR
GREATER AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

GET TO A SAFE PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE
OPEN.  STAY OFF THE PHONE AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  LIGHTNING
IS A KILLER IN THESE STORMS.  DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES AND
GET OUT OF OPEN AREAS.

SHERWOOD

WWUS34KJKL0

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 3:51 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 8:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Delaware, Otsego	3 hr
Jul 17, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chenango, Otsego	59 min
Jul 17, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Delaware	57 min
Jul 17, 4:11 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Otsego	2 hr
Jul 17, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Delaware	68 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.