Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1996, 8:26 PM EDT for Susquehanna County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 64 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1996, 8:26 PM EDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1996, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Susquehanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 8:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Great Bend, PA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
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 May 10, 2:12 PM EDT, 6 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 2:12 PM EDT, 6 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 210 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996 WILL MAKE JUST A QUICK AFD AFTER TELCO/S WITH BUF/ALB/PHL. VERY UNSTABLE AIR ADVECTING ACROSS THE FCST AREA ATTM. MODIFIED PIT SNDG GIVES CAPES OF OVER 2500. CONV...HWVR...HAS BEEN SUPRESSED FOR THE MOST PART...WITH JUST SOME POPCORN SHWRS OVER NW PA. TNGT...FNT WILL SINK SOUTH FORM ONTARIO AND ALLOW CONV TRAIN TO PASS THRU THE FCST AREA. SEE NO REASON TO ARGUE WITH MOS POPS AND WILL GO CATEGORICAL WITH RW/TRW. PER TELCO...NO NEW WATCHES WILL BE ISSUED ATTM. RAIN IS STILL A LONG WAY AWAY...ALLOWING THE UPCOMING SHIFTS PLENTY OF TIME FOR ANALYSIS. MODELS HAVE TIMING DIFFERENCES...BUT ALL ARRIVE AT THE SAME CONCLUSION ...A NASTY CSTL STORM WILL RUIN THE WEEKEND. SAT WILL TURN COLDER AS FNT PUSHES SE...AND SAT NIGHT AND SUN FRIGID (FOR MAY). RAW WINDS AND OCNL SHWRS WILL MAKE FOR A TRULY CLASSIC UGLY MESS. WILL NOT MENTION THE S WRD FOR NOW.B..BUT IMAGINE SOME PLACES COULD SEE THE WHITE STUFF IN THE WEE HRS SUN. .BGM...FFW BUF ZONES. MORFORD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:36 PM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
NYZ024-023-022-025-017-016-015-PAZ038-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 334 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: CHEMUNG NY... SCHUYLER NY... STEUBEN NY... TOMPKINS NY... S. CAYUGA NY... SENECA NY... YATES NY... BRADFORD 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. ONCE AGAIN...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. MBS
Local storm report, May 10, 5:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
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NYZ056-045-044-057-046-055-036-009-037-018-062-PAZ044-047-048-039- 040-043-100500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 555 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BROOME NY... CHENANGO NY... CORTLAND NY... DELAWARE NY... OTSEGO NY... TIOGA NY... MADISON NY... ONEIDA NY... ONONDAGA NY... SULLIVAN NY... 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 NA KILLER IN THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES AND GET OUT OF OPEN AREAS. ONCE AGAIN...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT. JSW
Local storm report, May 10, 7:52 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Chemung | 3 hr |
| May 11, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 46 min |
| May 11, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Pike | 47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.