Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1996, 1:04 PM EDT for Chemung County, Schuyler County, New York. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 22, 1996, 1:04 PM EDT (17:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1996, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chemung County, NY, Schuyler County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:10 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Tyrone, NY | |
| Jun 22, 1:30 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Chemung, NY |
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 nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 419 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 410 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
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 Jun 22, 9:34 AM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 9:34 AM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
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NYZ056-024-045-044-055-025-PAZ038-044-047-048-039-040-043-222200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1245 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BROOME NY... CHEMUNG NY... CHENANGO NY... CORTLAND NY... TIOGA NY... TOMPKINS NY... 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. ONCE AGAIN...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT. DELLICARPINI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tioga | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 57 min |
| Jun 22, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wyoming | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 57 min |
| Jun 22, 3:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Wyoming | 24 min |
| Jun 22, 3:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne | 47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.