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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 3, 1997Seneca County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1997, 10:18 AM EDT for Seneca County, New York. It was in force for 42 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
Jul 3, 1997, 10:18 AM EDT (14:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1997, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Seneca County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 3, 10:40 AM EDTThunderstorm WindOvid, NYA thunderstorm quickly became severe over southern portions of Seneca county. Downed trees and wires were reported in the town of Ovid. The cell weakened below severe limits a short time later.

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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 245 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 1997-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 901 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 1997-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
901 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 11:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCortland46 min
Jul 3, 12:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango62 min
Jul 3, 1:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego59 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.