Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1998, 5:02 AM EDT for Sullivan County, New York. It was in force for 63 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
- Sep 7, 1998, 5:02 AM EDT (09:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1998, 6:05 AM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sullivan County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 6:00 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Huntington, NY | A thunderstorm cell quickly strengthened to severe intensity over central portions of the county just prior to sunrise. Wind gusts knocked down several trees and some power lines in and close to Lake Huntington around 600 am EDT. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 1:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1998 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1651 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 10.7
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 Sep 7, 3:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 3:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 7, 12:02 AM EDT, 5 hours before
NYZ009-015>018-022-023-025-036-037-044-070901- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1202 AM EDT MON SEP 7 1998 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...STEUBEN...YATES...TOMPKINS...SCHUYLER...SENECA...CAYUGA... CORTLAND...ONONDAGA...AND MADISON... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 500 AM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES AS THEY MOVED ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH AND HAIL TO 1 INCH DIAMETER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS OUTLET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE STORMS. AHNERT
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 1:21 AM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
NYZ056-024-045-044-057-046-023-055-025-062-PAZ038-044-047-039-040- 043-071000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 121 AM EDT MON SEP 07 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM EDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BROOME NY... CHEMUNG NY... CHENANGO NY... CORTLAND NY... DELAWARE NY... OTSEGO NY... SCHUYLER NY... TIOGA NY... TOMPKINS NY... SULLIVAN NY... BRADFORD PA... LACKAWANNA PA... LUZERNE 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 HA 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 AM EDT. AHNERT
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 1:21 AM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
NYZ056-024-045-044-057-046-023-055-025-062-PAZ038-044-047-039-040- 043-071000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 121 AM EDT MON SEP 07 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM EDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BROOME NY... CHEMUNG NY... CHENANGO NY... CORTLAND NY... DELAWARE NY... OTSEGO NY... SCHUYLER NY... TIOGA NY... TOMPKINS NY... SULLIVAN NY... BRADFORD PA... LACKAWANNA PA... LUZERNE 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 HA 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 AM EDT. AHNERT
Local storm report, Sep 7, 3:07 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Sep 7, 12:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Seneca, Yates | 58 min |
| Sep 7, 12:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Onondaga | 58 min |
| Sep 7, 1:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Madison, Oneida, Onondaga | 60 min |
| Sep 7, 1:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 60 min |
| Sep 7, 1:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Madison, Onondaga | 56 min |
| Sep 7, 1:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Oneida | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 1:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Otsego | 62 min |
| Sep 7, 2:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 60 min |
| Sep 7, 2:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Delaware | 64 min |
| Sep 7, 3:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Schuyler, Steuben | 64 min |
| Sep 7, 3:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung, Tompkins | 64 min |
| Sep 7, 3:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung, Steuben, Tioga | 64 min |
| Sep 7, 3:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 65 min |
| Sep 7, 4:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 65 min |
| Sep 7, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 74 min |
| Sep 7, 3:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 66 min |
| Sep 7, 4:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 62 min |
| Sep 7, 10:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 77 min |
| Sep 7, 11:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne, Wyoming | 78 min |
| Sep 7, 11:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 76 min |
| Sep 7, 11:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna | 61 min |
| Sep 7, 12:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.