Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1998, 3:00 PM EDT for Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 75 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 29, 1998, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1998, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 75 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bradford County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | East Smithfield, PA | A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Bradford County during the afternoon. Trees and wires were toppled in East Smithfield at 3:50 pm and in Towanda at 4:00 pm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1241 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 29, 2:14 PM EDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 2:14 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 29, 12:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
NYZ056-024-045-044-057-046-023-022-055-025-017-036-009-037-018-016- 015-292200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1213 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BROOME NY... CHEMUNG NY... CHENANGO NY... CORTLAND NY... DELAWARE NY... OTSEGO NY... SCHUYLER NY... STEUBEN NY... TIOGA NY... TOMPKINS NY... CAYUGA NY... MADISON NY... ONEIDA NY... ONONDAGA NY... SENECA NY... YATES NY... 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. JSW
Local storm report, May 29, 1:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NEW YORK
145 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0128 PM SYRACUSE INTL ARPT NY 57 MPH TSTM GUST
05/29/98 ONONDAGA
0135 PM 5 E SENECA FALLS NY .88 INCH HAIL
05/29/98 SENECA AT THE NORTH END OF CAYUGA
LAKE
0139 PM 3 NW PENN YAN NY .88 INCH HAIL
05/29/98 YATES REPORT NORTH END OF KEYUKA
LAKESpecial weather statement, May 29, 1:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PAZ038-044-047-039-040-043-300000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 147 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: 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 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 800 PM EDT. JSW
Special weather statement, May 29, 1:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PAZ038-044-047-039-040-043-300000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 147 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: 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 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 800 PM EDT. JSW
Local storm report, May 29, 2:37 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Onondaga | 47 min |
| May 29, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 64 min |
| May 29, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Oneida | 62 min |
| May 29, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Seneca | 64 min |
| May 29, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Yates | 64 min |
| May 29, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Schuyler, Tompkins | 61 min |
| May 29, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Madison, Onondaga | 62 min |
| May 29, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cortland | 64 min |
| May 29, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung, Tioga | 77 min |
| May 29, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 77 min |
| May 29, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango | 78 min |
| May 29, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 75 min |
| May 29, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tompkins | 45 min |
| May 29, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 80 min |
| May 29, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 64 min |
| May 29, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 93 min |
| May 29, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 61 min |
| May 29, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 72 min |
| May 29, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 64 min |
| May 29, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wyoming | 79 min |
| May 29, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne | 90 min |
| May 29, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 62 min |
| May 29, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Pike | 78 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.