Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 1:22 PM EDT for Steuben 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
- May 31, 1998, 1:22 PM EDT (17:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1998, 2:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Steuben County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Hornell, NY | A severe thunderstorm moved across the county during the early afternoon. Trees and wires were blown down in Hornell and Atlanta at 2:15 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 nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 295 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1673 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 31, 10:02 AM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 10:02 AM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
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NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036>037-044>046-055>057-062- PAZ038>040-043>044-047>048-010300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1238 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998 ...AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH...DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOES IS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS FORECASTING AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOES FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. A SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEEPENING AS IT MOVES RAPIDLY INTO SOUTHERN QUEBEC DURING THE DAY. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL BRING VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES INTO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. WITH THE LOW CONTINUING TO INTENSIFY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY VERY DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES WILL SPREAD ACROSS NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE DAYTIME HEATING DESTABILIZES THE AIRMASS FURTHER...SEVERE STORMS WILL BECOME EVEN MORE WIDESPREAD...WITH THE ACTIVITY MOVING INTO NEW ENGLAND BY THIS EVENING. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER. A WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN DETECTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR OR SPOTTERS. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. ~ THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. YOU ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES...AND LISTEN TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS. LOMBARDY
Special weather statement, May 31, 12:38 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036>037-044>046-055>057-062- PAZ038>040-043>044-047>048-010300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1238 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998 ...AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH...DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOES IS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS FORECASTING AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOES FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. A SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEEPENING AS IT MOVES RAPIDLY INTO SOUTHERN QUEBEC DURING THE DAY. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL BRING VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES INTO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. WITH THE LOW CONTINUING TO INTENSIFY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY VERY DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES WILL SPREAD ACROSS NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE DAYTIME HEATING DESTABILIZES THE AIRMASS FURTHER...SEVERE STORMS WILL BECOME EVEN MORE WIDESPREAD...WITH THE ACTIVITY MOVING INTO NEW ENGLAND BY THIS EVENING. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER. A WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN DETECTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR OR SPOTTERS. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. ~ THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. YOU ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES...AND LISTEN TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS. LOMBARDY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 11:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Seneca, Yates | 72 min |
| May 31, 11:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Onondaga | 72 min |
| May 31, 12:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Oneida | 76 min |
| May 31, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Seneca, Yates | 61 min |
| May 31, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tompkins | 64 min |
| May 31, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Cortland, Onondaga | 65 min |
| May 31, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 62 min |
| May 31, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Schuyler | 63 min |
| May 31, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung | 64 min |
| May 31, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Madison | 63 min |
| May 31, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 62 min |
| May 31, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango | 61 min |
| May 31, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 65 min |
| May 31, 4:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Chemung, Steuben | 62 min |
| May 31, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Onondaga | 62 min |
| May 31, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 49 min |
| May 31, 4:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Tioga | 78 min |
| May 31, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cortland | 63 min |
| May 31, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Madison | 61 min |
| May 31, 5:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Steuben | 62 min |
| May 31, 5:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Schuyler | 62 min |
| May 31, 5:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Broome | 64 min |
| May 31, 5:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Chenango | 64 min |
| May 31, 6:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Otsego | 61 min |
| May 31, 6:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Broome, Delaware | 63 min |
| May 31, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Chemung, Tioga | 63 min |
| May 31, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Broome | 67 min |
| May 31, 6:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Seneca | 2 hr |
| May 31, 7:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Delaware | 65 min |
| May 31, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 61 min |
| May 31, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung, Tioga | 61 min |
| May 31, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 78 min |
| May 31, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 76 min |
| May 31, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Bradford | 65 min |
| May 31, 6:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 63 min |
| May 31, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna | 64 min |
| May 31, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Pike, Wayne | 65 min |
| May 31, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Pike, Wayne | 63 min |
| May 31, 7:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Pike, Wayne | 63 min |
| May 31, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne | 62 min |
| May 31, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Lackawanna | 64 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.