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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 31, 1998Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 9:19 PM EDT for Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 1998, 9:19 PM EDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 1998, 10:20 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Whole counties

County Susquehanna County, PA

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 31, 8:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

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, 2:11 PM EDT, 7 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 2:11 PM EDT, 7 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 5:16 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 31, 5:16 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NEW YORK
516 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0450 PM    ELMIRA HGTS               NY   1.5 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   CHEMUNG

0450 PM    ONEONTA                   NY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   OTSEGO                         MANY TREES UP TO 36 INCHES
                                          IN DIAMETER INTO HOUSES

0509 PM    ANGELICA                  NY   TORNADO
05/31/98   STEUBEN                        TORNADO REPORTED ON THE
                                          GROUND IN ANGELICA AND
                                          MOVING TOWARD ALFRED

Local storm report, May 31, 5:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NEW YORK
556 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0300 PM    HECTOR                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   SCHUYLER                       NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGE
                                          TO
                                          TREES...BUILDINGS...POWER
                                          POLES...AND HOMES.

0321 PM    SHERBURNE                 NY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   CHENANGO                       HIGH WINDS AND TREE LIMBS
                                          DOWN

0339 PM    COOPERSTOWN               NY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   OTSEGO                         TREES DOWN

0430 PM    CORNING                   NY   .5 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   STEUBEN

0446 PM    DAVENPORT                 NY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   DELAWARE                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

0446 PM    FRANKLIN                  NY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   DELAWARE                       TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROUTE
                                          28

0455 PM    ELMIRA                    NY   1.5 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   CHEMUNG

0520 PM    OWEGO                     NY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   TIOGA                          LARGE TREES AND POWER
                                          POLES DOWN

0528 PM    OWEGO                     NY   .5 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   TIOGA

0528 PM    OWEGO                     NY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   TIOGA                          LARGE TREES AND POWER
                                          POLES DOWN

0530 PM    BARTON                    NY   1 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   TIOGA

0540 PM    ENDICOTT                  NY   .5 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   BROOME

0550 PM    PLYMOUTH                  NY   TORNADO
05/31/98   CHENANGO                       TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT
                                          PLYMOUTH RESEVOIR

0550 PM    NORWICH                   NY   TORNADO
05/31/98   CHENANGO                       TORNADO ON THE GROUND ONE
                                          MILE N OF NORWICH

Local storm report, May 31, 5:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 31, 6:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NEW YORK
633 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0538 PM    CANDOR                    NY   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   TIOGA

0615 PM    BINGHAMTON                NY   TORNADO
05/31/98   BROOME                         LARGE TORNADO ON THE
                                          GROUND IN DOWNTOWN
                                          BINGHAMTON. HOUSES TOTALLY
                                          DESTROYD VEHICLES
                                          OVERTURNED.

0630 PM    CONKLIN                   NY   TORNADO
05/31/98   BROOME                         NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HOUSES
                                          BLOWN APART WITH PEOPLE
                                          TRAPPED. THREE TORNADOS
                                          SPOTTED.

Local storm report, May 31, 6:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NEW YORK
633 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0538 PM    CANDOR                    NY   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   TIOGA

0615 PM    BINGHAMTON                NY   TORNADO
05/31/98   BROOME                         LARGE TORNADO ON THE
                                          GROUND IN DOWNTOWN
                                          BINGHAMTON. HOUSES TOTALLY
                                          DESTROYD VEHICLES
                                          OVERTURNED.

0630 PM    CONKLIN                   NY   TORNADO
05/31/98   BROOME                         NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HOUSES
                                          BLOWN APART WITH PEOPLE
                                          TRAPPED. THREE TORNADOS
                                          SPOTTED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 8:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Delaware	65 min
May 31, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Sullivan	66 min
May 31, 10:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Sullivan	59 min
May 31, 8:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Pike, Wayne	66 min
May 31, 8:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Bradford	63 min
May 31, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Susquehanna	65 min
May 31, 9:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Wyoming	64 min
May 31, 9:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Pike	89 min
May 31, 9:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna	63 min
May 31, 9:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Wayne	62 min
May 31, 9:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Wayne	64 min

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Sources

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