Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1998, 8:41 AM EDT for Cortland County, Tompkins County, New York. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 25, 1998, 8:41 AM EDT (12:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1998, 9:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cortland County, NY, Tompkins County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:50 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Cortland, NY | A short line of thunderstorms quickly intensified and became severe across western portions of the county during the mid morning hours. Large tree limbs were downed in the city of Cortland by strong winds along the leading edge of the squall line. |
| Jun 25, 9:00 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Dryden, NY | The southern end of a line of severe thunderstorms affected eastern sections of the county. Several trees were uprooted or otherwise toppled in the town of Dryden around 900 am EDT. Power lines were also downed with a couple of streets closed off to traffic |
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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 62 min |
| Jun 25, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga | 64 min |
| Jun 25, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Schuyler | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tioga | 50 min |
| Jun 25, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.