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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 31, 1998Tioga County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at May 31, 1998, 4:52 PM EDT for Tioga County, New York. It was in force for 78 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, 4:52 PM EDT (20:52 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1998, 6:10 PM EDT
In force
78 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Tioga County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 5:30 PM EDTTornado F0Apalachin, NYA supercell thunderstorm became tornadic across extreme southeastern section of the county. A tornado touched down in the town of Apalachin around 5:30 pm EDT just west of the Tioga/Broome county line. The tornado skipped along hilltop sections, snapping off

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 31, 3:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1998-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1998-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

145 
WFUS1 KBGM 312054 RRA
TORBGM
NYC107-312210-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
452 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TIOGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 610 PM EDT

* AT 450 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO CENTRAL CHEMUNG COUNTY... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SPENCER AND HALSEY VALLEY AT 510 PM EDT
  OWEGO AND CATATONK BY 520 PM EDT

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

TOWNSEND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 11:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSeneca, Yates72 min
May 31, 11:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Onondaga72 min
May 31, 12:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOneida76 min
May 31, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben63 min
May 31, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSeneca, Yates61 min
May 31, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTompkins64 min
May 31, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Cortland, Onondaga65 min
May 31, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben62 min
May 31, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSchuyler63 min
May 31, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung64 min
May 31, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Madison63 min
May 31, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego62 min
May 31, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango61 min
May 31, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben65 min
May 31, 4:08 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMChemung, Steuben62 min
May 31, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOnondaga62 min
May 31, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware49 min
May 31, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCortland63 min
May 31, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Madison61 min
May 31, 5:08 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMSteuben62 min
May 31, 5:23 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMSchuyler62 min
May 31, 5:26 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMBroome64 min
May 31, 5:41 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMChenango64 min
May 31, 6:04 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMOtsego61 min
May 31, 6:22 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMBroome, Delaware63 min
May 31, 6:32 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMChemung, Tioga63 min
May 31, 6:48 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMBroome67 min
May 31, 6:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMSeneca2 hr
May 31, 7:10 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMDelaware65 min
May 31, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan61 min
May 31, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung, Tioga61 min
May 31, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome78 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.