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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 9, 1997Delaware County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1997, 2:52 PM EDT for Delaware County, New York. It was in force for 68 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
Jul 9, 1997, 2:52 PM EDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1997, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Delaware County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 9, 3:10 PM EDTThunderstorm WindMeredith, NYThe persistent bow echo moved into northern Delaware county and caused a bit more in the way of wind damage before finally weakening. Numerous large trees and wires were blown down across roadways both in Meredith and Davenport.

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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 1997-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1101 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 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
1101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.5

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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 Jul 8, 7:43 PM EDT, 19 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 7:43 PM EDT, 19 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
743 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 1997

LOTS GOING ON WITH CURRENT SEVERE WEATHER ACTIVITY. CURRENT FORECAST
LOOKS GOOD. HAVE MADE NO CHANGES. NEXT ROUND OF SVR WEATHER POSSIBLY
SETTING UP FOR WED.  BOTH ETA/NGM VERY SIMILIAR IN SOLUTION OF HANDLING
NEXT SHORT WAVE ROTATING AROUND UPPER LOW VCNTY 72W 50N. BY 12Z WED
BOTH THE ETA/NGM HAVE A WEAK SFC LOW OVER NORTHERN NH WITH ASSOCIATED
COLD FRONT EXTENDING SW ACROSS OUR CWA.

THE 24 HR AVN 300 MB ISOTACH PROG VALID 12Z WED IS FORECASING A 70 KT
JET MAX TO THE EAST OF THE UPPER LOW.  THIS PLACES NY STATE UNDER THE
RIGHT REAR ENTRANCE REGION OF THE JET SUPPORTING SYNOPTIC SCALE UPWARD
VERTICAL MOTION.  THIS COMIBINED WITH OUR CWA BEING IN THE WARM SECTOR
OF THE LOW AND THE SFC COLD FRONT ADVANCING ACROSS THE REGION MAY SET
UP THE FORECAST AREA FOR SEVERE WEATHER TMW.  ONLY QUESTION FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION ON WED IS THE AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE/HEATING THAT
WE RECEIVE BEFORE THE FROPA.  IF HEATING IS MINIMAL...THE STORMS MAY
NOT REACH SEVERE LIMITS.

FWC TEMPS LOOK GOOD.

.BGM...NONE.

KUHL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego56 min
Jul 9, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMPike64 min

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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.