Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2001, 12:19 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Seneca County, New York. It was in force for 61 min. 3 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
- Jul 1, 2001, 12:19 PM EDT (16:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2001, 1:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Seneca County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 12:24 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Cato, NY | |
| Jul 1, 12:24 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Cato, NY | Emergency management reported trees and wires blown down by thunderstorm winds 3 miles south of Cato. |
| Jul 1, 12:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Dublin, NY | Law enforcement reported trees and wires blown down by thunderstorm winds in Junius township. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1768 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 8.3
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 1, 10:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 10:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1030 AM EDT SUN JUL 01 2001 WILL NOT PLAN ON ANY UPDATES TO FCST THIS MRNG AS ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR A SEVERE WEATHER LAUNCH THIS AFTERNOON...ESP ACROSS NE PA WHERE HTG CONTS TO DESTABILIZE THE AIR MASS. MODIFICATION OF BUF SOUNDING USING SHARP WITH 80/68 YIELDS CAPES OF 3200. ALSO BUF RAOB SHOWS MUCH BETTER WIND FIELD THAN YSTRDY WITH MEAN 0-6KM WIND AROUND 40 KTS. UNIDIRECTIONAL PROFILE MEANS SPLITTING AND MULTICELL STORMS TDY INSTEAD OF SPINNERS. VIL 'O DAY IS ABOUT 45 TO 50. DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH SVR ACTIVITY OVR NRN CWA THIS AFTN THOUGH AS MRNG CONVECTION WILL LAY DOWN A STABLE LYR WITH TOO MUCH CIN TO OVERCOME. ALSO DEBRIS CLDS FROM CONVECTION ACRS WRN NY LIKELY TO PREVENT ADDITIONAL HTG THERE. BEST PLACE FOR SVR STORMS OVR NE PA WHERE UPPER 60S DWPTS AND TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE IN LOW 80S. MAPS LI ANALYSIS ALREADY SHOWS ABT -4 THERE. CpONVECTION ACRS NRN TIER CO OF PA NOW WILL PRODUCE OUTFLOWS TO HELP KICK OFF STORMS IN NE PA TOWARD NOON. .BGM...NONE. RH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:15 AM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
NYZ009-037-036-018-017-016-015-022-024-023-025-055-056-044-045-046- 011800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 815 AM EDT SUN JUL 01 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ONEIDA NY... MADISON NY... ONONDAGA NY... CAYUGA NY... SENECA NY... YATES NY... STEUBEN NY... CHEMUNG NY... SCHUYLER NY... TOMPKINS NY... OTSEGO NY... CHENANGO NY... CORTLAND NY... TIOGA NY... BROOME NY... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON. ONCE AGAIN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT.
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 10:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-011800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1045 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2001 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW YORK UNTIL 200 PM... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT SWEEPS INTO THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE CONTAINING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA WHERE BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS HAVE ALLOWED THE INSTABILITY TO INCREASE. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES MAY BE NEEDED FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR P$OSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON. ONCE AGAIN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW YORK.
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 11:36 AM EDT, 43 minutes before
NYZ057-062-PAZ040-048-047-044-043-039-038-012200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1136 AM EDT SUN JUL 01 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: DELAWARE NY... SULLIVAN NY... WAYNE PA... PIKE PA... LUZERNE PA... LACKAWANNA PA... WYOMING PA... SUSQUEHANNA PA... BRADFORD PA... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TU3NE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON. ONCE AGAIN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Onondaga | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Madison, Oneida | 85 min |
| Jul 1, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Yates | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 12:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 66 min |
| Jul 1, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 66 min |
| Jul 1, 12:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 58 min |
| Jul 1, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.