Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Binghamton, NY

Issued

Apr 18, 2002, 3:52 AM EDT (07:52 UTC)

Expired

Apr 18, 2002, 4:45 AM EDT

In force

53 min

Issued by

NWS Binghamton, NY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chemung County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Steuben County, NY

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
352 AM EDT THU APR 18 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHEMUNG COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.
  SOUTHERN SCHUYLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.
  EASTERN STEUBEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.

* UNTIL 445 AM EDT.

* AT 350 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MONTEREY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WEDGEWOOD AND MONTOUR FALLS AT 405 AM EDT.
  MILLPORT AND ODESSA AT 410 AM EDT.
  MILTOOR AND CATHARINE AT 415 AM EDT.
  HORSEHEADS NORTH AND ALPINE AT 420 AM EDT.
  CAYUTA AND BREESPORT AT 425 AM EDT.
  ERIN AT 430 AM EDT.
  VAN ETTEN AT 440 AM EDT.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN BINGHAMTON.

LAT...LON 4225 7718 4241 7710 4234 7670 4229 7669
          4228 7654 4207 7656

NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 17, 9:45 PM EDT, 6 hours 7 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
945 PM EDT WED APR 17 2002

SCT -TSRA DVLPD THIS EVNG OVER THE WRN MOHAWK VLY AND SUSQ RGN. ONE
CELL DVLPD ALONG A SWD-DROPPING BNDRY (SIMLAR TO THE BNDRY WE
OBSERVED LAST EVNG) AND PRODUCED SOME DAMAGE IN CHENANGO CNTY.

LOOKS LIKE THINGS WILL BE QUIETING DOWN FOR THE OVERNGT PD AND WILL
ISSUE UPDATE TO REMOVE EVNG REFS.
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ANOTHER DAY OF RECORD BREAKING TEMPERATURES TODAY WITH MID TO UPPER
80S GENERALLY THE RULE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. CLOUDS ON THE
INCREASE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AS A SHORT WAVE MOVES EAST. THIS
WEAK WAVE IS PROGGED TO WEAKEN STILL FURTHER AS IT APPROACHES THE
FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING.  LINE OF SHOWERS WITH THE SYSTEM MOVED
ACROSS MICHIGAN THIS MORNING AND HAD WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY EARLY
THIS AFTN, BUT NOW A FEW MORE SHOWERS AND TSRA DEVELOPING OVER SE
ONTARIO AND ALONG EASTERN LAKE ERIE SHORELINE. ALTHOUGH ETA
SOUNDINGS SHOW QUITE A BIT OF INSTABILITY THIS AFTN WITH LIFTED
INDICES -3 TO -5 AND CAPES 1300-1500 J/KG, THE ATMOSPHERE IS CAPPED
ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTN. BUT WITH APPROACHING WEAK WAVE AND
LINGERING INSTABILITY THIS EVENING, ALONG WITH SOME WEAK LIFT
PROGGED MAINLY ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FA, WILL CONTINUE THE
LOW CHC POP FOR SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM THIS EVENING.

ON THURSDAY THE SURFACE HIGH BUILDS BACK ACROSS THE NORTHEAST WITH
ANOTHER DRY DAY WITH WARM TEMPS. WINDS FROM A MORE NORTHWESTERLY
DIRECTION WILL ADVECT IN SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR. STILL, 850MB TEMPS
ONLY ABOUT 2 TO 3 DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAYS VALUES. WILL TREND
CLOSER TO THE WARMER MAV HIGHS FOR THURSDAY, GENERALLY AROUND
80/LOWER 80S.

STRONGER COLD FRONT APPROACHES ON FRIDAY AND MOVES THROUGH THE
FORECAST AREA DURING THE AFTN. LIKELY POPS STILL LOOK GOOD WITH CHC
THUNDERSTORMS.

.BGM...NONE.

JML

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.