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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 31, 2002Madison County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2002, 12:16 PM EDT for Madison County, New York. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2002, 12:16 PM EDT (16:16 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2002, 1:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:18 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2002-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 59 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 2002-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
59 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
835 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

275 
WUUS51 KBGM 311616
SVRBGM
NYC053-311700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1216 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.

* UNTIL 100 PM EDT.

* AT 1213 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM CHITTENANGO TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF CAZENOVIA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LENOX AND ONEIDA AT 1225 PM EDT.
  SHERRILL AND PETERBORO AT 1230 PM EDT.
  STOCKBRIDGE AND MORRISVILLE AT 1235 PM EDT.
  EATON AND PIERCEVILLE AT 1240 PM EDT.
  SOLSVILLE AND PECKSPORT AT 1245 PM EDT.
  BROOKFIELD AT 1255 PM 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.

$$
NICOSIA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 11:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Onondaga51 min
May 31, 12:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOneida36 min
May 31, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCortland51 min
May 31, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTioga35 min
May 31, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome46 min
May 31, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego50 min
May 31, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware61 min
May 31, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan54 min
May 31, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Tioga65 min
May 31, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Onondaga47 min
May 31, 3:37 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMBroome, Tioga38 min
May 31, 3:53 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMSullivan37 min
May 31, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Delaware, Tioga64 min
May 31, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego62 min
May 31, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware59 min
May 31, 4:57 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMDelaware, Sullivan33 min

Nearby

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

Sources

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.