Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2002, 5:33 PM EDT for Pike County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2002, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2002, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pike County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
965 WUUS51 KBGM 312133 SVRBGM PAC103-312200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 532 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. * UNTIL 600 PM EDT. * AT 530 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF BUSHKILL...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... BUSHKILL AROUND 545 PM. 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 4121 7517 4109 7521 4105 7487 4121 7482
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 May 31, 3:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 320 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 ACTIVE AFTERNOON WITH SEVERE WEATHER ONGOING. MAIN UPPER LOW MOVING ACROSS SE ONTARIO WITH SEVERAL SHORTWAVE TROUGHS MOVING ACROSS NY. A DRY SLOT ALOFT HAS MOVED OVER WRN NY...JUST EAST OF THE SURFACE COLD FRONT...AND STORMS ARE JUST BEGINNING TO FIRE IN THIS AREA. THE CONVECTION SHOULD LAST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN QUICKLY COME TO AN END AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPS FALLING INTO THE 50S. SATURDAY..MOSTLY SUNNY FOR MOST OF THE DAY WITH HIGHS NEAR 80. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE IN THE DAY...BUT THERE WILL BE MUCH LESS MOISTURE TO WORK WITH THAN TODAY... SO EXPECT ONLY SCATTERED CONVECTION TO FORM ACROSS THE NRN HALF OF OUR AREA. WITH INVERTED-V SOUNDINGS AND LOW WBZ VALUES WE COULD SEE A FEW STRONG/SEVERE STORMS. SAT NIGHT..THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH AS WELL AS A DECENT SHORTWAVE ALOFT...SO WILL MENTION SCATTERED TSTORMS IN ALL ZONES. SUNDAY..IT WILL BE A BREEZY AND COOL DAY WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE UPPER 50S NORTH TO NEAR 70 SOUTH. EXTENDED (SUN NIGHT-FRI)..THE UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCES OF RAIN SOMEWHERE IN OUR AREA EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUN NIGHT AND THURSDAY. WORK ZONES SOON. ZONES BY 345 PM. .BGM...NONE. VAN AUSDALL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 31, 1:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
NYZ045-046-311815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 115 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MOVING INTO THE AREA... AT 114 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS NEAR CINCINNATUS....OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MC DONOUGH....MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...NORWICH AND PRESTON AT 130 PM...SOUTH NEW BERLIN AND HOLMESVILLE AT 145 PM...LAURENS AND MORRIS AT 200 PM...PORTLANDVILLE AND MT VISION AT 215 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/BGM. NICOSIA
Special weather statement, May 31, 2:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 209 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 ...A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL MOVING INTO THE AREA... AT 205 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL FROM 38 MILES NORTHEAST OF STAMFORD TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONROETON... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... MARYLAND AND KIRKWOOD AT 215 PM. WINDSOR AND DAVENPORT AT 220 PM. WYALUSING AND GREAT BEND AT 225 PM. MONTROSE AND MEREDITH AT 230 PM. SUSQUEHANNA AND NEW MILFORD AT 235 PM. AUBURN CENTER AND WALTON AT 240 PM. MESHOPPEN AND MEHOOPANY AT 245 PM. GIBSON AT 250 PM. TUNKHANNOCK AND LAKE CAREY AT 255 PM. NICHOLSON AND ROXBURY AT 300 PM. ANY THUNDERSTORM ALONG THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/BGM. NICOSIA
Special weather statement, May 31, 2:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
NYZ009-018-037-036-017-016-015-022-023-024-055-025-044-056-045-046- 057-062-312300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 220 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ONEIDA NY... ONONDAGA NY... MADISON NY... CAYUGA NY... SENECA NY... YATES NY... STEUBEN NY... SCHUYLER NY... CHEMUNG NY... TIOGA NY... TOMPKINS NY... CORTLAND NY... BROOME NY... CHENANGO NY... OTSEGO NY... DELAWARE NY... SULLIVAN 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 700 PM EDT. VAN AUSDALL
Special weather statement, May 31, 3:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
PAZ038-039-040-048-044-043-047-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 300 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BRADFORD PA... SUSQUEHANNA PA... WAYNE PA... PIKE PA... LACKAWANNA PA... WYOMING PA... LUZERNE 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. 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 800 PM EDT. VAN AUSDALL
Local storm report, May 31, 4:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON, NY
427 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0355 PM 2 N OWEGO NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/02 TIOGA NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0405 PM 5 E OWEGO NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/02 TIOGA LARGE TREE SHEARED OFF AND
LANDED ON TRAILER
0410 PM 2 N OWEGO NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/02 TIOGA ROOF BLOWN OFF
0350 PM VAN ETTEN NY .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/02 TIOGALocal storm report, May 31, 5:24 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON, NY
524 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0403 PM MARATHON NY .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/02 CORTLAND
0430 PM UPPER LISLE NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/02 BROOME TREES DOWN
0445 PM HANCOCK NY 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/31/02 DELAWAREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 54 min |
| May 31, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 47 min |
| May 31, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 58 min |
| May 31, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 59 min |
| May 31, 4:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Wayne | 23 min |
| May 31, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Wayne | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.