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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 27, 2005Pike County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2005, 4:12 PM EDT for Pike County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 33 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
Jul 27, 2005, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2005, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
33 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), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 27, 1:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2005-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 99 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 2005-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
99 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
877 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 27, 2:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 2:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
250 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)...
THE FRONT IS NOW MAKING PROGRESS ACROSS THE CENTRAL FORECAST AREA
WITH THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OUT AHEAD IN MORE WARM AND UNSTABLE
AIRMASS WITH PLENTY OF POST-FRONTAL SHOWERS BEHIND. WINDS SHIFTING
TO THE NORTHWEST WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE 60S WITH FROPA.
MODELS ARE A LITTLE FAST WITH THE FRONT, WHICH HAS BEEN SLOWED BY
WAVES DEVELOPING AND MOVING ALONG THE BOUNDARY. EXPECT THAT THE
FRONT WILL CLEAR THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS EVENING, AND THAT THE
POST FRONTAL SHOWERS WILL LINGER UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN
THE SOUTH.

DRIER CONDITIONS MOVE IN FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS THE FRONT DROPS
SOUTHWARD THRU THE MID ATLANTIC STATES. HIGH TEMPS IN THE 70S TO
NEAR 80 DEGREES. LOWS IN THE 50S. -03

&&

.LONG TERM (FRI NITE-WEDS)...
GENERALLY A MEAN RIDGE WITH HIGH PRESSURE EXPECTED TO KEEP THINGS
FAIR AND SEASONABLE AROUND THE AREA...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COLD
FRONT AND UPPER TROUGH PASSAGE TUESDAY TO BRING A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. -JAB
&&

.AVIATION (27/18Z - 28/18Z)...
COLD FRONT CROSSING THRU TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON WITH GENERALLY
MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS BEHIND THE BOUNDARY AND STRONG TSRA DVLPG AHEAD.
LOCALIZED PERIODS OF IFR VSBY/CIG SHOWING UP AT SYR-ITH AND UPSTREAM
AT FZY...BUT BELIVE THIS WILL MIX OUT IN NEXT FEW HRS. FRONT PASSES
AVP AROUND 23Z...WITH SHRA TAPERING OFF TWD 03Z-06Z. GRADUAL
IMPROVEMENT TO VFR CIGS OVERNIGHT AND SOME SCT CLRG PSBL. GIVEN
THAT...ELM AND AVP LIKELY TO DROP TO IFR-LIFR IN FG AFT 09Z. COULD
OCCUR ALSO AT UCA...BUT DRY ADVECTION A LITTLE STRONGER THAN FURTHER
SOUTH...AND MAY PRECLUDE DENSE FOG DVLPG. -JAB

&&

.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 800 PM FOR DELAWARE AND SULLIVAN.
.PA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 800 PM FOR LACHAWANNA,
LUZERNE, WAYNE AND PIKE.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 2:40 AM EDT, 13 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
240 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-PAZ038-280637-
BRADFORD PA-BROOME NY-CHEMUNG NY-CHENANGO NY-CORTLAND NY-DELAWARE NY-
MADISON NY-NORTHERN ONEIDA NY-ONONDAGA NY-OTSEGO NY-SCHUYLER NY-
SENECA NY-SOUTHERN CAYUGA NY-SOUTHERN ONEIDA NY-STEUBEN NY-TIOGA NY-
TOMPKINS NY-YATES NY-
240 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AHEAD OF A SLOWLY ADVANCING COLD
FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

NYZ062-PAZ039-040-043-044-047-048-072-280637-
LACKAWANNA PA-LUZERNE PA-NORTHERN WAYNE PA-PIKE PA-SOUTHERN WAYNE PA-
SULLIVAN NY-SUSQUEHANNA PA-WYOMING PA-
240 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAS
T PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE WARM AIR
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 1:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
131 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

NYZ024-025-044-045-055-056-271830-
BROOME NY-CHEMUNG NY-CHENANGO NY-CORTLAND NY-TIOGA NY-TOMPKINS NY-
131 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA...

* AT 128 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY
  WINDS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  ELMIRA TO CORTLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MARATHON AT 145 PM EDT
  WAVERLY AT 155 PM EDT
  OWEGO AT 205 PM EDT
  NORWICH AT 210 PM EDT
  ENDICOTT AT 215 PM EDT
  JOHNSON CITY AT 220 PM EDT
  BINGHAMTON AT 225 PM EDT
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
248 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

NYZ057-271930-
DELAWARE NY-
248 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA...

* AT 246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY
  WINDS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7
  MILES NORTH OF ROXBURY TO PEABROOK..AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WOLF HOLLOW AT 255 PM EDT
  NEW KINGSTON AT 300 PM EDT
  ROXBURY AT 310 PM EDT
  HALCOTTSVILLE AT 325 PM EDT
  MARGARETVILLE AND ARKVILLE AT 330 PM EDT

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
254 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

PAZ047-272000-
LUZERNE PA-
254 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA...

* AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAST BERWICK...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HAZLETON AT 340 PM EDT

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY AFFECTING
LUZERNE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CONTAIN LARGE HAIL
OR STRONG WIND GUSTS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY

JAB
Local storm report, Jul 27, 3:53 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
353 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0340 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GRAHAMSVILLE            41.85N 74.57W
07/27/2005                   SULLIVAN           NY   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN

&&

MJC
Local storm report, Jul 27, 4:06 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango81 min
Jul 26, 8:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison56 min
Jul 26, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOneida38 min
Jul 26, 8:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego70 min
Jul 26, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan35 min
Jul 27, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan66 min
Jul 27, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan59 min
Jul 27, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan62 min
Jul 26, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford63 min
Jul 26, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSusquehanna71 min
Jul 26, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMWyoming63 min
Jul 26, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLuzerne65 min
Jul 26, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLackawanna, Wayne63 min
Jul 27, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSusquehanna, Wayne65 min
Jul 27, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLuzerne55 min
Jul 27, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMWayne26 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.