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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 31, 2005Bradford County, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2005, 5:52 AM EDT for Bradford County, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 53 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
Aug 31, 2005, 5:52 AM EDT (09:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2005, 6:45 AM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bradford County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 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
Aug 31, 2:55 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 243 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2005-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 168 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2005-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
808 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 4:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung, Steuben41 min
Aug 31, 6:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome39 min
Aug 31, 6:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango40 min
Aug 31, 6:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSusquehanna24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.