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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 2, 2006Madison County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2006, 3:40 PM EDT for Madison County, New York. It was in force for 35 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 2, 2006, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2006, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Madison County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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 2, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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 2006-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 177 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 2006-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 273 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
177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1072 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
273 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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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 2, 1:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 1:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
155 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

.AVIATION (02/12Z TO 03/12Z)...
GENERALLY VFR CONDS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL TAF SITES THRU THE PERIOD.
EXCEPTION WILL BE IN OCNL THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN SITES THIS
MORNING...WITH MVFR VSBYS DOWN TO 3SM EXPECTED IN TSRA.  OCNL LIGHT
SHOWERS AT KITH/KELM/KBGM FROM 12-14Z BEFORE A BRIEF BREAK. BKN CIGS
FROM 3500-5000 FEET EXPECTED AFTER 15Z ACROSS ALL SITES WITH CB.
MVFR CONDS MAY EXIST NR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.

SW FLOW WILL INCREASE TO 10-12KTS WITH GUSTS OVER 20KTS AT TIMES
THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET TO VRB03KT ACROSS MOST
SITES. IFR VSBY RESTRICTIONS IN FG EXPECTED AT KELM AFTER 07Z...WITH
MVFR CONDS ELSEWHERE.  -PB

&&

.SHORT TERM (TODAY - MONDAY)...
UPDATED ZONES/GRIDS FOR SVR TSRA WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 01Z.

RAISED POPS TO LIKELY ACROSS ENTIRE CWA AND INCLUDED ENHANCED
WORDING IN ZONES AND GRIDS FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
MULTIPLE SHORT WAVES IN FAST ZONAL FLOW FROM SRN MICHIGAN THROUGH
LAKE ERIE WILL ENHANCE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
COMBINED WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY AND FAVORABLE WIND FIELDS COULD
PRODUCE SEVERE CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR
PRIMARILY BOW ECHO (DAMAGING WIND) TYPE CONVECTION.  RRM

FAST NEAR ZONAL FLOW MOST OF THIS WEEK. THIS MORNING A STRONG SFC
LOW NORTH OF LAKE HURON WILL CONTINUE EAST TO NEWFOUNDLAND TONIGHT.
THIS WILL BRING US A WARM FRONT MIDDAY FOLLOWED BY A WEAK COLD FRONT
LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. ATTM SCT SHOWERS AND A FEW TS MOVING INTO
CWA THAT WILL LAST TO MIDDAY. DEWPTS WILL CLIMB INTO THE M60S IN
WARM SECTOR. GOOD LL SHEAR WITH 50 TO 60 KTS. WIND FIELDS ARE STRONG
FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH A 50 TO 60 KT 700MB JET. GFS HAS STRONGER
WINDS THAN NAM40. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE IS STILL GOOD ESPECIALLY
ACROSS NE PA AND SULLIVAN NY. IN THIS AREA THERE WILL BE MORE SUN
AND THEREFORE MORE INSTABILITY. CAPE EXPECTED TO EXCEED 1000. ALSO
WILL BE GOOD UL DIVERGENCE DUE TO JET COUPLET. CONVECTION WILL SINK
SE THIS AFTN AND EVE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. MODELS ARE IN
AGREEMENT TO PUSH THE FRONT WELL S OF CWA. THIS WILL GIVE A BREAK IN
THE SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.

ON MONDAY INCREASED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AGAIN AS FRONT LIFTS NORTH.
WAVES WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT WITH THE FIRST ONE MONDAY PM. WITH
HEATING ATMOS WILL BECOME UNSTABLE WITH SCT TS AGAIN. ISOLATED
SEVERE TS POSSIBLE IN PA CLOSER TO FRONT. ALSO A INCREASED THREAT
FOR FLASH FLOODING IN NE PA TO SRN CATSKILLS CLOSER TO W TO E NEARLY
STATIONARY FRONT WITH MULTIPLE WAVES LATE MONDAY INTO LATE TUESDAY.
&&

.HYDROLOGY...
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER CONTINUES TO FALL AND END IS IN SIGHT. RIVER
FLOODING THIS MORNING ENDS AT VESTAL AND PM AT CONKLIN AND
WAVERLY/SAYRE. RAINFALL FROM CONVECTION TODAY INTO MONDAY SHOULD NOT
BE ENOUGH TO PUT ANYTHING BACK IN FLOOD. WIND FIELDS ENOUGH THAT
ONLY CONCERN WILL BE TRAINING. SFC FRONT EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING
SOUTH SO ANY FLASH FLOODING WOULD BE LOCALIZED AT BEST IN NEXT 24
HOURS.
&&

.LONG RANGE (MON NIGHT - SATURDAY)...
PATTERN OF WAVES CONTINUE ON TUESDAY W/ SFC BNDRY NR FA AND UPPER
LEVEL VORTS MOVING THRU IN ZONAL FLOW.  UL TRIGGERS WILL HELP FOCUS
CONVECTION ACROSS BNDRY.  UNCERTAINTY EXISTS IN EXACT LOCATION OF
BOUNDARY...THUS HAVE KEPT CHC POPS IN FOR EARLY PART OF LONG RANGE
PORTION.  NW FLOW CONTINUES THRU END OF WK BEFORE UL RIDGING BEGINS
TO NOSE IN FROM THE WEST FRI NGT AND SAT.  GFS/ECMWF SIMILAR WITH
PATTERN OF TROF IN THE EAST AND RIDGE IN THE WEST...WITH GFS MORE
AGGRESSIVE CUTTING OFF H5 LOW SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC
STATES.  FOR NOW...WILL STICK WITH SLIGHTLY FASTER SOLN OF ECMWF...
WITH DRY CONDS AFTER 12Z THUR.  TEMPS TO REMAIN NR NORMAL BEHIND
FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT MOVES THRU WED.  -PB
&&

.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NY...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT
CONKLIN AND WAVERLY.
.PA...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT
SAYRE.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 4:05 AM EDT, 11 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
405 AM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

NYZ055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-030815-
TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-
NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
405 AM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
RIVER FLOODING ON THE SUSQUEHANNA WILL END TODAY EVERYWHERE. SEE
THE FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE
APPROACH OF A WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD HAVE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY
OF BECOMING SEVERE. STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE
MONDAY AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DRIER WEATHER RETURNS FOR
THE REST OF WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
RAINFALL SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO CALL IN ANY AMOUNTS OVER ONE INCH.

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-044>046-030815-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-
405 AM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW
YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE
APPROACH OF A WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD HAVE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
RAINFALL SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO CALL IN ANY AMOUNTS OVER ONE INCH.

NYZ037-030815-
SOUTHERN ONEIDA-
405 AM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW
YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THE MOHAWK AT UTICA IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TODAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE
APPROACH OF A WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD HAVE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
RAINFALL SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO CALL IN ANY AMOUNTS OVER ONE INCH.

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:22 PM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1222 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

NYZ009-021645-
NORTHERN ONEIDA NY-
1222 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

* AT 1219 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH WESTERN...AND
MOVING   EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  REMSEN AND PROSPECT AT 1230 PM EDT...
  HINCKLEY AT 1235 PM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
208 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

NYZ015>017-025-044-021915-
CORTLAND NY-TOMPKINS NY-SENECA NY-YATES NY-SOUTHERN CAYUGA NY-
208 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

* AT 206 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
  WIND...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  MIDDLESEX...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KEUKA COLLEGE AT 215 PM EDT...
  PENN YAN AT 220 PM...
  LODI POINT AT 230 PM...
  LODI AND OVID AT 235 PM EDT...
  INTERLAKEN AT 240 PM...
  LAKE RIDGE AND KIDDERS AT 245 PM...
  LANSINGVILLE AND TAUGHANNOCK FALLS AT 250 PM...
  GENOA AT 255 PM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:15 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
315 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

NYZ017-018-044-046-022000-
CORTLAND NY-OTSEGO NY-SOUTHERN CAYUGA NY-ONONDAGA NY-
315 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

* AT 306 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG
  GUSTY WINDS.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SEMPRONIUS...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PREBLE AND BALTIMORE AT 320 PM EDT...
  TULLY AND EAST HOMER AT 325 PM EDT...
  TRUXTON AND FABIUS AT 330 PM EDT...
  TRIPOLI AND CUYLER AT 335 PM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:31 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
331 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

PAZ043-047-022030-
LUZERNE PA-WYOMING PA-
331 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

...CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS MOVING
TOWARD WYOMING AND LUZERNE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS COVERED A LARGE PART OF NORTHEASTERN AND
CENTRAL LYCOMING COUNTIES AND NORTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTY AND WERE
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LOVELTON AT 345 PM EDT...
  FORKSTON AND KASSON BROOK AT 350 PM EDT...
  EVANS FALLS AND TUNKHANNOCK AT 355 PM EDT...
  EATONVILLE AND OSTERHOUT AT 400 PM EDT...
  FALLS AND LAKE WINOLA AT 405 PM EDT...
  WALLS CORNERS AND RUGGLES AT 410 PM EDT...
  SWEET VALLEY AND PIKES CREEK AT 415 PM EDT...
  SHICKSHINNY AND RANSOM AT 420 PM EDT...
  FORTY FORT AND KINGSTON AT 425 PM EDT...
  WILKES BARRE AT 430 PM EDT...

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

NICOSIA
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:38 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
338 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

NYZ036-046-022030-
MADISON NY-OTSEGO NY-
338 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

* AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG
  GUSTY WINDS.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIERCEVILLE...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HUBBARDSVILLE AND POOLVILLE AT 345 PM EDT...
  NORTH BROOKFIELD AT 350 PM EDT...
  BROOKFIELD AND SOUTH BROOKFIELD AT 355 PM EDT...
  UNADILLA FORKS AND LEONARDSVILLE AT 400 PM EDT...
  BURLINGTON AT 410 PM EDT...
  EXETER CENTER AT 415 PM EDT...
  RICHFIELD SPRINGS AND OAKSVILLE AT 420 PM EDT...
  COOPERSTOWN AT 425 PM EDT...
  SPRINGFIELD AND EAST SPRINGFIELD AT 430 PM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOneida37 min
Jul 2, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego25 min
Jul 2, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOnondaga55 min
Jul 2, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego35 min
Jul 2, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison66 min
Jul 2, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLuzerne, Wyoming59 min
Jul 2, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLackawanna30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.