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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 22, 2006Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2006, 5:24 PM EDT for Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 66 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 22, 2006, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2006, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lackawanna County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2006-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 594 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 2006-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
594 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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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 22, 4:25 PM EDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 4:25 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 4:11 AM EDT, 13 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
411 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-230815-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-
CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-
SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
411 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS...SMALLER RIVERS AND
URBAN AREAS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING THROUGHOUT
CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN
EFFECT FOR THE AREA...SEE ALBFFABGM /WGUS61 KBGM/ FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ASSISTANCE MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY FLOODING.

JAB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 12:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1245 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006

PAZ039-040-044-072-221745-
LACKAWANNA PA-SUSQUEHANNA PA-WAYNE PA-
1245 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006

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

* AT 1240 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 45
MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WALLSVILLE...AND   MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FLEETVILLE AND MARSHBROOK AT 1250 PM EDT...
  EAST BENTON AND LENOXVILLE AT 1255 PM EDT...
  CLIFFORD AND TOMPKINSVILLE AT 100 PM EDT...
  ELKDALE AND MAYFIELD AT 105 PM EDT...
  RICHMONDALE AND CARBONDALE AT 110 PM EDT...
  VANDLING AND FOREST CITY AT 115 PM EDT...
  BROWNDALE AND WAYMART AT 120 PM EDT...
  ALDENVILLE AND PLEASANT MOUNT AT 125 PM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING
WINDS. SEEK SHELTER OF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
Local storm report, Jul 22, 2:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
201 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006

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

0110 PM     FLASH FLOOD      RICHFIELD SPRINGS       42.85N 74.99W
07/22/2006                   OTSEGO             NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROADWAYS FLOODED AND WASHED OUT. CULVERTS OVERFLOWING.
            BASEMENT FLOODING. ALSO REPORTED IN CHERRY VALLEY AND
            PLAINFIELD.

&&

RHB
Local storm report, Jul 22, 2:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
206 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006

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

0110 PM     FLASH FLOOD      RICHFIELD SPRINGS       42.85N 74.99W
07/22/2006                   OTSEGO             NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROADWAYS FLOODED AND WASHED OUT. CULVERTS OVERFLOWING.
            BASEMENT FLOODING. ALSO REPORTED IN CHERRY VALLEY AND
            PLAINFIELD.

0121 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SMYRNA                  42.69N 75.57W
07/22/2006                   CHENANGO           NY   PUBLIC

            WATER OVER ROADS IN SMYRNA

&&

RHB
Local storm report, Jul 22, 2:24 PM EDT, 3 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
224 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006

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

0110 PM     FLASH FLOOD      RICHFIELD SPRINGS       42.85N 74.99W
07/22/2006                   OTSEGO             NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROADWAYS FLOODED AND WASHED OUT. CULVERTS OVERFLOWING.
            BASEMENT FLOODING. ALSO REPORTED IN CHERRY VALLEY AND
            PLAINFIELD.

0115 PM     FLASH FLOOD      NORWICH                 42.53N 75.52W
07/22/2006                   CHENANGO           NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WASHOUTS ON COUNTY ROAD 33. ALSO ON COUNTY ROAD 32 IN
            OXFORD AND COUNTY ROADS 36 AND 38 IN GUILFORD

0121 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SMYRNA                  42.69N 75.57W
07/22/2006                   CHENANGO           NY   PUBLIC

            WATER OVER ROADS IN SMYRNA

&&

RHB
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 3:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchBGMBroome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 11 more16 hr
Jul 22, 11:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMChenango, Madison, Otsego3 hr
Jul 22, 2:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMOtsego68 min
Jul 22, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLuzerne67 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.