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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 13, 2006Cortland County, Onondaga County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2006, 4:49 PM EDT for Cortland County, Onondaga County, New York. It was in force for 41 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
May 13, 2006, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2006, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cortland County, NY, Onondaga County, NY

The radar

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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 May 13, 3:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 3:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
301 PM PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006

.SHORT TERM (TODAY - MONDAY)...

CLSD UA LOW OVER SRN WI THIS AFTN WILL DROP TO THE MID OH VLY BY SUN
EVE. TWO PERSISTENT AREAS OF PCPN REMAIN IN PLACE...OVER CNTRL NEW
ENG ALONG THE SELY INFLOW BAND AND THE CLDS AND PCPN ASSOCIATED WITH
THE UPPER LOW. FCST AREA WILL REMAIN IN A RELATIVE DRY SLOT BETWEEN
THESE TWO AREAS. WITH HTG AND COLD POOL ALOFT...INSTABILITY WILL
AGAIN FIRE CONV SUN AFTN. WITH WEAK BNDRIES ARND...DFCLT TO SAY
EXACTLY WHERE THE FAVORED AREAS OF CONV WILL BE...BUT NAM ACTUALLY
SHOWS US TO BE A LTL LESS UNSTABLE TMRW. NAM DID A GOOD JOB OF
INDICATING THE MORE WRN AREAS WLD BE UNDER THE GUN TODAY.

WILL CONT WITH LIKELY POPS THIS EVE IN THE WRN ZONES...THEN GO WITH
A GENERIC LOW CHANCE OVRNGT AS THERE/S LTL FRCG FOR PCPN.

SUN WILL FEATURE AFTN CONV AGAIN...BUT AS SAID ABV...INDICATORS SEEM
TO SHOW LESS INSTABILITY SO WLD XPCT LESS CONV OVERALL.

LTR SUN NGT AND MON WILL SEE AN INCRS IN SHWRS AS THE FILLING LOW
BEGINS TO LIFT NWRD INTO WRN NY. WEAKENING BAND OF SHWRS WILL MVE
ACROSS THE AREA INTO MON MRNG...FLWD GENERIC CLDNS AND SHWRS IUNDER
THE BODY OF THE UA LOW. MORFORD
&&

.AVIATION (13/18Z - 14/18Z)...
UCA/SYR, VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 06Z WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS BTW
18Z-22Z WITH MVFR CONDITIONS IN SHOWERS DUE TO CIGS. AFTER 06Z, CIGS
WILL LOWER TO MVFR THEN BACK TO VFR AFTER 14Z. FOR ELM/ITH/BGM/AVP,
VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 06Z WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS BTW 18Z-21Z
WITH MVFR CONDITIONS DUE TO RESTRICTIONS IN VSBY/CIG. AFTER 06Z,
CIGS WILL LOWER TO MVFR THEN BACK TO VFR AFTER 14Z. WINDS WILL
GENERALLY BE FROM THE E/SE AT 10 KNOTS OR LESS EXCEPT FOR UCA WHERE
DAYTIME GUSTS AROUND 20 KNOTS WILL OCCUR.    RRM

&&

.LONG TERM (MON NGT - SAT)...
EXTENDED DOMINATED BY UPPER LEVEL TROF THAT WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE
ERN CONUS. UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NYS ON TUESDAY THEN
LIFT NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN CANADA/NRN NEW ENGLAND ON WEDNESDAY.
AS THIS FEATURE LIFTS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW AND ASSOCIATED SFC
REFLECTION APPROACHES THE AREA ON THURSDAY AND CROSSES NYS THURSDAY
NIGHT. THIS FEATURE WILL ENHANCE THE UPPER LEVEL TROF THROUGH THE
EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEKEND. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS MONDAY
NIGHT/TUESDAY WITH UPPER LEVEL FEATURE IN VCNTY THEN CHC POPS FOR
REMAINDER OF PERIOD. RRM

&&

.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NY...NONE.
.PA...NONE.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 4:25 AM EDT, 12 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
425 AM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006

NYZ009-036-037-045-046-057-062-PAZ040-048-072-140830-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-DELAWARE-
SULLIVAN-NORTHERN WAYNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
425 AM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NYZ015>018-022>025-044-055-056-PAZ038-039-043-044-047-140830-
YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-
TOMPKINS-CORTLAND-TIOGA-BROOME-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-WYOMING-
LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-
425 AM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING AND DURING
THE AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE
SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER
WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO MONITOR
THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.

JAB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 13, 1:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 13, 2:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
206 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006

PAZ038-131845-
BRADFORD PA-
206 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006

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

* AT 204 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL.  THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR SYLVANIA..AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COWLEY AT 215 PM EDT...
  DUNNING AT 225 PM EDT...
  GILLETT AT 230 PM EDT...
  MOSHERVILLE AT 245 PM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
Local storm report, May 13, 3:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
345 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006

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

0340 PM     HAIL             PORT BYRON              43.04N 76.63W
05/13/2006  E1.75 INCH       CAYUGA             NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL

&&

RHB
Special weather statement, May 13, 3:59 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
359 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006

NYZ023-025-132045-
SCHUYLER NY-TOMPKINS NY-
359 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006

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

* AT 355 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL.  THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWFIELD..AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ENFIELD AND NORTHWEST ITHACA AT 410 PM EDT...
  SMITH VALLEY AT 415 PM EDT...
  MECKLENBURG AND BENNETTSBURG AT 420 PM EDT...
  PERRY CITY AND REYNOLDSVILLE AT 425 PM EDT...
  TRUMANSBURG AND LOGAN AT 430 PM EDT...
  SEARSBURG AND EAST STEAMBURG AT 435 PM EDT...

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

PADAVONA
Special weather statement, May 13, 4:19 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
419 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006

NYZ016-017-025-132100-
CAYUGA NY-SENECA NY-TOMPKINS NY-
419 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006

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

* AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL.  THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR TRUMANSBURG..AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TRUMANSBURG AT 425 PM EDT...
  COVERT AND TOWNSENDVILLE AT 430 PM EDT...
  INTERLAKEN AND KELLY CORNERS AT 435 PM EDT...
  KIDDERS AND SHELDRAKE AT 440 PM EDT...
  SHELDRAKE SPGS AND LEDYARD AT 445 PM EDT...
  WILLETS AND HAYTS CORNERS AT 450 PM EDT...
  AURORA AND ROMULUS AT 455 PM EDT...
  EAST VARICK AND LEVANNA AT 500 PM EDT...

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

PADAVONA
Special weather statement, May 13, 4:46 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
446 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006

NYZ018-044-132130-
CORTLAND NY-ONONDAGA NY-
446 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006

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

* AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL.  THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR SCOTT..AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  VESPER AND TULLY AT 510 PM EDT...
  OTISCO AND APULIA AT 525 PM EDT...
  LA FAYETTE AND POMPEY AT 530 PM EDT...

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

PADAVONA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca33 min
May 13, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga42 min
May 13, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga42 min
May 13, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Cortland, Onondaga63 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.