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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 28, 2006, 5:17 PM EDT for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 28 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
- Sep 28, 2006, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2006, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Luzerne County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1054 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Sep 28, 2:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 2:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 427 AM EDT THU SEP 28 2006 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-048- 072-290830- 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-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 427 AM EDT THU SEP 28 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS WILL SLOWLY OVERSPREAD THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY...BECOMING A STEADIER RAIN TONIGHT. A POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN TO BE EMBEDDED IN THE RAIN SHIELD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAIN AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES OVER A 12 TO 24 HOUR PERIOD WHICH SHOULD NOT CAUSE FLOOD PROBLEMS. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING IN COMMON TROUBLE AREAS SUCH AS STORM DRAIN... UNDERPASS...BASEMENT FLOODING OR OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT...HOWEVER...RAIN SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY TOTALS OVER ONE INCH TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PAZ043-044-047-290830- WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE- 427 AM EDT THU SEP 28 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS WILL SLOWLY OVERSPREAD THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON... BECOMING A STEADIER RAIN TONIGHT. A POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN TO BE EMBEDDED IN THE RAIN SHIELD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAIN AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES OVER A 12 TO 24 HOUR PERIOD WHICH SHOULD NOT CAUSE FLOOD PROBLEMS. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING IN COMMON TROUBLE AREAS SUCH AS STORM DRAIN... UNDERPASS...BASEMENT FLOODING OR OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. ALSO...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE WYOMING VALLEY INTO A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A GOOD PART OF THE DAY WILL HAVE SUNSHINE...CAUSING THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME UNSTABLE. THIS COUPLED WITH FAVORABLE WIND SHEAR COULD CAUSE ANY THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO GENERATE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. OUR EXPECTATION OF THIS OCCURRING IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAIN SPOTTERS SHOULD ALSO REPORT ANY TOTALS OVER ONE INCH TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. JAB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 3:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 445 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006 PAZ039-043-044-047-282130- LACKAWANNA PA-LUZERNE PA-SUSQUEHANNA PA-WYOMING PA- 445 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEACH HAVEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SHICKSHINNY AT 450 PM EDT... NANTICOKE AND WARRIOR RUN AT 510 PM EDT... LYNWOOD AND PLYMOUTH AT 515 PM EDT... LARKSVILLE AT 520 PM EDT... LEHMAN AND COURTDALE AT 525 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. MSE
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 4:49 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 449 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006 NYZ044-045-056-282130- BROOME NY-CHENANGO NY-CORTLAND NY- 449 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN BROOME...SOUTHERN CORTLAND...AND CHENANGO COUNTIES... * AT 447 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARATHON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TEXAS VALLEY AND FREETOWN CORNERS AT 455 PM EDT... WILLET AT 500 PM EDT... GERMAN AND EAST FREETOWN AT 505 PM EDT... CINCINNATUS AT 510 PM EDT... PITCHER AND MC DONOUGH AT 515 PM EDT... TAYLOR AND UNION VALLEY AT 520 PM EDT... PHARSALIA AND LINCKLAEN AT 525 PM EDT... SOUTH OTSELIC AND PLYMOUTH AT 530 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INTENSIFY FURTHER...AND BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. MJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 5:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga | 5 hr |
| Sep 28, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne | 49 min |
| Sep 28, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 33 min |
Nearby
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.