Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2006, 7:17 PM EDT for Madison County, Onondaga County, New York. It was in force for 58 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 31, 2006, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2006, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Madison County, NY, Onondaga County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 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 May 31, 3:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 320 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 .SHORT TERM (TODAY - SATURDAY)... ANOTHER VERY WARM AND HUMID DAY AS WE WAIT FOR A TRIGGER. WEAK SHORT WAVE IN NW CWA STARTING TO SET OFF SHOWERS IN CENTRAL SRN TIER AND FINGER LAKES. WRF HAD THIS DEVELOPING HERE THEN MOVING SLOWLY SE ACROSS REST OF CWA THIS EVENING. AREA STILL UNDER SFC HIGH PRESSURE AND WEAKENING UL RIDGE. WIND FIELDS ARE MARGINAL FOR SEVERE. SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY MOIST LOW LEVELS AND CAP WITH DRY AIR ALOFT. AS SHOWERS DEVELOP THEY SHOULD GO UP QUICKLY. WITH WINDS FORWARD MOTION WILL BE SLOW SO FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN AGAIN. THIS EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY PUSHES SE IN NYS. AS THE NIGHT GOES ON CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. THURSDAY SHOWERS WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVING THROUGH WITH FORCING. SOME HEATING AND BETTER FORCING WITH THE FRONT CLOSER WILL POP SOME AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES MUCH COOLER BUT MOISTURE ABOUT THE SAME. SOME HEAVY RAIN AGAIN...BUT MORE OF A UNIFORM HALF INCH. THURSDAY NIGHT THE FRONT WILL STILL BE IN THE CWA SO SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ESPECIALLY IN THE SE. FRIDAY IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE RAINING ESPECIALLY IN THE SE HALF OF THE CWA AS A STRONG SHORT WAVE AND UL TROF WILL FINALLY PUSH THE COLD FRONT TO THE EAST. A SFC LOW FORMS ON THE FRONT FURTHER FOCUSING THE RAIN. TROF CLOSES OFF OVER NEW ENGLAND AND MOVES LITTLE SATURDAY. WILL BE IN MOIST NORTHERLY FLOW SATURDAY SO SHOWERS STILL POSSIBLE. COLD AIR ALOFT. MODELS STILL NOT TOGETHER ON TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF PRECIP AND UL CUTOFF. TREND HAS BEEN TO SLOW DOWN THE EVOLUTION. TAC && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT - WEDNESDAY)... SOME SHOWERS MAY LINGER INTO SATURDAY EVENING...AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM SLOWLY MOVES OFF THE EAST COAST. AFTER THAT...THINGS DRY OUT...AS HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY BUILDS INTO THE REGION FROM SOUTHERN CANADA. MAINLY SUNNY DAYS AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ARE FORESEEN FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...ANOTHER SLOW MOVING FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST...BRINGING THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS BACK TO THE AREA. -MJ && .AVIATION (01/00Z TO 02/00Z)... MAINLY VFR IS EXPECTED THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER...WILL DOT THE REGION FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING (ROUGHLY 20Z THROUGH 02Z). ALTHOUGH COVERAGE WILL BE HIT AND MISS... ANY STORMS COULD BRING CONDITIONS DOWN BRIEFLY TO MVFR. TOWARDS DAYBREAK...AN AREA OF STEADIER RAIN WILL PUSH INTO CENTRAL NY. AS A RESULT...LOOK FOR MVFR CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AT KSYR...KUCA...KITH...AND KBGM BETWEEN 10Z AND 14Z. -MJ && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NY...NONE. .PA...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 10:25 AM EDT, 8 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1025 AM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 NYZ062-PAZ044-047-048-072-011430- SULLIVAN-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 1025 AM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT. THERE COULD BE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO DAMAGING WINDS. MORE RAIN COULD AGAIN CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-PAZ038>040-043- 011430- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND- CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA- NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING- 1025 AM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND THE NORTHERN TIER OF PENNSYLVANIA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...MOSTLY FROM MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT. THERE COULD BE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO DAMAGING WINDS. MORE RAIN COULD AGAIN CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. TAC
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 31, 6:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 31, 6:51 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 651 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 NYZ017-312345- CAYUGA NY- 651 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 646 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEVANNA...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MAPLETON AT 700 PM EDT... MERRIFIELD AND VENICE CENTER AT 705 PM EDT... SCIPIO CENTER AND FLEMING AT 710 PM EDT... WYCKOFF AND MELROSE PARK AT 715 PM EDT... ENSENORE AT 720 PM EDT... CASOWASCO AND EDGEWATER AT 725 PM EDT... OWASCO AT 730 PM EDT... MORAVIA AT 735 PM EDT... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. PADAVONA
Special weather statement, May 31, 6:59 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 659 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 NYZ036-312330- MADISON NY- 659 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY... * AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DAVENPORT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. MJ
Special weather statement, May 31, 7:01 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 701 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 NYZ057-312330- DELAWARE NY- 701 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY... * AT 659 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DAVENPORT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. MJ
Special weather statement, May 31, 7:08 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 708 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 NYZ015>017-010015- CAYUGA NY-SENECA NY-YATES NY- 708 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 703 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PENN YAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MILO CENTER AND MAYS MILLS AT 715 PM EDT... DRESDEN AT 725 PM EDT... KENDAIA AT 745 PM EDT... WILLARD AND LODI STATION AT 750 PM EDT... ROMULUS AND LODI AT 755 PM EDT... OVID AT 800 PM EDT... HAYTS CORNERS AND FAYETTE AT 810 PM EDT... SHELDRAKE SPGS AND EAST VARICK AT 815 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. RRM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung | 25 min |
| May 31, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 40 min |
| May 31, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tioga | 40 min |
| May 31, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tompkins | 44 min |
| May 31, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 66 min |
| May 31, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 63 min |
| May 31, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango | 59 min |
| May 31, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Madison | 32 min |
| May 31, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Madison | 29 min |
| May 31, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 57 min |
| May 31, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 39 min |
| May 31, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga | 65 min |
| May 30, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 59 min |
| May 30, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 62 min |
| May 31, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 57 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.