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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2006, 2:17 PM EDT for Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. 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
- Jun 1, 2006, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2006, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 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 18:17 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
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 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 Jun 1, 10:10 AM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 10:10 AM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1010 AM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 .SHORT TERM (TODAY - SATURDAY)... FORECAST IN GOOD SHAPE THIS MORNING. ADDED HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VERY MOIST LOW LEVELS AND PWATS OVER 1.5 EXPECTED TO RISE TO AROUND 2 THIS AFTN. WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR HEAVY RAIN IN THE WEST AND NORTH WHERE THE HEAVY RAIN FELL WED. STORM MOVEMENT WILL AGAIN BE SLOW. TEMPS LOOK GOOD. SOME SUNSHINE IN THE SE WHERE TEMPS HAVE SHOT UP TO THE U70S ALREADY. BASED ON SOUNDINGS CONVECTIVE TEMP NEAR 80 SO CU SHOULD FORM THERE SOON. ELSEWHERE SOME SHOWERS AND CONVECTIVE DEBRIS SO MINIMAL HEATING TO START. WEAK SHORT WAVE GOES THROUGH MIDDAY THEN SOME SUN BEFORE THE FRONT AND STRONGER SHORT WAVE FOR LATER THIS AFTN AND EVENING. SEVERE THREAT IS ABOUT THE SAME AS WED WITH MUCH INSTABILITY AT LOW LEVELS BUT WEAK SHEAR AND FORCING. THREAT WILL BE MAINLY DAMAGING WIND WITH MAYBE SOME LARGE HAIL. TAC HEAT AND HUMIDITY OF THE LAST COUPLE DAYS COMING TO AN END TODAY AS 500MB HEIGHT FALLS TAKE PLACE IN RESPONSE TO DEEPENING TROUGH OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. A SLOW MOVING SFC FRONT SITTING OFF TO OUR WEST ACROSS THE EASTERN LAKES WITH SOME SHRA AND TSRA ACTIVITY ALONG THE EASTERN SHORES OF LAKE ERIE ATTM. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST TODAY ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. IT LOOKS LIKE BEST CHC WILL BE THIS MORNING ACROSS OUR WESTERN ZONES, WITH INCREASING CHCS CENTRAL AND EAST LATE MRNG THRU AFTN. MORE IN THE WAY OF CLDS TODAY AS COMPARED TO THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS SHOULD HELP TO CURTAIL BOUNDARY LAYER HEATING, BUT ACROSS SOUTH AND EASTERN ZONES WHERE FRONT IS LATER TO ARRIVE AND MORE HEATING TAKES PLACE, A CHC FOR STRONGER STORMS TO DEVELOP AND PRODUCE LOCALIZED SVR. LOCALIZED HVY RAINFALL AGAIN A POSSIBILITY WITH PW/S AROUND 1.5 IN. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE WYOMING VALLEY AND POCONOS THIS EVENING, WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS THAT AREA WHILE CHCS LESSEN ACROSS FINGER LAKES AND NORTHERN ZONES. FOR FRIDAY, A WAVE DEVELOPS ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH AND PER GFS MOVES NORTHEAST OFF THE COAST FROM THE DELMARVA. BOTH THE GFS AND THE NAM BRING PRECIP TO THE AREA BUT THE NAM IS FURTHER NORTH WITH THE WAVE AND THUS PRECIP WHILE THE GFS PRECIP IS CONCENTRATED TO OUR NORTHEAST PA COUNTIES. SATURDAY...TROUGH BUILDS OVER THE NORTHEAST WITH CUTOFF LOW DEVELOPING INVOF UPSTATE NY/NEW ENGLAND. NORTHWEST FLOW AND MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE CHC FOR SHRA. && .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 (01/12Z TO 02/12Z)... VFR TO START WITH MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS IN SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS UNDER 10KTS THROUGHOUT. GENERAL FLOW S VEERING TO NW TONIGHT. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NY...NONE. .PA...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 9:05 AM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 905 AM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 NYZ045-046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-021315- CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD- SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE- SOUTHERN WAYNE- 905 AM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW WEAK THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AGAIN. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT IT WILL CONTINUE TO RAIN. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF FLASH FLOODING MAINLY IN EXTREME NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND THE CATSKILLS OF NEW YORK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044-021315- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND- 905 AM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN LIKELY TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD HAVE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY BUT NOT DAMAGING WINDS. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. TAC
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 10:28 AM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1028 AM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 NYZ045-046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-012000- BRADFORD-BROOME-CHENANGO-DELAWARE-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-NORTHERN WAYNE- OTSEGO-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-SULLIVAN-SUSQUEHANNA-TIOGA-WYOMING- 1028 AM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS DURING THE EARLY TO MID-AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING STRONG WIND GUSTS. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH ANY OF THE STORMS...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR INITIAL THUNDERSTORM FORMATION IS BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR THE LATEST FORECAST UPDATES, OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV. NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044-012000- CHEMUNG-CORTLAND-MADISON-NORTHERN ONEIDA-ONONDAGA-SCHUYLER-SENECA- SOUTHERN CAYUGA-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-STEUBEN-TOMPKINS-YATES- 1028 AM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS DURING THE EARLY TO MID-AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY ACCOMPANY ANY OF THE SHOWERS OR STORMS... WITH RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR POSSIBLE. LOOK FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BEGIN TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR THE LATEST FORECAST UPDATES, OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV. MJ
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 12:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1259 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 PAZ048-011800- PIKE PA- 1259 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 1256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DINGMANS FERRY...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DINGMANS FERRY AT 115 PM EDT... MILFORD AT 135 PM EDT... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY PADAVONA
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:09 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Yates | 27 min |
| May 31, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Onondaga | 34 min |
| May 31, 9:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 64 min |
| Jun 1, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tompkins | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 7:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Steuben | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Pike | 58 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.