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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 1, 2006Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

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.

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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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 186 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 2006-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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 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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMYates27 min
May 31, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOnondaga34 min
May 31, 9:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben64 min
Jun 1, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTompkins63 min
Jun 1, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware28 min
Jun 1, 7:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMSteuben3 hr
Jun 1, 1:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMPike58 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.