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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 25, 2007Madison County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2007, 3:46 PM EDT for Madison County, New York. It was in force for 29 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 25, 2007, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2007, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Madison County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2007-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 166 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 2007-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
166 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1258 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 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 May 25, 3:05 PM EDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 3:05 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
305 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA
COAST THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. WARM
AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL HELP TO TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
COOLER AND MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
WEEKEND, WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVING
WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONT ON SUNDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTN IN THE
WARM AND SOMEWHAT MOIST AIRMASS AHEAD OF COLD FRONT CURRENTLY
LOCATED ACROSS THE EASTERN LAKES. HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S
WITH DEW POINTS APPROACHING 60 THIS AFTN AND LAPS LI FIELDS SHOWING
MOD INSTABILITY IN THE -3 RANGE. WIND FIELDS HOWEVER ARE NOT
IMPRESSIVE. CANNOT RULE OUT THAT THERE MAY BE AN ISOLATED STRONG
TO SEVERE PULSE STORM, BUT AS STATED, THIS WOULD BE AN ISOLATED
OCCURRENCE. FRONT PUSHES THRU TO OUR SOUTH OVERNIGHT WITH
DIMINISHING CHC FOR PRECIP.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT HANGS OUT OVER CENTRAL PA ON SATURDAY
WITH MOST PRECIP STAYING SOUTH OF THE FA ACCORDING TO THE NAM. THE
GFS IS FURTHER NORTH WITH THE SYSTEM AND PRECIP CHCS. ATTM...HAVE
JUST LOW CHC POPS ACROSS SOUTHERN ZONES AND DRY CENTRAL AND NORTH.
A SURFACE LOW MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS ONTARIO AND LIFTS THE FRONT
NORTH AS A WARM FRONT LATE SATURDAY NIGHT/EARLY SUNDAY. THE SLOW
MOVING COLD FRONT WILL REMAIN WEST ON SUNDAY WITH THE REGION RESIDING
IN THE WARM SECTOR MUCH OF THE DAY. EXPECT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT
WITH POSSIBILITY FOR STRONG TO SVR CONVECTION DUE TO BETTER WIND
FIELDS AND MORE SHEAR. HENCE, SPC SLGT RISK FOR DAY 3.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
STAYED CLOSE TO HPC GUIDANCE WHICH LOOKED FINE. FNTL SYSTEM WILL
MOVE THRU THE RGN SUN NGT/MONDAY MRNG WITH SHRA/TSRA...THEN HIGH
PRES TO FOLLOW. THIS HIGH WILL MOV OFF THE EAST CST BY WED, WITH
INCREASING WARMTH AND HUMIDITY AND A BETTER CHC FOR AFTN/EVNG
CONVECTION. TEMPS WILL AVERAGE AT OR ABV NORMAL THRU THE PD.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
SCT050CB FOR CNTRL NY AND NE PA INTO EARLY EVNG...POTNL FOR BRIEF
-TSRA SPCLY ELM/ITH/BGM/AVP BUT NOT CONFIDENT ENUF AT ISSUANCE
TIME TO INCLUDE A TEMPO GROUP...AND WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. FNTL
CLD BAND OVER THE ERN GTLAKES XPCTD TO DROP SEWD ACRS THE RGN
TNGT. BRIEF PD OF MVFR PSBL AS THIS FEATURES CROSSES...BUT IN GNRL
VFR TO PREVAIL..WITH VFR CONDITIONS XPCTD ON SAT AS DRIER AIR MOVS
IN.

OUTLOOK...POTNL FOR MVFR CIGS SAT NGT INTO SUN NGT AS FNTL SYSTEM
CROSSES THE RGN. VFR PREVAILS MON INTO WED WITH PSBL XCPTN OF
EARLY MRNG VLY FOG AT ELM.

&&

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

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 2:55 AM EDT, 12 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
255 AM EDT FRI MAY 25 2007

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-260700-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-
OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-
255 AM EDT FRI MAY 25 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION HAS
ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK
ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. SEE ALBPNSBGM /NOUS41 KBGM/ FOR
MORE DETAIL.

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. ALTHOUGH A WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER
EVENT IS NOT EXPECTED A FEW ISOLATED STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE
AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT DUE TO A WARM
FRONT ON SUNDAY FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER THE
WEEKEND.

PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-260700-
BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
255 AM EDT FRI MAY 25 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. ALTHOUGH A WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER
EVENT IS NOT EXPECTED A FEW ISOLATED STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE
AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT DUE TO A WARM
FRONT ON SUNDAY FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER THE
WEEKEND.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 25, 3:16 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
316 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2007

NYZ018-252000-
ONONDAGA NY-
316 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2007

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

* AT 313 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG
  GUSTY WINDS.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRMOUNT...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SYRACUSE AND MATTYDALE AT 325 PM EDT...
  LYNCOURT AND NORTH SYRACUSE AT 330 PM EDT...
  DE WITT AND JAMESVILLE AT 335 PM EDT...
  EAST SYRACUSE AND LYNDON AT 340 PM EDT...
  FAYETTEVILLE AND MINOA AT 345 PM EDT...
  MANLIUS AND WATERVALE AT 350 PM EDT...
  KIRKVILLE AND ORAN AT 355 PM EDT...

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

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY

PB
Local storm report, May 25, 3:43 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOnondaga33 min
May 25, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTompkins43 min
May 25, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTioga48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.