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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 215, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 3, 2007Chemung County, Steuben County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2007, 2:41 PM EDT for Chemung County, Steuben County, New York. It was in force for 39 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
Aug 3, 2007, 2:41 PM EDT (18:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2007, 3:20 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chemung County, NY, Steuben County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 3, 12:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2007-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1777 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2007-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1777 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1089 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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 Aug 3, 1:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 1:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 1:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
121 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-072-
041730-
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-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
121 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 560 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY.

PAZ043-044-047-048-041730-
WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
121 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS
EVENING...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH A FEW BECOMING SEVERE. A
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EVENT IS NOT EXPECTED. THE MAIN THREAT
WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO
THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE EXITING THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 3, 2:03 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 9:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMSteuben3 hr
Aug 3, 7:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Otsego25 min
Aug 3, 1:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida64 min
Aug 3, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung, Steuben47 min
Aug 3, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida63 min
Aug 3, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango53 min
Aug 3, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego58 min
Aug 3, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome56 min
Aug 3, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan65 min
Aug 3, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOneida66 min
Aug 3, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware54 min
Aug 3, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango40 min
Aug 3, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego59 min
Aug 3, 5:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMSullivan4 hr
Aug 3, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan60 min
Aug 3, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison13 min
Aug 3, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida58 min
Aug 3, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan60 min
Aug 3, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida64 min
Aug 3, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware43 min
Aug 3, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego65 min
Aug 3, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOnondaga59 min
Aug 3, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida63 min
Aug 3, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMPike63 min
Aug 3, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford61 min
Aug 3, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSusquehanna64 min
Aug 3, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMWyoming63 min
Aug 3, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSusquehanna58 min
Aug 3, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLackawanna63 min
Aug 3, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMWayne60 min
Aug 3, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMPike60 min
Aug 3, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMPike62 min
Aug 3, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLuzerne28 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.