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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 1, 2007Pike County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2007, 3:13 PM EDT for Pike County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 32 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, 2007, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2007, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pike County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2007-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 442 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 2007-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 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
442 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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, 1:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 1:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
129 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY...
WITH ANOTHER WARM AND HUMID DAY IN STORE. WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
HEAT OF THE DAY. THEN...AS A LARGE SCALE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
APPROACHES THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
ANOTHER WARM AND HUMID AFTERNOON WITH WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE TRIGGER TEMPS IN THE MID 80S ARE REACHED.
SOME SUPPORT FROM A WEAK UL WAVE TOPPING THE RIDGE ALOFT WILL ALSO
AID IN GETTING STORMS FIRED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT BEST
SYNOPTIC FORCING REMAINS IN SRN ONTARIO. CONVECTIVE THERMAL AND SHEAR
PARAMETERS ARE MARGINAL FOR ORGANIZATION WITH CAPES UP TO 1200
J/KG IF FOLLOWING GFS/RUC DWPTS. NAM LLVL MOISTURE LOOKING TOO
AGGRESSIVE AGAIN. SO...WE/RE MOSTLY FOCUSING ON LOCALIZED HEAVY
RAINFALL WITH PWATS 140 PERCENT OF NORMAL...WITH AN ISOLATED WIND
EVENT A LOWER PROBABLITY. BEST INSTABILITY LOOKS TO DEVELOP OVER
SRN NY AND NEPA...WITH SLOWER SFC BASED HEATING DUE TO MID LVL
CLOUDS ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES REGION...SO ATTENTION WILL BE IN
THAT AREA FOR STRONGEST ACTIVITY. ANY STORMS WILL WANE THIS
EVENING...WITH PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS AND AREAS OF FOG AGAIN
OVERNIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
THE UPPER RIDGE STARTS TO FLATTEN OUR OVER THE WEEKEND WITH A
BETTER CHC FOR STORMINESS ACROSS THE AREA WITH SURGE IN MOISTURE
AND WARM TEMPS SATURDAY HELPING TO BOOST INSTABILITY.

ON SUNDAY...UPPER LOW MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES WITH INCREASING
GULF MOISTURE PSBLY FROM TROPICAL SYSTEM MOVING NORTHWARD NEAR THE
COAST. STILL MODEL DIVERGENCE WITH TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM...WITH THE
GFS TRACKING WEAKENING LOW OFF THE COAST TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
NAM WEAKER AND ALONG THE APPALACHIANS...COMBINING WITH SFC LOW
MOVING EAST INTO GREAT LAKES. EITHER WAY...LOOKS LIKE INCREASED
CHC FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE
WEEKEND WITH POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS
GIVEN HIGH PRECIP WATER VALUES AND WEAK FLOW.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE WITH ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.  ANOMALOUS
EASTERN CONUS TROUGH ON TUESDAY PULLS NORTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY AND OUT
OF THE AREA FOR THURSDAY ALLOWING FOR A RETURN TO WEST OR
WEST-SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE AREA.  BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WELL
START THE PERIOD UNSETTLED WITH SOME SHOWERS/TSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND
SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY AS THE COOLEST AIR ALOFT MOVES INTO THE AREA.
THURSDAY SHOULD BE DRY...WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS RETURNING FOR
THE END OF THE WEEK AS THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE APPROACHES
FROM THE WEST.

TEMPS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE ABOUT 5F BELOW NORMAL.  A
MODERATING TREND WILL SET UP FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH
TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO OR JUST ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE TAF SITES WITH A SCT MID DECK AND
HIGHER CIRRUS. EXPECT 5KFT CUMULUS TO GET GOING OVER THE NEXT HOUR
OR TWO WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. HAVE
HIGHLIGHTED CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL WITH A CB GROUP DUE TO
UNCERTAINTY IN LOCATION OF THUNDERSTORMS AT THIS TIME. VFR
CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY
OVERNIGHT. AFTER MIDIGHT...EXPECT SOME FOG TO DEVELOP LIKE LAST
NIGHT AT RME/ELM/AVP. FOG TONIGHT WILL BE THICKEST OVER LOCATIONS
THAT DO GET IMPACTED BY SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.

WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS 5-10KTS /EXCEPT HIGHER IN THE VICINITY OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS/ WILL DECREASE TO 5KTS OR LESS AFTER
SUNSET. WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10KTS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE
MORNING ON SATURDAY.

FOR SATURDAY AFTEROON THROUGH TUESDAY...EXPECT OCCASIONAL MVFR
RESTRICTIONS DURING THE DAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON. BEST CHANCE FOR RESTRICTIONS AT THIS
POINT APPEARS TO BE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MORNING FOG IS ALSO A
POSSIBILITY EACH MORNING...AGAIN ESPECIALLY AT LOCATIONS SEEING
RAIN THE DURING THE PREVIOUS DAY.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...JAB
NEAR TERM...JAB
SHORT TERM...JML
LONG TERM...JMA
AVIATION...JMA
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 10:42 AM EDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1042 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-021445-
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-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
1042 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH THE MAIN
THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. WIND
DAMAGE OR HAIL IS A LOWER PROBABILITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

FORMAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:55 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
255 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007

PAZ048-011930-
PIKE PA-
255 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY...

* AT 252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
  LIGHTNING. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
  HAS FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA SINCE ABOUT 2 PM.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR BUSHKILL...AND MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BUSHKILL AT 300 PM EDT...
  DINGMANS FERRY AT 320 PM EDT...

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

MJ

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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.