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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 2, 2007Broome County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2007, 6:09 PM EDT for Broome County, New York. It was in force for 51 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 2, 2007, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Broome County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2007-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 247 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 2007-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
247 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1202 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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 2, 2:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
254 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. THE REMNANTS
OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD
AND CAUSE AN AREA OF RAIN TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVER THE
REGION BY SUNDAY EVENING...WITH SHOWERS LINGERING INTO MONDAY. A
COLD FRONT WILL SWING THROUGH THE AREA ON TUESDAY WITH A CONTINUED
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER
TO START OFF NEXT WEEK WITH READINGS IN THE 60S AND 70S.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
ANOTHER LATE SPRING DAY...ANOTHER ROUND OF MINOR SCATTERED PULSE
TYPE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO DEAL WITH IN THE CONDITIONALLY
UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION. ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH DURING
THE EVENING WITH DIURNAL STABILIZATION OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER AND
LACK OF FORCING. NO CHANGE IN AIRMASS...AND AREAS OF VALLEY FOG
EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN. LOW TEMPERATURES SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT WITH
BLENDED MOS HAVING A GOOD HANDLE ON U/50S RURAL VALLEYS AND LOW
60S METRO AREAS AND HILLTOPS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
TS BARRY IS PROGGED TO MOVE NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD
THROUGH MONDAY. NAM/GFS DIFFER IN SPEED AND TIMING OF FEATURE...
BUT OVERALL SHOW THE UPPER LEVEL PART OF THE SYSTEM PHASING
SOMEWHAT WITH THE DEEP CUTOFF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GTLKS. HAVE
FOLLOWED MORE OF AN SREF MEAN PMSL FIELD WHICH SEEMS TO LINE UP
WELL WITH LATEST TPC TRACK FOR TIMING. FIRST THING TO CONTEND
WITH WILL BE VORT LOBE ROTATING NORTH OF THE MAIN PART OF THE
REMNANT SYSTEM. BOTH NAM/GFS CAPTURE THIS FEATURE...AND ILLUSTRATE
THAT SHOWER ACTIVITY COULD DEVELOP OVER NEPA AND SRN NY BY MIDDAY
SUNDAY WITH MORE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY THEN DEVELOPING BY SUNDAY
EVENING...AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT. ALSO LOOKS UNSTABLE
ENOUGH IN THE MORNING FOR MENTION OF THUNDER...BUT THEN RIDGING
AHEAD OF THE SFC LOW...ALONG WITH THICK CLOUD SHIELD WILL CURTAIL
CONVECTIVE CHANCES DURING THE AFTERNOON. ACTUALLY HAVE CHANGED
FCST TO GO WITH PREDOMINANT STRATIFORM RAIN VERSUS SHOWERS FOR
SUNDAY NIGHT. MODELS INDICATING SOME DECENT LIFT INTO A JET
ENTRANCE REGION WITH A PSEUDO TROPICAL AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS CNY
TO CARRY MENTION OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT SUNDAY. THEN... A
SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE GREAT LAKES
CUTOFF LOW WILL SWING THROUGH...FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT PROGGED
ON TUESDAY TO KEEP CHANCES FOR SHOWERS GOING RIGHT THROUGH THIS
PERIOD. AS BARRY LIFTS OUT...BRIEF WEAK RIDGING TAKES OVER MON
NIGHT...SO HAVE NOT REMOVED POPS...BUT LOWERED THEM CONSIDERABLY
AS THIS LOOKS TO BE A RELATIVE BREAK BEFORE CFP ON TUESDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLING OFF THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD...AND
FOLLOWED MOS TEMPS FAIRLY CLOSE.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
DEEP EAST COAST TROUGH...ANCHORED TO A DEEP UPPER LOW OVER HUDSON
BAY LIFTS NORTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY WITH A TROUGH DIGGING OVER THE
WESTERN CONUS FORCING A RIDGE TO BUILD ALONG THE EAST COAST. THIS
WILL BRING A DRAMATIC WARMUP AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE END OF THE
WEEK. TUESDAY NIGHT WELL SEE SOME LEFTOVER SHOWERS AS A SHORTWAVE
ROTATES AROUND THE BASE OF THE HUDSON BAY LOW. AFTER THIS PRECIP
WINDS DOWN WEDNESDAY MORNING...WELL SEE CLEARING AND SOMEWHAT
COOL WEATHER WITH WEDNESDAY HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70.
DEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW GETS GOING WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH A WARM FRONT
MOVING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WITH A FEW SHOWERS POSSIBLE. BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON TEMPS WARM INTO THE 70S...AND BY FRIDAY AS T850
RISES ABOVE 15C...HIGHS WILL REACH INTO THE 80S.

A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOLLOWED BY CLEARING AND SOMEWHAT
COOLER CONDITIONS FOR SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH TEMPS WILL STILL BE
WARMER THAN NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
VERY SIMILAR SETUP TO YESTERDAY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS ATTM.
RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE AT ALL SITES EXCEPT SYR THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON BUT WITH ISOLATED COVERAGE...HAVE USED CB GROUPS IN
THIS PACKAGE. CONVECTION DIMINISHES/PULLS SOUTHEAST AFTER SUNSET
LEAVING VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH MIDNIGHT BEFORE VSBY RESTRICTIONS
IN FOG DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. IFR POSSIBLE AT ELM/AVP WITH MVFR
ELSEWHERE. MORE CLOUD COVER MOVES IN BY DAWN SUNDAY...BRINGING VFR
SHOWERS TO ELM/BGM AND MVFR SHOWERS /DUE TO VSYBS/ TO AVP AND JUST
LOWERING VFR CIGS FOR ITH/SYR/RME.

EXPECT DETERIORATING CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH WIDESPREAD
MVFR RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD
MVFR RESTRICTIONS IN SHRA/FOG LIKELY. THIS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
THE DAY ON MONDAY. HEAVIER SHOWERS SHOULD PULL OUT FOR MONDAY
NIGHT WITH POSSIBLE RESTRICTIONS FROM FOG LEFT BEHIND FOR MONDAY
NIGHT. ON TUESDAY...SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MAY AGAIN BRING
RESTRICTIONS THROUGHOUT THE TAF SITES...ESPECIALLY IN THE
AFTERNOON.

MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS /OUTSIDE OF MORNING FOG/ WITH A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF A SHOWER OVER THE NORTHERN SITES ARE EXPECTED FOR
WEDNESDAY.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...JAB
NEAR TERM...JAB
SHORT TERM...JAB
LONG TERM...JMA
AVIATION...JMA
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 3:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
330 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

NYZ009-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-
048-072-031930-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-
SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-
SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-
LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
330 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING. STORMS
WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. A FEW STORM CELLS WILL ALSO PRODUCE
SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SHOWERS DEVELOPING ON SUNDAY WILL LEAD TO A WIDESPREAD RAINFALL
DURING THE LATTER HALF OF SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE REMNANTS
OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY MOVE NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD.
RAINFALL BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE EAST OF INTERSTATE
81...ESPECIALLY FOCUSED OVER THE WESTERN CATSKILLS AND NORTHERN
POCONOS BY MONDAY NIGHT. UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM
WEST CENTRAL TO NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. THIS RAINFALL IS EXPECTED
TO MAINLY BE BENEFICIAL TO THE REGION AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF MAINLY
DRY CONDITIONS... WITH A LOW POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NYZ015>018-031930-
YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-
330 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SHOWERS DEVELOPING ON SUNDAY WILL LEAD TO A WIDESPREAD RAINFALL
DURING SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY MOVE
NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD. UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IS
EXPECTED OVER THE FINGER LAKES REGION. THIS RAINFALL IS EXPECTED
TO MAINLY BE BENEFICIAL TO THE REGION AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF MAINLY
DRY CONDITIONS...WITH A LOW POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison26 min
Jun 2, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung, Steuben47 min
Jun 2, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTioga33 min
Jun 2, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware26 min
Jun 2, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMPike34 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.