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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 299, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 25, 2007Broome County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2007, 8:19 PM EDT for Broome County, New York. It was in force for 37 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 25, 2007, 8:19 PM EDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2007, 8:56 PM EDT
In force
37 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 00:21 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 25, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 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 00:00Z on 2007-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3864 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 00:00Z on 2007-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 260 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
3864 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1112 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
302 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.6
Supercell composite
21.1

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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 25, 7:45 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 7:45 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 3:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
335 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2007

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-PAZ038-039-043-261945-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-
OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-WYOMING-
335 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2007

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 650 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE
WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON.

NYZ062-PAZ040-044-047-048-072-261945-
SULLIVAN-NORTHERN WAYNE-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
335 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. A COLD
FRONT THAT WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION WILL
PUSH EAST AND CROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK BY LATE TONIGHT AND
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA SUNDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR
THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE LATER THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON
SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY IN POCONOS AND CATSKILLS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL DURING THE AFTERNOON.

FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER
IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

NICOSIA

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 25, 3:55 PM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
355 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2007

NYZ009-037-252100-
ONEIDA NY-
355 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2007

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

* AT 351 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
  WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DELTA
  LAKE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP BACK TOWARD MADISON
COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH HAVE ALREADY FALLEN
IN ONEIDA COUNTY IN THE PAST HOUR. THIS COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING
IN LOW LYING AREAS OVER CENTRAL ONEIDA COUNTY...ALONG A VERONA MILLS
TO ROME TO HOLLAND PATENT LINE.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FRENCHVILLE AND NORTH WESTERN AT 400 PM EDT...
  STEUBEN AND TRENTON AT 405 PM EDT...
  REMSEN AND PROSPECT AT 410 PM EDT...
  HINCKLEY AT 415 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
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 6:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
612 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2007

NYZ022-252315-
STEUBEN NY-
612 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2007

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA...

* AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE ACROSS
CENTRAL ALLEGANY COUNTY AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ARKPORT AT 635 PM EDT...
  HORNELL AT 640 PM EDT...
  COHOCTON AT 650 PM EDT...
  AVOCA AT 700 PM EDT...
  BATH AT 710 PM EDT...
  HAMMONDSPORT AT 715 PM EDT...

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.

GILT
Local storm report, Aug 25, 6:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
630 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0625 PM     HAIL             SHERBURNE               42.68N 75.50W
08/25/2007  E0.75 INCH       CHENANGO           NY   PUBLIC

&&

PB
Local storm report, Aug 25, 7:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
705 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0643 PM     HAIL             NEW BERLIN              42.62N 75.34W
08/25/2007  E0.88 INCH       CHENANGO           NY   PUBLIC

0700 PM     TSTM WND GST     BATH                    42.34N 77.32W
08/25/2007  E60 MPH          STEUBEN            NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STRONG WINDS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN BATH

&&

PB
Local storm report, Aug 25, 7:20 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
720 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0701 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CANISTEO                42.27N 77.61W
08/25/2007                   STEUBEN            NY   PUBLIC

            LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN

&&

PB
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 7:29 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCortland41 min
Aug 25, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego60 min
Aug 25, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango56 min
Aug 25, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLuzerne46 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.