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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2007, 3:51 PM EDT for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 24 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 12, 2007, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2007, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Luzerne County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 190 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1120 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 12, 1:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 1:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 145 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES...AND LOW PRESSURE OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON THURSDAY. CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA CAN EXPECT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS PASSING OVER PARTS OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE CATSKILL AND POCONO MOUNTAINS. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL...FOLLOWED BY SEASONABLY COOL READINGS AT NIGHT. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... UPDATED ZONES TO INCLUDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH UNTIL 00Z, FOR WESTERN CATSKILLS, SUSQUEHANNA REGION AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. SEVERE THREAT THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEST OVER WESTERN CATSKILLS AND POCONOS. PRIMARY THREAT FROM SEVERE TSRA WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY/... UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES SLIGHTLY TO THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH WEDNESDAY THEN LIFTS BACK TO THE NORTHEAST. SFC HIGH PRESSURE THEN BUILDS SOUTH WITH DRIER AIR FROM CANADA AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND WORKING INTO THE AREA WEDS NIGHT AND THURS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOCUS FURTHER SOUTH WITH TIME...SO MAINTAINED ONLY CHC/SLIGHT CHC POPS ON WED FROM THE SOUTHERN TIER NY SOUTH INTO THE WYOMING VALLEY/POCONOS. DO NOT BELIEVE THE WEAK INVERTED TROF AXIS POKING ACROSS NEPA INTO SC NY WILL BECOME AS ACTIVE AS NAM SUGGESTS WEDS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE AND NORTHEASTERLY FLOW ALOFT SPELLS DRY WX CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY. AIRMASS CHANGES SLIGHTLY COOLER AS THE HIGH BUILDS DOWN FROM NEW ENGLAND...WITH 850 MB TEMPS NOSING DOWN TO 8-10C BY THURSDAY. BLENDED MAV/FWC CATCHES THIS TREND AND LOOKS ACCEPTABLE. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... UA LOPRES IS FCSTD TO WOBBLE NWRD AND BE ABSORBED BY THE WLYS. THIS ALLOWS A BROADER RDG TO BUILD INTO THE AREA. TROF DROPPING INTO NEW ENG IN THE NW FLOW MAY TRIGGER A FEW TRWS SAT NGT... OTRW...CONDS SHD BE MAINLY DRY. SHRT WV AND COLD FNT LOOKS TO MVE IN AND BRING A MORE WIDESPREAD CHANCE OF RAIN...JUST AFTER THIS XTNDD PD. && .AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... SCT TRWS HAVE DVLPD OVER THE ERN AREEAS THIS AFTN AND WILL MAINLY AFFECT AVP...ALTHOUGH ISTLD TRWS PSBL AS FAR WEST AS BGM AND RME. FOR THE MOST PART...MOST SHD BE BRIEF WITH LWRD CIGS AND VSBYS. MUCH OF THE ACTVITY IS ANCHORED BY TERRAIN...AND SHD RAPIDLY WEAKEN AS THE SUN GOES DOWN. OTRW...XPCTG VFR CONDS TO PREVAIL THRU THIS PD. XCPTN COULD BE AT ELM WHERE SOME BRIEF MRNG FOG LWRS CIGS AND VSBY INTO THE MVFR RNAGE. WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RESTRICTIONS IN SHRA AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT AVP. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH SATURDAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF POSSIBLE MORNING FOG AT ELM EACH DAY. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JAB NEAR TERM...RRM SHORT TERM...JAB LONG TERM...DGM AVIATION...DGM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 1:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 121 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044-055-131730- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-TIOGA- 121 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NYZ045-046-056-057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-131730- CHENANGO-OTSEGO-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA- NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 121 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 386 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:55 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 255 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 PAZ044-047-122000- LACKAWANNA PA-LUZERNE PA- 255 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN LACKAWANNA AND EASTERN LUZERNE COUNTIES... * AT 250 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 GLENDALE...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... YATESVILLE AND PITTSTON AT 300 PM EDT... WESTMINISTER AND LAFLIN AT 305 PM EDT... HUDSON AND MINERS MILLS AT 310 PM EDT... BEAR CREEK AND LAUREL RUN AT 320 PM EDT... PRESTON AT 325 PM EDT... TUNNEL AND PENN LAKE PARK AT 330 PM EDT... REILY AND WHITE HAVEN AT 340 PM EDT... SPRINGTOWN AND DORRANCE AT 350 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. MJ
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:07 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 77 min |
| Jun 12, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Madison | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Madison | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Madison | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Madison | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Madison | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Oneida | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cortland | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tioga | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Pike | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Pike | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Pike | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wyoming | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.