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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 21, 2008Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2008, 5:15 PM EDT for Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 31 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 21, 2008, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2008, 5:46 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Susquehanna County, PA

The radar

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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 21, 4:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 4:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 11:13 AM EDT, 6 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1113 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055-056-PAZ038-039-221515-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-
OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-
1113 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP DURING THE MID TO
LATE AFTERNOON TODAY. HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY FROM ANY STORM...AND
SMALL HAIL IS A POSSIBILITY. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH AROUND
SUNSET...BUT LINGERING SHOWERS MAY CONTINUE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON SUNDAY.

NYZ057-062-PAZ040-043-044-047-048-072-221515-
DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
1113 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO MAY DEVELOP DURING THE MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON TODAY. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
BECOME SEVERE AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON SUNDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
322 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008

NYZ022-211945-
STEUBEN NY-
322 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008

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

* AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG
  GUSTY WINDS.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TROUPSBURG...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  JASPER AT 330 PM EDT...
  WOODHULL AT 340 PM EDT...

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

RRM
Local storm report, Jun 21, 4:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:17 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
417 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008

NYZ025-212045-
TOMPKINS NY-
417 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008

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

* AT 416 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND
  VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ENFIELD...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 29 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTHWEST ITHACA AND ITHACA AT 425 PM EDT...
  CAYUGA HEIGHTS AND NORTHEAST ITHACA AT 430 PM EDT...
  ITHACA TOMPKINS ARPT AND BESEMER AT 435 PM EDT...
  ETNA AND WEST DRYDEN AT 440 PM EDT...
  FREEVILLE AND PERUVILLE AT 445 PM EDT...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:38 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
438 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008

NYZ016>018-044-212130-
CAYUGA NY-CORTLAND NY-ONONDAGA NY-SENECA NY-
438 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008

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

* AT 437 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG
  GUSTY WINDS.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AURORA...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 18 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LEVANNA AND UNION SPRINGS AT 445 PM EDT...
  LEDYARD AND KING FERRY AT 450 PM EDT...
  GENOA AT 500 PM EDT...
  MERRIFIELD AND VENICE CENTER AT 505 PM EDT...
  SCIPIO CENTER AND EAST VENICE AT 510 PM EDT...
  CASOWASCO AND ENSENORE AT 515 PM EDT...
  CASCADE AT 520 PM EDT...
  OWASCO AND MONTVILLE AT 525 PM EDT...

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

RRM
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:43 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 21, 4:51 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben32 min
Jun 21, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung, Schuyler, Yates27 min
Jun 21, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSusquehanna23 min
Jun 21, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLackawanna, Wyoming38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.