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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 23, 2008Sullivan County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2008, 3:28 AM EDT for Sullivan County, New York. It was in force for 47 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 23, 2008, 3:28 AM EDT (07:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2008, 4:15 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Sullivan County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2008-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1409 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 2008-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.8

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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 23, 1:34 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 1:34 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 7:51 PM EDT, 7 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
751 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-240000-
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-
751 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... BUT ANY STORMS THAT FORM ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR MONDAY INTO MONDAY
NIGHT... WITH A FEW STORMS APPROACHING SEVERE LIMITS IN THE
AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. AFTER MONDAY EVENING... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER
IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MSE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 10:22 PM EDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1022 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

PAZ047-230315-
LUZERNE PA-
1022 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

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

* AT 1021 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL.  THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST HAZLETON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 18 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CONYNGHAM AT 1030 PM EDT...
  WEST HAZLETON AND HAZLETON AT 1035 PM EDT...
  DRUMS AND STOCKTON AT 1045 PM EDT...
  DRIFTON AND JEDDO AT 1050 PM EDT...
  FREELAND AND WOODSIDE-DRIFTON AT 1055 PM EDT...
  ALBERT AT 1105 PM EDT...
  PENN LAKE PARK AND GLEN SUMMIT AT 1115 PM EDT...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY

MORFORD
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 11:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1135 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

NYZ062-PAZ040-072-230430-
SULLIVAN NY-WAYNE PA-
1135 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

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

* AT 1134 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL.  THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR WAYMART...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WAYMART AND HEADLEY AT 1140 PM EDT...
  PROMPTON AND SEELYVILLE AT 1145 PM EDT...
  BETHANY AND BEECH GROVE AT 1150 PM EDT...
  LAURELLA AT 1155 PM EDT...
  BEACH LAKE AT MIDNIGHT EDT...
  CALKINS AT 1205 AM EDT...
  RILEYVILLE AT 1210 AM EDT...
  RUTLEDGEDALE AND MILANVILLE AT 1215 AM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN.

PADAVONA
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 12:20 AM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1220 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2008

NYZ062-PAZ048-230515-
PIKE PA-SULLIVAN NY-
1220 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2008

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

* AT 1217 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL.  THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR GREELEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 22 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TWIN LAKES AT 1225 AM EDT...
  LACKAWAXEN AND WESTCOLANG PARK AT 1230 AM EDT...
  BARRYVILLE AND SHOHOLA AT 1235 AM EDT...
  TUSTEN AT 1240 AM EDT...
  ELDRED AND HIGHLAND LAKE AT 1245 AM EDT...
  TYLERTOWN AT 1255 AM EDT...
  FORRESTBURG AT 100 AM EDT...
  BETHEL AND HARTWOOD AT 105 AM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN.

PADAVONA
Local storm report, Jun 23, 1:15 AM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 12:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan36 min
Jun 23, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben34 min
Jun 23, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.