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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 23, 2008Madison County, Onondaga County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2008, 8:12 PM EDT for Madison County, Onondaga County, New York. It was in force for 48 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, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2008, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Madison County, NY, Onondaga County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 938 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -50 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
938 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1295 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.6

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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, 3:13 PM EDT, 4 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 3:13 PM EDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 4:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
650 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008

NYZ036-037-232315-
MADISON NY-ONEIDA NY-
650 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008

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

* AT 646 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG
  GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VERNON...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WESTMORELAND AND CLARK MILLS AT 700 PM EDT...
  COLEMANS AT 705 PM EDT...
  WHITESBORO AND ORISKANY AT 710 PM EDT...
  YORKVILLE AND NEW YORK MILLS AT 715 PM EDT...

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

RRM
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
704 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008

NYZ017-018-232345-
CAYUGA NY-ONONDAGA NY-
704 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008

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

* AT 703 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG
  GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FLEMING...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OWASCO AT 710 PM EDT...
  NILES AND SKANEATELES AT 720 PM EDT...
  MARIETTA AND MARCELLUS AT 735 PM EDT...
  CEDARVALE AT 745 PM EDT...

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

RRM
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:12 PM EDT, 1 hour before
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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:22 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:26 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
726 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008

NYZ018-036-240015-
MADISON NY-ONONDAGA NY-
726 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008

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

* AT 725 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG
  GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LIVERPOOL...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LYNCOURT AND SYRACUSE AT 735 PM EDT...
  DE WITT AND CICERO AT 740 PM EDT...
  EAST SYRACUSE AND LYNDON AT 745 PM EDT...
  MINOA AND LYNDON AT 750 PM EDT...
  MINOA AND FAYETTEVILLE AT 755 PM EDT...
  KIRKVILLE AND BRIDGEPORT AT 800 PM EDT...
  CHITTENANGO AT 810 PM EDT...
  SULLIVAN AT 815 PM EDT...

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

RRM
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:44 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
744 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008

NYZ018-240030-
ONONDAGA NY-
744 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008

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

* AT 742 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG
  GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OTISCO...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OTISCO AT 755 PM EDT...
  VESPER AT 800 PM EDT...
  NEDROW AT 810 PM EDT...
  LA FAYETTE AT 815 PM EDT...
  JAMESVILLE AT 825 PM EDT...
  POMPEY AND WATERVALE AT 830 PM EDT...

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

RRM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCortland, Tompkins51 min
Jun 23, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Otsego41 min
Jun 23, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego45 min

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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.