Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2008, 5:30 PM EDT for Delaware County, Sullivan County, New York; Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 45 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
- Jul 13, 2008, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2008, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Delaware County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Wayne County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Jul 13, 2:04 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:04 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 204 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2008 .SYNOPSIS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME TO AN END WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION WITH FAIR WEATHER EXPECTED INTO MID WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... CDFNT WILL PASS THE RGN TNGT WITH SHRA/TSRA. MAIN FOCUS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTN/EARLY EVNG HRS WILL BE TO MONITOR FOR THE POTNL OF ISOLD STRONG STORMS OVER PORTIONS OF NE PA AND S CNTRL NY...AND ALSO LCLY +RA (WHICH IS THE GREATER CONCERN)....BUT XPCT FEW (IF ANY) SIG PRBLMS IN THE SHORT TERM. MDLS SUGGEST A WEAK S/WV OVER SW PA WILL LIFT NE INTO OUR FCST AREA THIS EVNG...PSBLY ENHANCING QPF OVER NE PA AND THE SRN CATSKILLS...BUT ALL IN ALL THIS A MUCH APPRECIATED RAINFALL. EXTRAP GETS BACKEDGE OF PCPN INTO THE FINGER LAKES AND CNTRL SRN TIER LATE THIS AFTN...AND SHUD CLEAR SE ZONES BEFORE DAYBREAK. MAY SEE SOME FOG LATER TNGT BUT AM NOT SURE IF IT WILL BE THICK OR WDSPRD ENUF TO WARRANT A MENTION IN THE FCST...EVNG SHIFT CAN RE- ASSESS. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MAIN TROF AXIS PASSES TMRW AFTN AND PROFILES SUGGEST POTNL FOR THE DVLPMNT OF ISOLD LOW TOPPED -SHRA...SPCLY NRN SITES. WENT WITH 20 POPS FOR THAT PD BUT WILL KEEP ZONES DRY...LATER SHIFTS CAN ADD IF NEEDED. OTRW PLEASANT WX INTO MIDWEEK WITH HIGH PRES IN CONTROL. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... QUASI-ZONAL PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO SET UP DURING MUCH OF THIS PERIOD WITH MINOR SHORT WAVES MOVING THROUGH THE PREVAILING WESTERLIES TO OUR NORTH. HPC PROGS FIT THIS IDEA BEST TO THE 00Z GEFS ENSEMBLE SUITE...AND HAVE FOLLOWED THEIR GUIDANCE WITH SOME MODIFICATION... ESPLY TO DAYS 6-7. THINK THIS SHOULD BE A GENERALLY BENIGN PATTERN...FEATURING MAINLY DRY AND WARM SUMMER LIKE CONDITIONS. UPSTREAM MCS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSING MINOR SHORTWAVES WILL BE THE BIG QUESTION MARKS DURING THIS TIME...AS WELL AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY PROGGED TO SAG SOUTH OF THE WESTERLIES INTO CNY/NEPA NEXT WEEKEND. THESE SCENARIOS ARE PLAUSIBLE...BUT CONFIDENCE IS CERTAINLY NOT HIGH ENOUGH AT THIS POINT TO GO WITH HIGH CHC TO LIKELY PROBABILITIES BEING OFFERED UP BY THE HPC PROGS FOR NEXT SAT-SUN. WILL LOWER THESE NUMBERS BY 10-20 PCT BUT KEEP THEM SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMO TO ILLUSTRATE AT LEAST A LITTLE BETTER CHC THAN NORMAL. TEMPS LOOK TO AVERAGE 5 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE DURING THE DAYS PER 925-850 MB THERMAL FIELDS...SO HAVE NUDGED THE HPC GUIDANCE NUMBERS UP JUST A BIT THURS-FRI TO SUGGEST A SHOT AT 90 EACH DAY. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED EMBDD THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND TRANSLATE EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. EXPECT MVFR CIG/VSBY RESTRICTIONS TO PREVAIL WITH LOCAL IFR VSBYS WITHIN MORE INTENSE SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. VFR CIGS WILL GRDLY RETURN DURING THE EVENING HOURS...THEN TEND TO SCATTER OUT OVERNIGHT. AREAS THAT RECEIVED SOAKING RAINFALL WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE REDEVELOPMENT OF MVFR-IFR VSBYS IN COOLING ATMOSPHERE. THIS MAY OCCUR JUST AFTER SKIES CLEAR DURG THE LATE EVENING /03Z-07Z/...THEN MODELS SHOW SOME MIXYNESS IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER WITH LOWERING DWPTS...SO THE LATE NIGHT HRS AFT 08Z MAY NOT BE RESTRICTED. A RETURN TO VFR SCT CU IS LIKELY MONDAY MORNING. OUTLOOK... MON NITE THRU THURSDAY...VFR. EARLY MORNING IFR FG PSBL EACH DAY...MAINLY KELM. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...NONE. && LONG TERM...JAB AVIATION...JAB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 2:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 241 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2008 NYZ009-017-018-023>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-141845- NORTHERN ONEIDA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS- MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME- DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING- LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 241 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. BASIN AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES MAY OCCUR DURING THIS TIME. THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DUMP LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW-LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NYZ015-016-022-141845- YATES-SENECA-STEUBEN- 241 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END LATE THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:36 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 436 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2008 PAZ039-040-043-132115- SUSQUEHANNA PA-WAYNE PA-WYOMING PA- 436 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 431 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPRINGVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 36 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ALFORD AT 445 PM EDT... HARFORD AND NEW MILFORD AT 450 PM EDT... GIBSON AT 455 PM EDT... JACKSON AT 500 PM EDT... ARARAT AT 505 PM EDT... THOMPSON AT 510 PM EDT... STARRUCA AT 515 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. MSE
Local storm report, Jul 13, 4:59 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 3:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Chemung, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Tioga and 1 more | 116 min |
| Jul 13, 3:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Otsego and 2 more | 91 min |
| Jul 13, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Madison, Oneida, Otsego | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2008Severe 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.