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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 20, 20085 counties in New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2008, 4:54 PM EDT for 5 counties in New York. It was in force for 66 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 20, 2008, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Madison County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Otsego County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 20, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 12:00Z on 2008-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 237 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 12:00Z on 2008-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
237 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca, Yates54 min
Jul 20, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOneida55 min
Jul 20, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Onondaga25 min
Jul 20, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga and 2 more38 min
Jul 20, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida61 min
Jul 20, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga and 3 more50 min
Jul 20, 5:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBroome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Tioga and 1 more3 hr
Jul 20, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego64 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.