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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 26, 2008Cayuga County, Seneca County, Tompkins County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2008, 9:24 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Seneca County, Tompkins County, New York. It was in force for 36 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 26, 2008, 9:24 PM EDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2008, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Seneca County, NY, Tompkins County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 2008-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1257 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 2008-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
1257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1366 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.5

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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 26, 8:53 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 8:53 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 3:29 PM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
329 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008

NYZ024-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-271930-
CHEMUNG-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-
NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
329 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW YORK INTO THIS EVENING. AN
ISOLATED STORM OR TWO COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.

THOSE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF THE
LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE STATEMENTS...WATCHES
AND WARNINGS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL-HAZARDS OR YOUR FAVORITE
LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BINGHAMTON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTH
CENTRAL NEW YORK BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT COULD TRIGGER
A ROUND OF SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED INTO THIS EVENING AND POTENTIALLY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

NYZ009-015>018-022-023-025-036-037-044>046-271930-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-
329 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INTO THIS EVENING
IN NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL NEW YORK...WHICH INCLUDES THE
FINGER LAKES REGION...THE WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY AND TUG HILL. A
COOL FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION THIS
EVENING AND TRIGGER SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. THE POTENTIAL
EXISTS FOR SOME OF THE STORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING HIGH WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL...ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

THOSE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF THE
LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL-HAZARDS OR YOUR FAVORITE
LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BINGHAMTON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED INTO THIS EVENING.

NICOSIA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 26, 8:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 26, 8:46 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 26, 9:22 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome44 min
Jul 26, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca43 min
Jul 26, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCortland, Tompkins41 min
Jul 26, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOneida30 min
Jul 26, 8:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida, Onondaga56 min
Jul 26, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Onondaga67 min
Jul 26, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango47 min
Jul 26, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSeneca32 min
Jul 26, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Cortland57 min
Jul 26, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Onondaga39 min
Jul 26, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida29 min
Jul 26, 9:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMMadison, Oneida3 hr
Jul 26, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Cortland, Tompkins35 min
Jul 26, 9:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego35 min
Jul 26, 10:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMOtsego119 min
Jul 27, 1:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Delaware66 min
Jul 27, 1:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego45 min
Jul 27, 11:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware65 min
Jul 27, 11:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMDelaware, Sullivan4 hr
Jul 27, 11:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Sullivan4 hr
Jul 27, 12:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan40 min
Jul 27, 12:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan39 min
Jul 27, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne39 min
Jul 27, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLackawanna, Pike, Wayne48 min
Jul 27, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMPike36 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.