Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2008, 7:22 PM EDT for Chemung County, Steuben County, New York. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2008, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2008, 8:02 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chemung County, NY, Steuben County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:34 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Corning, NY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KBGM 072322 SVRBGM NYC015-101-080015- /O.NEW.KBGM.SV.W.0252.080807T2322Z-080808T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 722 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL CHEMUNG COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK... SOUTHEASTERN STEUBEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK... * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 714 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PAINTED POST...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EAST CORNING BY 730 PM EDT... BIG FLATS AND CATON BY 735 PM EDT... HORSEHEADS BY 740 PM EDT... ELMIRA HEIGHTS BY 745 PM EDT... WEST ELMIRA AND ELMIRA BY 750 PM EDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 4227 7704 4214 7667 4200 7703 4215 7721 TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 314DEG 18KT 4215 7703 $$ MSE
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KBGM 072346 SVSBGM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 745 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 NYC015-101-080015- /O.CON.KBGM.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-080808T0015Z/ STEUBEN NY-CHEMUNG NY- 745 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL CHEMUNG AND SOUTHEASTERN STEUBEN COUNTIES... AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAGETOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WEST ELMIRA AROUND 750 PM EDT... ELMIRA AROUND 755 PM EDT... LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN SAVONA AND IN THE CORNING AREA. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 4227 7704 4214 7667 4200 7703 4215 7721 TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 314DEG 18KT 4206 7694 $$ MSE
000 WWUS51 KBGM 080002 SVSBGM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 802 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 NYC015-101-080012- /O.CAN.KBGM.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-080808T0015Z/ STEUBEN NY-CHEMUNG NY- 802 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CHEMUNG AND SOUTHEASTERN STEUBEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE STORM PRODUCED LARGE HAIL EARLIER THIS EVENING IN SAVONA AND CORNING. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 4227 7704 4214 7667 4200 7703 4215 7721 TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 314DEG 18KT 4200 7686 $$ MSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Madison, Oneida | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Onondaga | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Madison, Oneida, Onondaga | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Seneca | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 4:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Cayuga, Seneca | 82 min |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.