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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 7, 2008Sullivan County, New York; Pike County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2008, 4:04 PM EDT for Sullivan County, New York; Pike County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 41 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 7, 2008, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2008, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Sullivan County, NY, Pike County, PA, Wayne County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2008-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 76 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 2008-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-292 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 7, 1:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 1:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 3:22 AM EDT, 12 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
322 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-080730-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-
OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-
NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
322 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE FACTOR ON SUNDAY AND
MONDAY...AS HIGH TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO NEAR 90 ON SUNDAY...AND
INTO THE LOWER 90S ON MONDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAT AND
HUMIDITY WILL BRING HEAT INDICES INTO THE 90S...AND POTENTIALLY
CLOSE TO 100 DEGREES SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOONS.

USE CAUTION IF OUTDOORS IN THE SUNSHINE THIS WEEKEND AND ON
MONDAY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND SEEK A COOL PLACE IF SIGNS OF
HEAT STRESS DEVELOP.

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.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

ARNOTT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 12:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1230 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

NYZ022>025-055-071715-
CHEMUNG NY-SCHUYLER NY-STEUBEN NY-TIOGA NY-TOMPKINS NY-
1230 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

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

* AT 1222 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH CORNING...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELMIRA HEIGHTS AND ELMIRA AT 1240 PM EDT...
  ERIN AND CAYUTA AT 1250 PM EDT...
  LOCKWOOD AND VAN ETTEN AT 100 PM EDT...
  SPENCER AND LITCHFIELD AT 105 PM EDT...

ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS SCHUYLER COUNTY. THESE
STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 40 MPH WIND GUSTS AND SMALL
HAIL.

MSE
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
139 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

NYZ046-071830-
OTSEGO NY-
139 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

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

* AT 135 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG
  GUSTY WINDS.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  HARTWICK...AND MOVING EAST AT 41 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HYDE PARK AND INDEX AT 145 PM EDT...
  BOWERSTOWN AND WESTVILLE AT 150 PM EDT...
  MIDDLEFIELD AND ELK CREEK AT 155 PM EDT...
  WESTFORD AND CHERRY VALLEY AT 200 PM EDT...

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THIS STATION FOR MORE UPDATES ON
THIS STORM.

MSE
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
223 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

PAZ038-039-071930-
BRADFORD PA-SUSQUEHANNA PA-
223 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

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

* AT 217 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG
  GUSTY WINDS.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LE RAYSVILLE...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BIRCHARDVILLE AT 230 PM EDT...
  WYOANNA AT 235 PM EDT...
  MONTROSE AT 240 PM EDT...
  ALFORD AND NEW MILFORD AT 250 PM EDT...
  HARFORD AND LAKESIDE AT 255 PM EDT...
  GIBSON AND LAKEVIEW AT 300 PM EDT...
  JACKSON AT 305 PM EDT...

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

MSE
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
248 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

NYZ045-046-057-071915-
CHENANGO NY-DELAWARE NY-OTSEGO NY-
248 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN CHENANGO...
SOUTHWESTERN OTSEGO...AND NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTIES...

* AT 247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG
  GUSTY WINDS.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SIDNEY...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MASONVILLE AT 255 PM EDT...
  YOUNGS AND UNADILLA AT 300 PM EDT...
  WELLS BRIDGE AT 305 PM EDT...
  SIDNEY CENTER AND EAST SIDNEY AT 310 PM EDT...
  FRANKLIN AND LOOMIS AT 315 PM EDT...

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

MJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2008Severe 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.