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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Binghamton, NY

January 9, 2008Oneida County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 9, 2008, 7:46 AM EST for Oneida County, New York. It was in force for 17 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
Jan 9, 2008, 7:46 AM EST (12:46 UTC)
Expired
Jan 9, 2008, 8:03 AM EST
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Oneida County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:46 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
Jan 9, 5:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2008-01-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-01-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 300 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
713 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jan 9, 6:21 AM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 6:21 AM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 9, 3:21 AM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
321 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

NYZ015>018-022>025-036-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-
048-072-100830-
YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-
TOMPKINS-MADISON-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-
SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-
LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
321 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER SPOTTERS
ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WIND MEASUREMENTS AND RAINFALL
TOTALS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

NYZ009-037-100830-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-
321 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.
   WIND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER SPOTTERS
ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WIND MEASUREMENTS AND RAINFALL
TOTALS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 9, 7:12 AM EST, 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 5:09 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSeneca, Steuben, Yates81 min
Jan 9, 5:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Onondaga, Schuyler, Tompkins56 min
Jan 9, 6:35 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida, Onondaga70 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.