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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 8, 2008Bradford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2008, 6:25 PM EDT for Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 35 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 8, 2008, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2008, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Bradford County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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
Jun 8, 12:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 2008-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 664 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 2008-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
664 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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 Jun 8, 4:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 4:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 12:44 PM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1244 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-091645-
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-
1244 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 486 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

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

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AND LIKELY INTO
TUESDAY...WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING THE UPPER 90S ON MONDAY...AND
THE MID 90S ON TUESDAY.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON...A POTENT COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE
REGION...BRINGING WITH IT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF
WHICH MAY BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
404 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

PAZ044-048-072-082100-
LACKAWANNA PA-PIKE PA-WAYNE PA-
404 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN
LACKAWANNA...SOUTHERN WAYNE...AND PIKE COUNTIES...

* AT 359 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
  WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOSCOW...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 22 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STERLING AT 410 PM EDT...
  ANGELS AT 415 PM EDT...
  NEWFOUNDLAND AND GREENTOWN AT 420 PM EDT...
  PANTHER AT 425 PM EDT...
  BLOOMING GROVE AT 440 PM EDT...
  PECKS POND AND LORDS VALLEY AT 450 PM EDT...

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

MJ
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 8, 5:55 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:58 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
558 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

PAZ038-082300-
BRADFORD PA-
558 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

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

* AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
  WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF SYLVANIA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 31 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SYLVANIA AND COWLEY AT 610 PM EDT...
  TROY AND SPRINGFIELD AT 615 PM EDT...
  LEONA AND WETONA AT 620 PM EDT...
  WEST BURLINGTON AND EAST SMITHFIELD AT 625 PM EDT...
  BURLINGTON AND RIGGS AT 630 PM EDT...
  WEST FRANKLIN AND RIGGS AT 635 PM EDT...
  FRANKLINDALE AT 640 PM EDT...
  MONROE AND TOWANDA AT 645 PM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
Local storm report, Jun 8, 6:15 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
615 PM EDT SUN JUN 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TOWANDA                 41.77N 76.45W
06/08/2008                   BRADFORD           PA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. DAMAGE BEING REPORTED
            FOR THE PAST HOUR.

&&

PB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 12:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Cayuga, Cortland, Tompkins45 min
Jun 8, 12:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Cortland54 min
Jun 8, 1:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Delaware, Otsego44 min
Jun 8, 1:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Delaware46 min
Jun 8, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Tioga41 min
Jun 8, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung, Schuyler, Tioga, Tompkins48 min
Jun 8, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Tioga40 min
Jun 8, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan42 min
Jun 8, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Delaware, Sullivan50 min
Jun 8, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome42 min
Jun 8, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Sullivan48 min
Jun 8, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung, Steuben21 min
Jun 8, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Onondaga26 min
Jun 8, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Tioga30 min
Jun 8, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLackawanna, Pike, Wayne38 min
Jun 8, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford47 min
Jun 8, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming43 min
Jun 8, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLackawanna, Susquehanna, Wyoming46 min
Jun 8, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming50 min
Jun 8, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLackawanna, Pike, Wayne38 min
Jun 8, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMPike32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.