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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2009, 3:23 PM EDT for Madison County, Otsego County, New York. It was in force for 43 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 16, 2009, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2009, 4:06 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Madison County, NY, Otsego County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 16, 3:00 PM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 3:00 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 300 PM EDT THU JUL 16 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THIS EVENING...WITH A FEW OF THE STORMS REACHING SEVERE LEVELS. LATER FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTH...WITH RAINFALL DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION ONCE AGAIN. THIS WEEKEND...AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN IN THE VICINITY...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS DOTTING THE AREA...ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT PERIODS OF RAIN-FREE WEATHER ALSO EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY FROM THE I-81 CORRIDOR EASTWARD. GIVEN THAT AROUND 1500 ML CAPES HAVE DEVELOPED...ALONG WITH DEEP-LAYERED 0-6 KM SHEAR OF 35-40 KT...SOME SEVERE STORMS ANTICIPATED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE...DRIER AIR SHOULD SWEEP THROUGH FROM WEST TO EAST BY LATER THIS EVENING...WITH ANY RESIDUAL SHOWERS BECOMING QUITE ISOLATED. LOW-LEVEL DRY ADVECTION/LOWERING DEW POINTS THIS EVENING MAY MITIGATE WIDESPREAD FOG FORMATION. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY/... AFTER A BRIEF LULL FRIDAY MORNING...SHOWERS SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE ONCE AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING PERIOD. MODELS NOW IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON A FRONTAL WAVE MOVING UP THROUGH EASTERN PA AND NY LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. GOOD LARGE-SCALE FORCING AND DEEP MOISTURE/WARM CLOUD DEPTHS POINT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST PA AND THE WESTERN CATSKILLS. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY LOOKS LESS THAN TODAY...THERE APPEARS TO BE ENOUGH OF IT FOR AT LEAST SOME ISOLATED STORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST PA. THE HWO WILL BE UPDATED TO HIGHLIGHT HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL LATE FRIDAY. OVER THE WEEKEND...AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION...WITH TRANSIENT UPPER-LEVEL WAVES ROTATING ACROSS NY/PA. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL NOT EXPECTED...SCATTERED DIURNALLY DRIVEN ACTIVITY LOOKS LIKE A DECENT BET BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... GIVEN ACTIVE SHORT TERM CONCERNS...WE ARE AGAIN FOLLOWING HPC FOR THE MED RNG. UPR TROF/CUTOFF LOW WILL DROP INTO THE RGN...WITH SCT -SHRA PSBL NEARLY EVERY DAY. && .AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... SCT TSRA MAINLY E OF A SYR/BGM LINE THIS AFTN. ANY TSRA WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS. GIVEN LATEST RDR TRENDS...WELL JUST INDICATE SCT CBS...AND MONITOR FOR POTNL INCLUSION OF TSRA IN TAFS. THIS EVNG XPCT ONLY FEW-SCT CLD WITH DIMINISHING WINDS. COULD SEE MVFR RESTRICTIONS IN BR TWDS DAYBREAK...BEST GUESS IS AT RME/ELM AND AVP. XPCT VFR TO PREVAIL INTO FRI MRNG...WITH SCT -SHRA DVLPNG AFTER 18Z. WINDS THIS AFTN BECMG WRLY 10-20 KTS BEHIND THE TROF...GNRLY L&V TNGT...AND SWLY ARND 10 KTS ON FRI. OUTLOOK... FRIDAY AFTN THRU TUESDAY...VFR WITH CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR SCT MVFR IN SHOWERS. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MLJ NEAR TERM...MLJ SHORT TERM...MLJ LONG TERM... AVIATION...
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 3:23 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 12:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1232 PM EDT THU JUL 16 2009 NYZ018-161730- ONONDAGA NY- 1232 PM EDT THU JUL 16 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN ONONDAGA COUNTY... * AT 1232 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF CICERO THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... THE ONONDAGA OSWEGO COUNTY LINE THROUGH 130 PM EDT PEA SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. MSE
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:49 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 249 PM EDT THU JUL 16 2009 PAZ047-161930- LUZERNE PA- 249 PM EDT THU JUL 16 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN LUZERNE COUNTY... * 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 HUNTINGTON MILLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... KOONSVILLE AND MUHLENBERG AT 255 PM EDT... SHICKSHINNY AND POND HILL AT 300 PM EDT... LEE AND GLEN LYON AT 305 PM EDT... SLOCUM AND CONYNGHAM AT 310 PM EDT... ALDEN AND NANTICOKE AT 315 PM EDT... NUANGOLA AND WARRIOR RUN AT 320 PM EDT... ALBERT AND SUGAR NOTCH AT 325 PM EDT... GLEN SUMMIT AND FAIRVIEW HGTS AT 330 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. DJN
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:22 PM EDT, 1 minute before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Cortland, Madison | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Oneida | 36 min |
| Jul 16, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga | 42 min |
| Jul 16, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Oneida | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 53 min |
| Jul 16, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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.