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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 9, 2009Steuben County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2009, 11:17 PM EDT for Steuben 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: Aug 9, 2009, 11:17 PM EDT (03:17 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Steuben County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 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
Aug 9, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

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 Aug 9, 8:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 8:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 10:50 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 5:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 6:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 6:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 7:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 9:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
923 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009

NYZ015>017-022>025-100400-
CHEMUNG-SCHUYLER-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-STEUBEN-TOMPKINS-YATES-
923 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INBOUND FROM LAKE ONTARIO...

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO
ARE FORECAST TO REACH LOCATIONS FROM GENEVA TO PENN YAN TO HORNELL
BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1130 PM. WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED 50 MPH AS THESE
STORMS HIT.

THE LINE OF STORMS WILL THEN PROGRESS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REST OF
THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER...INCLUDING ITHACA, WATKINS GLEN AND
ELMIRA/CORNING BY 1230 AM.

JAB

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 10:38 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1038 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009

NYZ015-016-022-023-100345-
SCHUYLER NY-SENECA NY-STEUBEN NY-YATES NY-
1038 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN SCHUYLER...
NORTHERN STEUBEN...SOUTHERN SENECA AND YATES COUNTIES...

* AT 1038 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY
  WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF VINE VALLEY TO 24 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF WAYLAND TO 51 MILES WEST OF ARKPORT...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MIDDLESEX AT 1115 PM EDT...
  COHOCTON AND ARKPORT AT 1120 PM EDT...
  PENN YAN AT 1125 PM EDT...
  HORNELL AND AVOCA AT 1130 PM EDT...
  OVID AND HAMMONDSPORT AT 1135 PM EDT...
  DUNDEE AND BATH AT 1140 PM EDT...
  COVERT AT 1145 PM EDT...

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 8:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Broome, Chenango	3 hr
Aug 9, 9:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Cayuga, Onondaga	3 hr
Aug 9, 10:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Onondaga	28 min
Aug 9, 11:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Cayuga, Cortland, Onondaga	6 hr
Aug 9, 11:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Delaware, Sullivan	5 hr
Aug 10, 12:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Chenango, Cortland	3 hr
Aug 10, 12:49 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego	6 hr
Aug 10, 2:06 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	BGM	Delaware, Sullivan	5 hr
Aug 10, 7:50 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BGM	Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 11 more	14 hr
Aug 10, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cayuga, Seneca, Yates	49 min
Aug 10, 3:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca	4 hr
Aug 10, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cayuga, Cortland, Onondaga, Seneca	62 min
Aug 10, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cayuga, Seneca, Tompkins	44 min
Aug 10, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Tompkins	62 min
Aug 10, 4:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Cortland, Tompkins	30 min
Aug 10, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Madison, Onondaga	46 min
Aug 10, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cayuga, Schuyler, Seneca, Tompkins, Yates	52 min
Aug 10, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Chenango, Cortland	55 min
Aug 10, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Cortland, Tompkins	49 min
Aug 10, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Tioga	60 min
Aug 10, 5:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Cortland	3 hr
Aug 10, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Madison, Oneida	57 min
Aug 10, 5:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Tompkins	3 hr
Aug 10, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Chenango, Tioga	52 min
Aug 10, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego	56 min
Aug 10, 5:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Broome, Chenango	3 hr
Aug 10, 5:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Broome, Tioga	117 min
Aug 10, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Delaware	54 min
Aug 10, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Sullivan	63 min
Aug 10, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Oneida	30 min
Aug 10, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Sullivan	66 min
Aug 10, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Delaware, Sullivan	66 min
Aug 10, 6:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Broome, Delaware, Sullivan	100 min
Aug 10, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna	44 min
Aug 10, 6:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Lackawanna	3 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.