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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 10, 2009Chenango County, Cortland County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2009, 9:24 PM EDT for Chenango County, Cortland County, New York. It was in force for 51 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 10, 2009, 9:24 PM EDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2009, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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
Aug 10, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 00:00Z on 2009-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2978 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2009-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
2978 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
8.0

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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 Aug 10, 7:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 7:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 5:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
526 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2009

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-112130-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-
OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-
526 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT TUESDAY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 695 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

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

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

THE COMBINATION OF A WARM AND HUMID ATMOSPHERE ALONG WITH AN
APPROACHING DISTURBANCE TO OUR WEST HAS CAUSED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK AND THE NORTHERN
FINGER LAKES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROGRESS EAST AND IMPACT
THE AREA THROUGH 11 PM. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING...WITH
LARGE HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY AREAS FOR FLASH FLOODING
WILL BE FROM SOUTHERN ONONDAGA COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH
CORTLAND...CHENANGO... BROOME...AND DELAWARE... COUNTIES WHERE
HEAVY RAIN FELL YESTERDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-112130-
BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
526 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2009

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 696 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...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.

THE COMBINATION OF A WARM AND HUMID ATMOSPHERE ALONG WITH AN
APPROACHING DISTURBANCE TO OUR WEST HAS CAUSED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROGRESS EAST AND IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH 11
PM. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE POTENTIAL
FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

NYZ062-112130-
SULLIVAN-
526 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT TUESDAY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 696 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

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

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

THE COMBINATION OF A WARM AND HUMID ATMOSPHERE ALONG WITH AN
APPROACHING DISTURBANCE TO OUR WEST HAS CAUSED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK AND THE NORTHERN
FINGER LAKES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROGRESS EAST AND IMPACT
THE AREA THROUGH 11 PM. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 10, 7:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Cortland, Tompkins42 min
Aug 11, 4:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSteuben90 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.