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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2009, 2:01 PM EDT for Sullivan County, New York; Pike County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 44 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 21, 2009, 2:01 PM EDT (18:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2009, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Sullivan County, NY, Pike County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 21, 10:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1602 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
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 21, 1:39 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 1:39 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 11:09 AM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1109 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055-056-PAZ038-039-221515- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO- OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA- 1109 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. IN ADDITION... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NYZ057-062-PAZ040-044-048-072-221515- DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-NORTHERN WAYNE-LACKAWANNA-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 1109 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 726 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. PAZ043-047-221515- WYOMING-LUZERNE- 1109 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. IN ADDITION... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. RRM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 10:25 AM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1025 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009 PAZ040-044-047-072-211530- LACKAWANNA PA-LUZERNE PA-WAYNE PA- 1025 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN LUZERNE...SOUTHERN LACKAWANNA AND WAYNE COUNTIES... * AT 1023 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENDALE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... YOSTVILLE AND FELLS CORNERS AT 1030 AM EDT... MOSCOW AND ELMHURST AT 1035 AM EDT... QUICKTOWN AND OLYPHANT AT 1040 AM EDT... DRINKER AND WIMMERS AT 1045 AM EDT... CORTEZ AND ARCHBALD AT 1050 AM EDT... TRESSLARVILLE AND LAKE ARIEL AT 1055 AM EDT... SOUTH CANAAN AT 1100 AM EDT... HEADLEY AND WAYMART AT 1110 AM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. RRM
Local storm report, Aug 21, 11:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1100 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0948 AM FUNNEL CLOUD 2 W MOSCOW 41.34N 75.57W
08/21/2009 LACKAWANNA PA LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED TO LACKAWANNA COUNTY 911 CENTER BY A PROBATION
OFFICER TRAVELLING ON INTERSTATE 380 NEAR MOSCOW.
&&
EMGSpecial weather statement, Aug 21, 12:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1211 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009 PAZ040-072-211700- WAYNE PA- 1211 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY... * AT 1210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STERLING...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LAKE ARIEL AND ARLINGTON AT 1220 PM EDT... HEADLEY AND PROMPTON AT 1230 PM EDT... SEELYVILLE AND HONESDALE AT 1235 PM EDT... LAURELLA AT 1240 PM EDT... CALKINS AND BEACH LAKE AT 1245 PM EDT... RUTLEDGEDALE AND RILEYVILLE AT 1250 PM EDT... DAMASCUS AND MILANVILLE AT 1255 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
Local storm report, Aug 21, 1:12 PM EDT, 49 minutes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 10:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 59 min |
| Aug 21, 11:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 53 min |
| Aug 21, 12:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 12:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 62 min |
| Aug 21, 12:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 1:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Sullivan | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 57 min |
| Aug 21, 10:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Pike, Wayne | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2009Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.