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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Binghamton, NY

December 28, 20095 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this wind advisory at Dec 28, 2009, 3:08 PM EST for 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 29, 2009, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 28, 2009, 3:08 PM EST (20:08 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 29, 2009, 12:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 29, 2009, 2:54 PM EST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY

Counties Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Pike County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2009-12-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2009-12-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1173 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 28, 4:48 AM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningBGMMadison, Oneida, Onondaga34 hr
Dec 28, 4:48 AM ESTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryBGMCayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Seneca34 hr
Dec 28, 8:12 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBGMCayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga and 2 more4 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.