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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 21, 2011Sullivan County, New York; 6 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this heat advisory at Jul 21, 2011, 2:08 PM EDT for Sullivan County, New York; 6 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jul 22, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 2011, 2:08 PM EDT (18:08 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 22, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jul 22, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY

Counties Sullivan County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Pike County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 2011-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 494 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
494 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 21, 1:55 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 1:55 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 10:05 AM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1005 AM EDT THU JUL 21 2011

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-055-056-PAZ044-047-221415-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-TIOGA-BROOME-
LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-
1005 AM EDT THU JUL 21 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

   EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. ANY STORM WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME
SEVERE...WITH STRONG WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL PERSIST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH IT
IS LIKELY THAT CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS OPPRESSIVE AS
TODAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

HEDEN

NYZ044>046-057-062-PAZ038>040-043-048-072-221415-
CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-
NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
1005 AM EDT THU JUL 21 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW
YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

   HEAT ADVISORY.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. ANY STORM WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME
SEVERE...WITH STRONG WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL PERSIST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH IT
IS LIKELY THAT CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS OPPRESSIVE AS
TODAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

HEDEN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 21, 8:14 AM EDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
814 AM EDT THU JUL 21 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0120 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W KRUM CORNER         42.49N  76.60W
07/19/2011                   TOMPKINS           NY   PUBLIC

            MANY TREES DOWN ON PERRY CITY ROAD.

&&

HEDEN
Local storm report, Jul 21, 8:16 AM EDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
816 AM EDT THU JUL 21 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0308 AM     TSTM WND DMG     AUBURN CENTER           41.68N  76.03W
07/21/2011                   SUSQUEHANNA        PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON STATE ROUTE 3001 AT TWO DIFFERENT PLACES.
            HIGH TENSION WIRES ALSO DOWN DUE TO THE TREES ON THEM.

&&

HEDEN
Local storm report, Jul 21, 8:33 AM EDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
833 AM EDT THU JUL 21 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 AM     TSTM WND DMG     RUSH                    41.78N  76.05W
07/19/2011                   SUSQUEHANNA        PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BARN DAMAGE ON STATE ROUTE 267. PIECES OF THE BARN
            BLOWN INTO THE ROAD. TREES AND WIRES ALSO DOWN AT THIS
            LOCATION. TREES ALSO DOWN ON STATE ROUTE 858...KEECH
            HILL ROAD...AND GAGE ROAD.

&&

CORRECTED REMARKS

HEDEN

Nearby

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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.