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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2011, 4:28 PM EDT for Otsego County, New York. It was in force for 47 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
- Jul 6, 2011, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Otsego County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 6, 4:00 PM EDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 4:00 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 400 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN DRYER AND A BIT COOLER WEATHER WILL RETURN LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA, AND WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BACK TO THE REGION LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/... COLD FRONT STRETCHED ALONG ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY SWWD ACROSS LAKE ERIE THIS AFTN WITH SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPING OUT AHEAD IN THE WARM AND SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. BEST SHEAR AND CHC FOR ANY SEVERE TSRA REMAINS MAINLY ACROSS NE SECTIONS OF OUR FA THRU NORTHERN NYS AND NEW ENGLAND. CAN/T RULE OUT AN ISOLATED STRONGER STORM ELSEWHERE BUT BELIEVE OVERALL SVR CHC IS LOW FOR MOST OF THE AREA. STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SE THRU REMAINDER OF AFTN EARLY EVENING BEFORE FRONT CLRS MOST OF FA BY 00Z. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY/... MOST GUIDANCE INDICATING A DRY FCST FOR THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EWD FROM GREAT LAKES LATE TONIGHT AND THURS, PUSHING THE FRONT SWD NEAR THE DELMARVA. PERHAPS SLGT CHC ACROSS THE FAR SRN PORTION OF OUR FA THURSDAY, BUT LEFT OUT OF THE FCST AS MAJORITY OF MODELS ARE DRY. LATE THURS NGT AND FRIDAY, THE HIGH MOVES OFF TO THE EAST AND RETURN FLOW WILL HELP TO BRING MOISTURE BACK TO THE NORTH AS WAVE DEVELOPS ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND MOVES NORTH. AS OF NOW, LOOKS LIKE BEST CHC FOR PRECIP ACROSS NORTHEAST PA AND CENTRAL NY, ESP ALONG AND EAST OF I81. INCREASED POPS SOME INTO HIGH CHC, BUT COULD SEE NEED FOR LIKELY POPS FOR PART OF THE AREA IF TREND CONTINUES NEXT RUNS. FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PRECIP PUSHES EAST AND OUT OF THE AREA AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST OVER THE AREA AGAIN ON SATURDAY. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... DUE TO WATCH ISSUANCE DISCUSSION WILL BE BRIEF. CLOSELY FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE WITH ONLY VERY MINOR TWEEKS. FAIRLY ZONAL FLOW SHUD PREVAIL WITH COLD FNTL PSSG ON MONDAY. CHC FOR SHRA/TSRA MONDAY...OTRW FAIR WX TO PREVAIL AHEAD OF (SAT/SUN) AND BEHIND (TUE/WED) THE FNT. TEMPS RUNNING NEAR OR SLIGHTY ABV NORMAL...WITH MAXES GNRLY L/M 80S AND MINS U50S TO M60S. && .AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... CDFNT WILL PROGRESS ACRS THE FCST AREA LATE THIS AFTN AND EVNG. WATCH JUST ISSUED...BUT CONFIDENCE HERE IN ANYTHING MORE THAN ISOLD SVR IS VERY LOW. BEST CHC FOR STRONGER STORMS APPEAR TO BE OVER THE FAR NE SXNS OF THE BGM CWA. THE SCENARIO WE HAVE GREATEST CONFIDENCE IS WHERE WDLY SCT NON-SVR TSRA DVLP ALONG OR JUST AHEAD OF THE FNT ARND 19Z...TRACKING SEWD DURING LATE AFTN/EVNG INTO THE SRN TIER AND NE PA. HOWEVER THE DEGREE OF CVRG IS ALSO A BIG QUESTION SO FOR NOW WE JUST PLAYED A 2 HR TEMPO PD DURING THE AFTN WITH A CB GROUP. ONLY XCPTN WAS AT SYR/RME WHERE WE PLAYED A TEMPO GROUP FOR SHRA WITH CB. UPDATES WILL BE MADE- IF NEEDED- ONCE SITN BCMS MORE CLEAR. OTHER CHALLENGE FOR THE TAFS WAS THE POTNL FOR LOW CLDS OR VLY FOG LATER TNGT ABD INDICATED MVFR MOST CNTRL NY SITES LATE TNGT. VFR PREVAILS ON THU. WINDS THIS AFTN WRLY 10-20 KTS...BECMG NWLY 5 KTS TNGT AND NNWLY 10-15 KTS THU. OUTLOOK... THU NGT THRU SUN...MOSTLY VFR. SOME LGT VALLEY FOG PSBL EARLY EACH AM. MON...SCT TSRA WITH MVFR. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JML NEAR TERM...JML SHORT TERM...JML LONG TERM...JAB AVIATION...
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 2:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 229 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011 NYZ009-018-023>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044- 047-048-072-071830- NORTHERN ONEIDA-ONONDAGA-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON- SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE- SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA- LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 229 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 605 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 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. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW ISOLATED STORMS COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME SEVERE... WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH OR LARGE HAIL. THE BEST CHANCE FOR A SEVERE STORM WILL BE NORTH OF THE NEW YORK PENNSYLVANIA BORDER. LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FLOODING COULD ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. NYZ015>017-022-071830- YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-STEUBEN- 229 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. ISOLATED STORMS COULD POTENTIALLY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH OR SMALL HAIL. LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FLOODING COULD ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
315 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011
NYZ036-037-062000-
MADISON NY-ONEIDA NY-
315 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MADISON AND SOUTHERN
ONEIDA COUNTIES...
* AT 310 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CHITTENANGO...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PERRYVILLE AT 320 PM EDT...
LENOX AND CANASTOTA AT 330 PM EDT...
WAMPSVILLE AND PETERBORO AT 335 PM EDT...
ONEIDA AND ONEIDA CASTLE AT 340 PM EDT...
SHERRILL AND STOCKBRIDGE AT 345 PM EDT...
VERNON AND AUGUSTA AT 350 PM EDT...
VERNON CENTER AND ORISKANY FALLS AT 355 PM EDT...
CLINTON AND KIRKLAND AT 400 PM EDT...
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!
LAT...LON 4320 7514 4314 7513 4305 7521 4293 7520
4294 7591 4309 7592 4309 7596 4310 7598
4313 7596
MLJSpecial weather statement, Jul 6, 3:55 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
423 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011
NYZ036-037-046-062115-
MADISON NY-ONEIDA NY-OTSEGO NY-
423 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MADISON...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ONEIDA AND NORTHERN OTSEGO COUNTIES...
* AT 418 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
LEONARDSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
EXETER CENTER AT 430 PM EDT...
OAKSVILLE AND RICHFIELD SPRINGS AT 435 PM EDT...
COOPERSTOWN AND TODDSVILLE AT 445 PM EDT...
SPRINGFIELD AND BOWERSTOWN AT 450 PM EDT...
MIDDLEFIELD AND EAST SPRINGFIELD AT 455 PM EDT...
CHERRY VALLEY AND WESTFORD AT 505 PM EDT...
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
LAT...LON 4271 7529 4289 7526 4288 7520 4286 7520
4287 7515 4288 7513 4287 7500 4283 7492
4284 7490 4287 7489 4286 7473 4284 7465
4282 7464 4276 7466 4262 7463The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Oneida | 54 min |
| Jul 6, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Onondaga | 66 min |
| Jul 6, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Onondaga | 54 min |
| Jul 6, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Oneida | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Madison | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Oneida | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Otsego | 52 min |
| Jul 6, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Seneca | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Otsego | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Otsego | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware, Otsego | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Tompkins | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Schuyler, Tompkins | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Susquehanna | 50 min |
| Jul 6, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Wyoming | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Wayne | 38 min |
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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.