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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 10, 2011Madison County, Oneida County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2011, 4:56 PM EDT for Madison County, Oneida County, New York. It was in force for 45 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, 2011, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2011, 5:41 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Madison County, NY, Oneida County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2011-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 78 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 2011-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, 2:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 2:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
252 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRUSH NORTHERN NEW YORK ON
THURSDAY...AND MAY BRING A FEW SHOWERS TO THE WESTERN MOHAWK
VALLEY AND SOUTHERN TUGHILL PLATEAU. OTHERWISE...HIGH PRESSURE
WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER INTO FRIDAY WITH FAIR WEATHER. A
FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON SATURDAY WITH A CHANCE
FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/...
SCT CONVECTION XPCTD TO DSPT LATE THIS AFTN/ERLY EVNG WITH LOSS OF
HEATING AND PSSG OF 1ST S/WV. CRNT ACTIVITY BATTLING MID LVL CAP
AND LOW LVL DRYING. SOME MDLS (SPCLY NAM/GEM) ADVERTISING THE
PSBLTY OF SCT -SHRA WITH APRCH OF 2NDRY S/WV LATE TNGT...AND THIS
WAVE IS EVIDENT ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY N OF LAKE SUPERIOR. WILL
LEAVE LOW CHC POPS FOR FAR NRN/NE ZONES TNGT DUE TO THIS FEATURE.
ELSEWHERE MAINLY CLEAR SKIES SHUD PREVAIL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY/...
WILL LEAVE LOW CHC POPS NRN AREAS ON THU...BEST POTNL FOR SCT
--SHRA APPEARS TO BE IN THE 12-18Z TIME FRAME. OTRW...HIGH PRES
SHUD PREVAIL INTO FRIDAY. NXT TROF MOVS INTO THE GTLAKES ON SAT.
SOME DIFFS IN THE TRACK OF THE ASSCD SFC LOW...BUT ALL GUIDANCE
SUGGESTS THE RETURN OF SCT SHRA/TSRA BY SAT AFTN.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
3 PM UPDATE...
FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE CLOSELY WITH A LITTLE GMOS FACTORED IN.
MODELS CLOSE WITH A STRONG STORM CROSSING THE AREA SUNDAY...THEN
HIGH PRESSURE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. EURO SLOWER THAN GFS AS
USUAL. IN ADDITION MODELS SLIGHTLY SLOWER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS SO
UPPED THE MONDAY POP TO CHC. SUNDAY STORM A SFC LOW AND DEEP UPPER
LEVEL TROF. MODELS NOT AGREEING ON THE SFC LOW TRACK BUT ALL CLOSE
ENOUGH TO UP POPS TO LIKELY WITH CHC THUNDER.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
130 PM UPDATE...
MAINLY VFR THIS AFTN WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVING
INTO CENTRAL NY. THESE SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL
REDUCE VSBYS AND MAYBE CIGS TO MVFR AND POSSIBLY IFR BRIEFLY WITH
ANY DIRECT HIT. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN CAUSE FOR REDUCING
CONDITIONS. AVP WILL MISS THE BULK OF THE SHOWERS SO LEFT TAF DRY.

LATE AFTN AND EARLY EVENING COLD FRONT WILL BRING IN DRIER AIR.
CLOUDS WILL BECOME SCATTERED. WITH THE DRY AIR ADVECTION FOG WILL
BE HARD TO GET. AVP AD ELM WILL HAVE LESS THAN 5 KTS OF SFC WIND
BUT THE LOWER LEVELS ARE 15 TO 20 KTS.

THURSDAY SOME CU ESPECIALLY IN NY BUT VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE.

WEST WIND AT 10 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 15 TO 20 THIS AFTN DROPPING TO 5
KTS OR LESS TONIGHT THEN W TO NW AT 8 TO 10 KTS THURSDAY.

OUTLOOK...

THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...VFR.

SATURDAY AFTN TO MONDAY...VFR. MVFR/IFR RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE DUE
TO SHRA/TSRA.

&&

.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...NONE.
NY...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...
NEAR TERM...
SHORT TERM...
LONG TERM...TAC
AVIATION...TAC
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 10:54 AM EDT, 6 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1054 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2011

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-111500-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-
OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-
NORTHERN WAYNE-
1054 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON...

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EASTWARD FROM THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES THIS
AFTERNOON AND TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY
FROM THE EARLY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE STORMS WILL
BE OF A HIT AND MISS NATURE BUT COULD CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND
LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DIE DOWN AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. YOU COULD ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BGM

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

PAZ043-044-047-048-072-111500-
WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
1054 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

DJN

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 8:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSullivan25 min
Aug 9, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBroome23 min
Aug 9, 8:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSullivan24 min
Aug 9, 9:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSullivan29 min
Aug 10, 1:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSchuyler, Tompkins65 min
Aug 10, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMTioga32 min
Aug 10, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOnondaga62 min
Aug 10, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBroome35 min
Aug 10, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOnondaga62 min
Aug 10, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison44 min
Aug 10, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOneida35 min
Aug 10, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSullivan28 min
Aug 9, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMWyoming30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.