Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2011, 2:27 PM EDT for Chemung County, Tioga County, New York; Bradford County, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 48 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
- Sep 4, 2011, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2011, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chemung County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Sep 4, 1:36 PM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 1:36 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 4:27 AM EDT, 10 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 427 AM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011 NYZ023>025-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-050830- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME- DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING- LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 427 AM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...INTO THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE COMBINATION OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT...AND THE POSSIBLE INFLUENCE OF TROPICAL MOISTURE...COULD BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE REGION...MAINLY MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. CONTINUE TO CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES....ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WERE IMPACTED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM IRENE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BY THIS AFTERNOON. NYZ009-015>018-022-036-037-050830- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA- 427 AM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 831 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE COMBINATION OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT...AND THE POSSIBLE INFLUENCE OF TROPICAL MOISTURE...COULD BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE REGION...MAINLY MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. CONTINUE TO CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES....ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WERE IMPACTED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM IRENE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. MJ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 8:53 AM EDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
853 AM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011
NYZ036-037-046-041400-
MADISON NY-ONEIDA NY-OTSEGO NY-
853 AM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL MADISON...
NORTHWESTERN OTSEGO AND SOUTH CENTRAL ONEIDA COUNTIES...
* AT 852 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BROOKFIELD...AND MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BRIDGEWATER AND UNADILLA FORKS AT 905 AM EDT...
RICHFIELD SPRINGS AT 930 AM EDT...
SPRINGFIELD AT 940 AM EDT...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!
LAT...LON 4278 7547 4291 7550 4298 7521 4286 7520
4287 7515 4290 7512 4291 7509 4283 7490
4289 7489 4290 7487 4284 7470Special weather statement, Sep 4, 9:56 AM EDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 956 AM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011 PAZ039-040-043-044-072-041445- LACKAWANNA PA-SUSQUEHANNA PA-WAYNE PA-WYOMING PA- 956 AM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL WAYNE...NORTHEASTERN WYOMING...NORTHERN LACKAWANNA AND SOUTHEASTERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTIES... * AT 951 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FACTORYVILLE... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MARSHBROOK AND TOMPKINSVILLE AT 1005 AM EDT... CLIFFORD AND ROYAL AT 1010 AM EDT... ELKDALE AND RICHMONDALE AT 1015 AM EDT... FOREST CITY AND VANDLING AT 1020 AM EDT... UNIONDALE AND BROWNDALE AT 1025 AM EDT... PLEASANT MOUNT AND ALDENVILLE AT 1030 AM EDT... LAKE COMO AND LAKEWOOD AT 1040 AM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LAT...LON 4192 7536 4164 7518 4146 7579 4162 7590
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 11:09 AM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1109 AM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011
NYZ062-PAZ040-048-072-041600-
PIKE PA-SULLIVAN NY-WAYNE PA-
1109 AM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL WAYNE...NORTH CENTRAL
PIKE AND SOUTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTIES...
* AT 1108 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NARROWSBURG...AND MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NARROWSBURG AND WESTCOLANG PARK AT 1115 AM EDT...
TUSTEN AND LAVA AT 1120 AM EDT...
BEAVER BROOK AND TYLERTOWN AT 1130 AM EDT...
ELDRED AND SHOHOLA AT 1135 AM EDT...
HIGHLAND LAKE AT 1140 AM EDT...
GLEN SPEY AND WHITE LAKE AT 1145 AM EDT...
MONGAUP VALLEY AT 1150 AM EDT...
FORRESTBURG AND MAPLEWOOD AT 1155 AM EDT...
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4149 7475 4146 7474 4145 7476 4148 7521
4166 7521 4168 7459 4149 7460The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 9:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Steuben | 50 min |
| Sep 4, 7:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Madison | 46 min |
| Sep 4, 7:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Madison, Oneida | 37 min |
| Sep 4, 8:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Otsego | 67 min |
| Sep 4, 11:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Sullivan | 51 min |
| Sep 4, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 39 min |
| Sep 4, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Otsego | 43 min |
| Sep 4, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 50 min |
| Sep 4, 4:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Broome | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 50 min |
| Sep 4, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Delaware | 55 min |
| Sep 4, 4:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Otsego | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Chenango | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Otsego | 35 min |
| Sep 4, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Otsego | 47 min |
| Sep 4, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 59 min |
| Sep 4, 5:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Delaware | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 5:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Chenango, Madison | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Oneida | 31 min |
| Sep 4, 6:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Tioga | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 7:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Sullivan, Tioga | 30 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Wayne | 49 min |
| Sep 4, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Luzerne | 59 min |
| Sep 4, 3:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 48 min |
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.