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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 3, 2011Bradford County, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2011, 2:07 AM EDT for Bradford County, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2011, 2:07 AM EDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2011, 3:00 AM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY

Counties Bradford County, PA, Wyoming County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 00:00Z on 2011-07-03Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

940 
WWUS81 KBGM 030607
SPSBGM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
207 AM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

PAZ038-039-043-030700-
BRADFORD PA-SUSQUEHANNA PA-WYOMING PA-
207 AM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN BRADFORD...SOUTHWESTERN
SUSQUEHANNA AND WESTERN WYOMING COUNTIES...

* AT 204 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 ULSTER...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTH TOWANDA AND TOWANDA AT 215 AM EDT...
  WYSOX AND MACEDONIA AT 220 AM EDT...
  LIBERTY CORNERS AT 225 AM EDT...
  DURELL AT 230 AM EDT...
  HERRICK AND HERRICKVILLE AT 235 AM EDT...
  CHERRYTOWN AND TERRYTOWN AT 240 AM EDT...
  WYALUSING AND STEVENSVILLE AT 245 AM EDT...
  BROWNTOWN AND SUGAR RUN AT 250 AM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.

LAT...LON 4152 7623 4154 7623 4154 7626 4179 7665
      4193 7651 4164 7585 4142 7607

$$

DJP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 7:46 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSullivan3 hr
Jul 3, 8:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMDelaware65 min
Jul 3, 9:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMLackawanna, Luzerne60 min
Jul 3, 2:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMLuzerne3 hr
Jul 3, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMLuzerne39 min
Jul 3, 7:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMLuzerne3 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.