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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2011, 2:13 PM EDT for Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 32 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
- Aug 1, 2011, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2011, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
County Bradford County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 2422 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.2
- Supercell composite
- -1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 1, 1:50 PM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 1:50 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 10:15 AM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1015 AM EDT MON AUG 1 2011 NYZ022>025-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-021415- STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA- BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING- LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 1015 AM EDT MON AUG 1 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA FROM EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHWARD. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS. THE STORMS SHOULD DIE DOWN THIS EVENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. YOU COULD ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BGM .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. NYZ009-015>018-036-037-021415- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-MADISON- SOUTHERN ONEIDA- 1015 AM EDT MON AUG 1 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WILL DIE DOWN BY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. DJN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 8:27 AM EDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
827 AM EDT MON AUG 1 2011
NYZ056-057-PAZ039-040-011315-
BROOME NY-DELAWARE NY-SUSQUEHANNA PA-WAYNE PA-
827 AM EDT MON AUG 1 2011
...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN SUSQUEHANNA...
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE...SOUTHEASTERN BROOME AND SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE
COUNTIES...
* AT 826 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SANITARIA SPRINGS TO CONKLIN TO
BRACKNEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
HARPURSVILLE AND KIRKWOOD AT 835 AM EDT...
WINDSOR AND EAST WINDSOR AT 840 AM EDT...
NEW MILFORD AND HALLSTEAD AT 845 AM EDT...
LAKESIDE AND HICKORY GROVE AT 850 AM EDT...
SANFORD AND SUSQUEHANNA AT 855 AM EDT...
STILESVILLE AND DEPOSIT AT 900 AM EDT...
TROUT CREEK AND THOMPSON AT 905 AM EDT...
LOOMIS AND CANNONSVILLE AT 910 AM EDT...
THESE STORMS HAVE 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 4208 7492 4181 7522 4190 7614 4209 7592
4225 7579 4225 7564 4220 7563 4220 7542
4224 7542 4222 7482
MLJSpecial weather statement, Aug 1, 8:49 AM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 849 AM EDT MON AUG 1 2011 NYZ045-046-057-011330- CHENANGO NY-DELAWARE NY-OTSEGO NY- 849 AM EDT MON AUG 1 2011 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN OTSEGO... SOUTHEASTERN CHENANGO AND WESTERN DELAWARE COUNTIES... * AT 847 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 BAINBRIDGE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BAINBRIDGE AND ROCKDALE AT 855 AM EDT... SIDNEY AT 900 AM EDT... YOUNGS AND MASONVILLE AT 910 AM EDT... EAST SIDNEY AT 915 AM EDT... SIDNEY CENTER AND TROUT CREEK AT 920 AM EDT... LOOMIS AT 925 AM EDT... WALTON AND COLCHESTER AT 930 AM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. LAT...LON 4227 7492 4205 7507 4230 7566 4246 7555 DGM
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 1:32 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
132 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011
PAZ038-011800-
BRADFORD PA-
132 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL BRADFORD COUNTY...
* AT 128 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKLINDALE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
OVERTON AND SOUTH BRANCH AT 145 PM EDT...
NEW ALBANY AND EVERGREEN AT 150 PM EDT...
WILMOT AT 200 PM EDT...
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
LAT...LON 4157 7664 4162 7674 4177 7662 4159 7621
4154 7624
MANNINGSpecial weather statement, Aug 1, 1:51 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Broome | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 7:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 8:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Broome, Delaware | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 8:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Delaware | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 8:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Delaware | 41 min |
| Aug 1, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Yates | 37 min |
| Aug 1, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Broome | 26 min |
| Aug 1, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Broome | 24 min |
| Aug 1, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Tioga | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Yates | 23 min |
| Aug 1, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Bradford | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Wyoming | 54 min |
| Aug 1, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Bradford | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Luzerne | 23 min |
| Aug 1, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Susquehanna | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 3:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Luzerne | 3 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.