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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2011, 5:56 PM EDT for Lackawanna County, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 64 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 7, 2011, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
Counties Lackawanna County, PA, Wyoming County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 7, 3:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 3:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 325 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON, RESULTING IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, PRIMARILY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON MONDAY AS A SECONDARY COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO MID WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/... LOW PRESSURE IS TRACKING TO THE NORTH OF THE CWA, WITH A WARM AND COLD FRONT OVER THE CWA ATTM. THIS, TOGETHER WITH PWATS UP TO 2 INCHES IS CAUSING SOME HEAVY RAIN IN THE AREA. THIS AREA OF RAIN WILL MOVE EASTWARDS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WITH SOME CLEARING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT, DAYTIME HEATING HAS CAUSE SOME ISOLATED STORMS TO DEVELOP. THE 0-6KM BULK SHEAR COMBINED WITH CAPE OF AROUND 1000J MAY ALLOW AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM DEVELOP, AND ACTUALLY ALLOWED ONE TO DEVELOP TO THE NORTH OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE POSSIBLE. BEHIND THE FRONT AND WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING, STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE. THERE WILL STILL BE SOME POSSIBLE SHOWERS THOUGH THROUGH THE NIGHT. ALSO, ANY CLEARING TONIGHT WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME DENSE FOG AROUND THE AREA. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MONDAY...SECONDARY TROF WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW. DUE TO DRIER AIR ADVECTING OVER THE AREA ALONG WITH REDUCED INSTABILITY, ONLY INCLUDED CHC POPS FOR RAIN SHOWERS ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. BY LATE AFTERNOON THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WILL DECREASE IN THE NRN CWA AS BOUNDARY PASSES THROUGH. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 AND WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER 60S IT WILL FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE. MONDAY NIGHT...BRIEF UPPER LEVEL RIDGING ALONG WITH SFC HIGH PRES NOSING DOWN FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL PROVIDE A DRY PERIOD ALONG WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT...ANOTHER SFC WAVE WILL MOVE FROM THE OHIO VALLEY AND PASS SOUTH OF THE REGION DURING THE EVENING. LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THE NEXT SFC TROF WILL APPROACH THE REGION BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WILL CONTINUE WITH LOW CHC POPS FOR THESE FEATURES TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WEDNESDAY WILL SEE THE LOW TRACK TO THE EAST, BUT SHOWERS BEHIND THE LOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE DAY WEDNESDAY, AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... EXTENDED PERIOD CONTINUES TO FEATURE UNSETTLED PATTERN WITH A BROAD TROF IN PLACE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST U.S. SHORTWAVES MOVING THRU THE MEAN FLOW WILL BRING CHCS FOR SHRA/TSRA...WITH EXACT TIMING FOR BEST PERIODS OF PRECIP DIFFICULT THIS FAR OUT. MODELS ALSO CONTINUE TO SHOW BRIEF PERIOD OF BUILDING HEIGHTS THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS WILL BE BEST CHC FOR DRY WEATHER DURING THE PERIOD. THEREAFTER...NEW TROF LOOKS TO SET UP FOR NEXT WEEKEND, WITH BETTER CHCS FOR SHRA/TSRA DURING THAT TIME. TEMPS LOOK TO BE NEAR OR A FEW DEGREES BELOW AVG FOR EARLY/MID AUGUST. && .AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A SCT-BKN CLOUD DECK BETWEEN 2 AND 3 KFT SO EXPECT OCNL MVFR CIGS WITH LOCAL IFR CONDITION IN HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AFTER 22Z THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS SHOULD BE DIMINISHING FROM THE WEST BUT A LINGERING SHOWER IS STILL POSSIBLE. AS CLOUDS BECOME MORE SCATTERED...LOW LEVELS ARE VERY MOIST WITH HAZE BEING REPORTED MANY SITES. AS CLOUDS SCATTER OUT AND TEMPERATURES COOL WITH LIGHT WINDS...LIGHT FOG MAY SET IN EARLY TONIGHT WITH IFR FOG POSSIBLE IN THE RIVER VALLEYS. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE TO VFR MOST AREAS BY 15Z MON. OUTLOOK... MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...PREVAILING VFR WITH SCATTERED MVFR IN SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. .FRIDAY...VFR. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SLI NEAR TERM...SLI SHORT TERM...SLI LONG TERM...HEDEN AVIATION...BMW
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 3:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 339 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011 NYZ015-022>025-055-062-PAZ038-043-044-047-048-072-081945- YATES-STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-TIOGA-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD- WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 339 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. SOME OF THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. ISOLATED MINOR FLOODING IN SMALL STREAMS MAY BE POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NYZ009-016>018-036-037-044-081945- NORTHERN ONEIDA-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-MADISON- SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND- 339 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREATS ARE HIGH GUSTY WIND, LARGE HAIL, AND HEAVY RAIN. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NYZ045-046-056-057-PAZ039-040-081945- CHENANGO-OTSEGO-BROOME-DELAWARE-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE- 339 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA, FOLLOWED BY ISOLATED SHOWERS THAT MAY ALSO BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME MINOR FLOODING WITH THE HEAVY RAIN. THE LARGEST AREA OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE OUT OF BROOME COUNTY AND THROUGH DELAWARE AND OTSEGO COUNTIES THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 4:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
415 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011
NYZ036-037-046-072115-
MADISON NY-ONEIDA NY-OTSEGO NY-
415 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011
...HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL
MADISON...NORTH CENTRAL OTSEGO AND SOUTH CENTRAL ONEIDA COUNTIES...
* AT 411 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
WIDESPREAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN. STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR PECKSPORT...AND MOVING SLOWLY EAST.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLE MINOR
FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
AUGUSTA...PECKSPORT...HAMILTON...MADISON...SOLSVILLE...
WATERVILLE...UNADILLA FORKS...STOCKWELL...SAUQUOIT...PARIS...
ORISKANY FALLS...NORTH BROOKFIELD...LEONARDSVILLE...HUBBARDSVILLE...
EXETER CENTER...CLAYVILLE...BROOKFIELD AND BRIDGEWATER.
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4277 7506 4287 7589 4304 7586 4303 7521
4291 7519 4286 7520 4287 7515 4291 7511
4290 7506
JABSpecial weather statement, Aug 7, 4:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 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 7, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Schuyler, Tompkins | 61 min |
| Aug 7, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Broome | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Seneca | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Delaware, Sullivan | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Cayuga | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 4:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Broome, Delaware | 117 min |
| Aug 7, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Madison | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Onondaga | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 5:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Madison, Oneida, Otsego | 103 min |
| Aug 7, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Otsego | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 69 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011
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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.