Alert archive / New York / Freeze Warnings in 2012

Freeze Warning 13, NWS Binghamton, NY

October 12, 201217 counties in New York; 7 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this freeze warning at Oct 12, 2012, 3:40 AM EDT for 17 counties in New York; 7 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Oct 12, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 12, 2012, 3:40 AM EDT (07:40 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 12, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired
Oct 13, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
All 24 counties

Broome County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Madison County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Yates County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Pike County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 2012-10-12Temperature 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 2012-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2072 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 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.

089 
WWUS71 KBGM 120740
NPWBGM

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
340 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK
AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-130745-
/O.UPG.KBGM.FZ.A.0007.121013T0100Z-121013T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KBGM.FZ.W.0013.121013T0300Z-121013T1300Z/
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-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONVILLE...PENN YAN...SENECA FALLS...
AUBURN...SYRACUSE...CORNING...HORNELL...WATKINS GLEN...ELMIRA...
ITHACA...ONEIDA...UTICA...ROME...CORTLAND...NORWICH...ONEONTA...
COOPERSTOWN...OWEGO...BINGHAMTON...WALTON...DELHI...MONTICELLO...
TOWANDA...SAYRE...MONTROSE...TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON...
WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON...MILFORD...HONESDALE
340 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EDT
SATURDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* LOCATIONS...CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS MOSTLY IN THE MID AND UPPER 20S.

* TIMING...THE ONSET OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER THE
  FINGER LAKES IN NEW YORK AND THE WYOMING VALLEY IN PENNSYLVANIA
  WILL BE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. ELSEWHERE...SUB-FREEZING
  TEMPERATURES WILL START BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES
  WILL NOT RISE BACK ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL AFTER 8 AM.

* IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS TONIGHT
  WILL KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. IF POSSIBLE...PROTECT SENSITIVE
  VEGETATION BY BRINGING THEM INSIDE OR HARVESTING CROPS. THIS
  WILL END THE GROWING SEASON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
366 
WWUS71 KBGM 121420
NPWBGM

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1020 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK
AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-131300-
/O.CON.KBGM.FZ.W.0013.121013T0300Z-121013T1300Z/
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-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONVILLE...PENN YAN...SENECA FALLS...
AUBURN...SYRACUSE...CORNING...HORNELL...WATKINS GLEN...ELMIRA...
ITHACA...ONEIDA...UTICA...ROME...CORTLAND...NORWICH...ONEONTA...
COOPERSTOWN...OWEGO...BINGHAMTON...WALTON...DELHI...MONTICELLO...
TOWANDA...SAYRE...MONTROSE...TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON...
WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON...MILFORD...HONESDALE
1020 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM EDT SATURDAY...

* LOCATIONS...CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS MOSTLY IN THE MID AND UPPER 20S.

* TIMING...THE ONSET OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER THE 
  FINGER LAKES IN NEW YORK AND THE WYOMING VALLEY IN 
  PENNSYLVANIA WILL BE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. ELSEWHERE...SUB-
  FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL START BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. 
  TEMPERATURES WILL NOT RISE BACK ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL AFTER 8 
  AM. 

* IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS 
  TONIGHT WILL KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. IF POSSIBLE...PROTECT 
  SENSITIVE VEGETATION BY BRINGING THEM INSIDE OR HARVESTING 
  CROPS. THIS WILL END THE GROWING SEASON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

HEDEN/TAC
277 
WWUS71 KBGM 121927
NPWBGM

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
327 PM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK
AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-131300-
/O.CON.KBGM.FZ.W.0013.121013T0300Z-121013T1300Z/
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-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONVILLE...PENN YAN...SENECA FALLS...
AUBURN...SYRACUSE...CORNING...HORNELL...WATKINS GLEN...ELMIRA...
ITHACA...ONEIDA...UTICA...ROME...CORTLAND...NORWICH...ONEONTA...
COOPERSTOWN...OWEGO...BINGHAMTON...WALTON...DELHI...MONTICELLO...
TOWANDA...SAYRE...MONTROSE...TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON...
WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON...MILFORD...HONESDALE
327 PM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM EDT SATURDAY...

* LOCATIONS...CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

* TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY IN THE 20S...BUT UPPER TEENS POSSIBLE
  ACROSS THE COLDEST SECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER AND CATSKILLS.

* TIMING...THE ONSET OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER THE 
  FINGER LAKES IN NEW YORK AND THE WYOMING VALLEY IN 
  PENNSYLVANIA WILL BE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. ELSEWHERE...SUB- 
  FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL START BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. 
  TEMPERATURES WILL NOT RISE BACK ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL AFTER 8 
  AM. 

* IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS 
  TONIGHT WILL KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. IF POSSIBLE...PROTECT 
  SENSITIVE VEGETATION BY BRINGING THEM INSIDE OR HARVESTING 
  CROPS. THIS WILL END THE GROWING SEASON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

HEDEN
486 
WWUS71 KBGM 130152
NPWBGM

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
952 PM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK
AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-131000-
/O.CON.KBGM.FZ.W.0013.121013T0300Z-121013T1300Z/
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-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
952 PM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT SATURDAY...

* LOCATIONS...CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

* TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY IN THE 20S...BUT UPPER TEENS POSSIBLE 
  ACROSS THE COLDEST SECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER AND 
  CATSKILLS. 

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN BELOW FREEZING IN MOST
  LOCATIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL NOT RISE BACK ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL
  AFTER 8 AM.

* IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS 
  TONIGHT WILL KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. IF POSSIBLE...PROTECT 
  SENSITIVE VEGETATION BY BRINGING THEM INSIDE OR HARVESTING 
  CROPS. THIS WILL END THE GROWING SEASON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$
562 
WWUS71 KBGM 130739
NPWBGM

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
339 AM EDT SAT OCT 13 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NEW
YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-131300-
/O.CON.KBGM.FZ.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121013T1300Z/
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-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONVILLE...PENN YAN...SENECA FALLS...
AUBURN...SYRACUSE...CORNING...HORNELL...WATKINS GLEN...ELMIRA...
ITHACA...ONEIDA...UTICA...ROME...CORTLAND...NORWICH...ONEONTA...
COOPERSTOWN...OWEGO...BINGHAMTON...WALTON...DELHI...MONTICELLO...
TOWANDA...SAYRE...MONTROSE...TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON...
WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON...MILFORD...HONESDALE
339 AM EDT SAT OCT 13 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

* TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY IN THE 20S...BUT UPPER TEENS POSSIBLE 
  ACROSS THE COLDEST SECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER AND 
  CATSKILLS. 

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN BELOW FREEZING IN 
  MOST LOCATIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL NOT RISE BACK ABOVE FREEZING 
  UNTIL AFTER 8 AM. 

* IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS 
  TONIGHT WILL KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. IF POSSIBLE...PROTECT 
  SENSITIVE VEGETATION BY BRINGING THEM INSIDE OR HARVESTING 
  CROPS. THIS WILL END THE GROWING SEASON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in New York, 2012Freeze Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2012Every freeze warning in 2012

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.