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Freeze Watch 2, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this freeze watch at Apr 17, 2012, 4:03 AM EDT for 16 counties in New York; Bradford County, Susquehanna County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Apr 18, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2012, 4:03 AM EDT (08:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 18, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2012, 2:35 PM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
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, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Yates County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3273 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze watch 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 freeze watch went out at Apr 17, 1:13 AM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 1:13 AM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 402 AM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044-045-055-056-180815- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO- TIOGA-BROOME- 402 AM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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. FREEZE WATCH. AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THREAT WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WATCH. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NYZ062-PAZ043-044-047-048-072-180815- SULLIVAN-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 402 AM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .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. RED FLAG WARNING. LATE TONIGHT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S WITH POSSIBLE FROST/FREEZE CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NYZ046-057-PAZ038>040-180815- OTSEGO-DELAWARE-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE- 402 AM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .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. RED FLAG WARNING. FREEZE WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WATCH. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 4:03 AM EDT, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 4:02 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | BGM | 16 hr | |
| Apr 17, 2:35 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | BGM | Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 11 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:35 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Wayne | 11 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Watches in New York, 2012Freeze Watches in Pennsylvania, 2012Every freeze watch 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.