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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Binghamton, NY

September 6, 20124 counties in New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 2012, 4:05 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 55 min. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 2012, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Chemung County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Tioga County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 6, 4:10 PM EDTHAIL 1Horseheads, NY
Sep 6, 4:13 PM EDTHAIL 1Tompkins Corners, NY
Sep 6, 4:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHorseheads, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN
Sep 6, 4:25 PM EDTHAIL 1Horseheads, NY
Sep 6, 4:28 PM EDTHAIL 1.5Horseheads, NY
Sep 6, 4:30 PM EDTHAIL 1.25Horseheads, NYQUARTER TO HALF-DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. LASTED FOR 15 MINUTES. ALSO TREES DOWN.
Sep 6, 4:35 PM EDTHAIL 1.25Horseheads, NY
Sep 6, 4:35 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Horseheads, NY
Sep 6, 4:35 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Horseheads, NYQUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL LASTED FOR 10 MINUTES
Sep 6, 4:55 PM EDTHAIL 1.5Owego, NY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 6, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1594 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
1594 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

815 
WUUS51 KBGM 062005
SVRBGM
NYC015-097-101-107-062100-
/O.NEW.KBGM.SV.W.0113.120906T2005Z-120906T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
405 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHEMUNG COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  SOUTHERN SCHUYLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL STEUBEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  SOUTHERN TIOGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.

* AT 401 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  ELMIRA ARPT...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BIG FLATS AIRPORT AND MILLPORT BY 410 PM EDT...
  HORSEHEADS NORTH AND HORSEHEADS BY 416 PM EDT...
  ELMIRA HEIGHTS BY 418 PM EDT...
  BREESPORT BY 424 PM EDT...
  ERIN BY 430 PM EDT...
  VAN ETTEN BY 440 PM EDT...

WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT
1-888-603-1402...OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4234 7699 4217 7612 4200 7620 4200 7650
      4217 7707
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 289DEG 27KT 4223 7691

$$

/SLI
2 follow-up statements
252 
WWUS51 KBGM 062020
SVSBGM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
420 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012

NYC097-101-062031-
/O.CAN.KBGM.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-120906T2100Z/
SCHUYLER NY-STEUBEN NY-
420 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL STEUBEN
AND SOUTHERN SCHUYLER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-888-603-1402...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4229 7687 4228 7673 4225 7673 4225 7669
      4224 7668 4223 7664 4227 7662 4217 7612
      4200 7620 4200 7650 4214 7696
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 289DEG 27KT 4219 7676

$$

NYC015-107-062100-
/O.CON.KBGM.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-120906T2100Z/
CHEMUNG NY-TIOGA NY-
420 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN TIOGA AND CHEMUNG COUNTIES...

AT 418 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HORSEHEADS NORTH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ERIN AND SWARTWOOD BY 430 PM EDT...
  VAN ETTEN AND OWENS MILL BY 440 PM EDT...
  LOCKWOOD AND SPENCER BY 445 PM EDT...
  WEST CANDOR BY 450 PM EDT...
  BARTON AND LITCHFIELD BY 455 PM EDT...
  TIOGA CENTER BY 500 PM EDT...

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-888-603-1402...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4229 7687 4228 7673 4225 7673 4225 7669
      4224 7668 4223 7664 4227 7662 4217 7612
      4200 7620 4200 7650 4214 7696
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 289DEG 27KT 4219 7676

$$

/SLI
182 
WWUS51 KBGM 062040
SVSBGM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
440 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012

NYC015-107-062100-
/O.CON.KBGM.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-120906T2100Z/
CHEMUNG NY-TIOGA NY-
440 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN TIOGA AND CHEMUNG COUNTIES...

AT 440 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OWENS MILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LOCKWOOD AND OWENS MILL BY 450 PM EDT...
  LITCHFIELD...BARTON AND NICHOLS BY 500 PM EDT...

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-888-603-1402...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4229 7687 4228 7673 4225 7673 4225 7669
      4224 7668 4223 7664 4227 7662 4217 7612
      4200 7620 4200 7650 4214 7696
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 299DEG 25KT 4210 7667

$$

DJP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSchuyler41 min
Sep 6, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOtsego39 min
Sep 6, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida, Otsego30 min
Sep 6, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOtsego28 min
Sep 6, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego24 min
Sep 6, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Cortland, Schuyler, Seneca, Tioga, Tompkins52 min
Sep 6, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSchuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Yates26 min
Sep 6, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChemung, Tioga54 min
Sep 6, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego15 min
Sep 6, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Tioga, Tompkins64 min
Sep 6, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSteuben40 min
Sep 6, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCortland, Seneca49 min
Sep 6, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Cortland, Seneca, Tompkins58 min
Sep 6, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung, Tioga53 min
Sep 6, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Tioga56 min
Sep 6, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga and 1 more53 min
Sep 6, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOtsego66 min
Sep 6, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida, Onondaga, Otsego23 min
Sep 6, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBroome45 min
Sep 6, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Tioga20 min
Sep 6, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCortland, Schuyler, Seneca, Tompkins58 min
Sep 6, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2012Every severe thunderstorm 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.