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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 7, 2012Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2012, 4:02 PM EDT for Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 28 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
Jul 7, 2012, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY

County Wyoming County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 12:00Z on 2012-07-07Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1653 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 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.

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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 Jul 7, 3:51 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 3:51 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
351 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH CENTRAL NEW YORK HELPED TO
TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OUT AHEAD OF IT BRINGING RELIEF
TO THE HEAT. HUMIDITY WILL DROP TOMORROW BEHIND THE FRONT AND
DRIER WEATHER WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED INTO MID WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/...
330 PM UPDATE...
CONVECTIVE COMPLEX THAT SPED SE THRU AREA EARLIER LAID DOWN A COLD
MESO HIGH BUBBLE BEHIND IT THAT PLAYED WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING
SOME LOCATIONS INTO THE MID 60S. TEMPERATURES HAVE RECOVERED SOME
FROM THIS. DROPPED THE HEAT ADVISORY DUE TO THIS. WHILE THIS
HELPED TO STABILIZE THE AIR MASS TO THE EAST...IT REMAINS UNSTABLE
ACROSS BRADFORD TO LUZERNE AND LACKAWANNA COUNTIES WITH THE THREAT
FOR POTENTIAL DAMAGING WINDS. SVR TSTM WATCH CONTINUES. COLD FRONT
IS THROUGH CENTRAL NY BUT DRIER AIR AT SURFACE IS LAGGING AND WILL
BE MORE NOTICEABLE TOMORROW. STILL...DRYING ALOFT FROM THE NORTH
WILL DIMINISH POPS AND CLOUDS FROM THE NORTH THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/...
345 PM UPDATE... FRONT CONTINUES TO SLIDE SOUTH SUNDAY. LINGERING
SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR A THUNDERSTORM POCONOS QUICKLY SHIFTS
SOUTH. DRIER AND COOLER AIR MASS SUNDAY WITH BUILDING CANADIAN
HIGH PRESSURE. DRY PATTERN INTO TUESDAY WITH FEW CLOUDS AND NEAR
NORMAL TEMPERATURES. DEW POINTS MAINLY IN THE 50S WILL ALSO FEEL
VERY COMFORTABLE.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
1PM UPDATE...
EXTENDED LOOKING SEASONABLE AND DRY THROUGH THE PERIOD. A LARGE
UPPER LEVEL TROF WILL BE CENTERED OVER NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN
CANADA. OUR AREA WILL BE IN A NW FLOW ALOFT. AT THE SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN. LATE IN THE WEEK THE GFS WANTS TO BRING
BACK A STALLED FRONT FROM THE SOUTHEAST US BUT THE EURO AND
CANADIAN GLOBAL KEEPS THE PRECIP WELL SOUTH. POPS LESS THAN SCHC
TUE NGT TO THU THEN SCHC POPS AT MOST IN NE PA.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
130 PM UPDATE...
A COLD FRONT IS MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE CWA. ONE BATCH OF
CONVECTION HAS GONE THROUGH IN THE LAST 4 HOURS. ANOTHER ONE IS
STARTING OVER THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER AND SLIDING SE. FOR NOW
CONVECTION IS ISOLATED AT MOST SO TAFS ARE DRY. THIS MAY CHANGE
ESPECIALLY FOR ELM AND AVP. MOVEMENT HAS BEEN 50 KTS SO STORMS
LAST MAYBE AN HOUR.

TONIGHT POSSIBLY SOME FOG LATE AT ELM AVP ITH. ALL 3 GOT RAIN
EARLIER TODAY SO GROUND MOISTURE IS GOOD AND DEWPOINTS WILL STAY
UP BEFORE THE DRY AND COOLER ADVECTION KICKS IN. SUNDAY DRY NORTH
AND MOSTLY DRY SOUTH. AS WITH THE REST OF THE PERIOD CLOUDS SHOULD
STAY OVER 3K FT.

WINDS NOW ALL OVER THE PLACE BUT GENERALLY UNDER 10 KTS WITH A
COLD FRONT GOING THROUGH AND STILL SOME CONVECTION. WINDS THIS
AFTN SHOULD SETTLE TO NW AT 5 TO 10 KTS. TONIGHT LIGHT AND
VARIABLE WINDS. SUNDAY AROUND 14Z WINDS PICK UP TO 5 TO 10 KTS
FROM THE NORTH.

OUTLOOK...

SUN THRU THU...VFR.

&&

.CLIMATE...
SYRACUSE BROKE THEIR DAILY RECORD YESTERDAY BY HITTING 95 DEGREES
/OLD RECORD 94 FROM 2010/. TODAY SYRACUSE WILL NOT EVEN BE CLOSE
TO THEIR RECORD OF 97 FROM 1921...FORECAST ONLY 86.

BINGHAMTON AND AVOCA WILL GET WITHIN A COUPLE DEGREES OF THEIR
DAILY RECORDS TODAY.

BINGHAMTON DAILY RECORD HIGH TODAY 91/1988...FORECAST 89
AVOCA DAILY RECORD HIGH TODAY 98/1988...FORECAST 96

&&

.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...NONE.
NY...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...BMW
NEAR TERM...BMW
SHORT TERM...BMW
LONG TERM...TAC
AVIATION...TAC
CLIMATE...
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 4:54 AM EDT, 11 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
454 AM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012

NYZ009-016>018-036-037-044>046-080900-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-MADISON-
SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-
454 AM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NYZ062-PAZ044-047-048-080900-
SULLIVAN-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
454 AM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL TRIGGER A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

NYZ015-022>025-055>057-PAZ038>040-043-072-080900-
YATES-STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-
BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
454 AM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL TRIGGER A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS. BEFORE THE FRONT...ONE MORE HOT DAY TODAY WITH
HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 90S.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 7, 11:25 AM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1125 AM EDT SAT JUL 07 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1116 AM     TSTM WND DMG     WATKINS GLEN            42.38N  76.87W
07/07/2012                   SCHUYLER           NY   911 CENTER

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POLES REPORTED DOWN IN THE VILLAGE
            OF WATKINS GLEN

&&

MJN
Local storm report, Jul 7, 12:12 PM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1212 PM EDT SAT JUL 07 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1135 AM     TSTM WND DMG     HORSEHEADS              42.17N  76.83W
07/07/2012                   CHEMUNG            NY   911 CENTER

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN HORSEHEADS... WIRES DOWN IN THE
            CITY OF ELMIRA AND TREES AND WIRES REPORTED DOWN IN
            SOUTHPORT.

&&

MJN
Local storm report, Jul 7, 12:22 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1222 PM EDT SAT JUL 07 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1121 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MILLPORT                42.27N  76.84W
07/07/2012                   CHEMUNG            NY   911 CENTER

            TREES REPORTED DOWN IN VETERAN TOWNSHIP JUST SOUTHEAST
            OF THE TOWN OF MILLPORT IN NORTHERN CHEMUNG COUNTY.

&&

MJN
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
203 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012

NYZ022-071845-
STEUBEN NY-
203 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN STEUBEN COUNTY...

* AT 158 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG
  GUSTY WINDS.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF SOUTH
  DANSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SOUTH DANSVILLE AND FREMONT AT 210 PM EDT...
  HASKINVILLE AT 215 PM EDT...
  COHOCTON AND HOWARD AT 220 PM EDT...
  AVOCA AT 225 PM EDT...
  WHEELER AND KANONA AT 230 PM EDT...
  RHEIMS AND BATH AT 235 PM EDT...
  HAMMONDSPORT AND URBANA AT 240 PM EDT...
  SONORA AND KEUKA AT 245 PM EDT...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!

LAT...LON 4234 7774 4253 7773 4254 7772 4254 7767
      4256 7766 4249 7711 4221 7716 4233 7774

MSE
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:33 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
333 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012

PAZ038-072000-
BRADFORD PA-
333 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN BRADFORD
COUNTY...

* AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND
  STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM WETONA TO CANTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST LE ROY AND WEST FRANKLIN AT 340 PM EDT...
  TOWANDA AND WYSOX AT 345 PM EDT...
  MACEDONIA AND LIBERTY CORNERS AT 350 PM EDT...
  CAMPTOWN AND SOUTH BRANCH AT 355 PM EDT...
  SPRING HILL AND BROWNTOWN AT 400 PM EDT...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!

LAT...LON 4186 7664 4176 7612 4165 7612 4164 7620
      4156 7621 4154 7624 4158 7676 4159 7687
      4160 7688 4172 7690

DGM
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 4:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
402 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012

PAZ038-039-043-072030-
BRADFORD PA-SUSQUEHANNA PA-WYOMING PA-
402 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL BRADFORD...
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND SOUTHWESTERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTIES...

* AT 400 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 WYSOX...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SPRING HILL AND STEVENSVILLE AT 410 PM EDT...
  WEST AUBURN AND SILVARA AT 415 PM EDT...
  AUBURN CENTER AND MESHOPPEN AT 420 PM EDT...
  SPRINGVILLE AND ELK LAKE AT 425 PM EDT...
  AVERY AND ALDOVIN AT 430 PM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS 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 4168 7644 4186 7638 4175 7567 4164 7571
      4163 7574 4158 7577 4157 7577 4154 7579

DGM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 10:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBroome, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins59 min
Jul 7, 10:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben and 2 more64 min
Jul 7, 11:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins25 min
Jul 7, 11:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung, Steuben, Tioga61 min
Jul 7, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSteuben42 min
Jul 7, 12:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford, Susquehanna18 min
Jul 7, 12:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford, Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming39 min
Jul 7, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBradford27 min
Jul 7, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLuzerne52 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2012Every special weather statement 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.