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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 28, 2012Seneca County, Yates County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2012, 6:04 AM EDT for Seneca County, Yates County, New York. It was in force for 56 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 28, 2012, 6:04 AM EDT (10:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2012, 7:00 AM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY

Counties Seneca County, NY, Yates County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 259 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 2012-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 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 28, 5:28 AM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 5:28 AM EDT, 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 5:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
503 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-290915-
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-
503 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE
THIS MORNING AND PEAK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS
CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. THE PRIMARY THREAT
FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT FORMS IS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY. RAINFALL OF UP TO 1 OR 2
INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A FEW LOCATIONS WHICH COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AND MINOR
FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND POSSIBLE ROAD WASH OUTS. AT THIS
TIME...MORE SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. YOU COULD ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BGM

.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.

DJN

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 6:04 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
604 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012

NYZ015-016-281100-
SENECA NY-YATES NY-
604 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012

...THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SENECA AND
NORTHERN YATES COUNTIES...

AT 602 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR RUSHVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR...
  YATESVILLE AT 610 AM EDT...
  FERGUSON CORNERS AT 615 AM EDT...
  BENTON AND MILO MILLS AT 620 AM EDT...
  BELLONA STN AND MILO CENTER AT 625 AM EDT...
  MAYS MILLS AT 630 AM EDT...
  DRESDEN AT 635 AM EDT...
  BORDER CITY AT 640 AM EDT...
  KENDAIA AND WILLARD AT 645 AM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

IF YOU ARE TRAVELING IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM YOU MAY HAVE TO SLOW
DOWN AND ALLOW FOR EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

LAT...LON 4277 7731 4277 7699 4287 7699 4288 7697
      4291 7697 4299 7673 4290 7674 4284 7672
      4277 7674 4268 7672 4260 7735 4271 7736

DJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 6:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCayuga, Seneca, Yates61 min
Jul 28, 7:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOnondaga50 min
Jul 28, 8:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMCayuga, Seneca, Yates3 hr
Jul 28, 10:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChenango48 min
Jul 28, 10:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSullivan49 min
Jul 28, 11:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChenango18 min
Jul 28, 11:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOtsego63 min
Jul 28, 12:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSullivan3 hr
Jul 28, 1:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSullivan4 hr
Jul 28, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOneida42 min
Jul 28, 12:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMPike63 min
Jul 28, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMWyoming66 min
Jul 28, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMWayne59 min

Nearby

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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.