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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 9, 2012Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2012, 1:03 PM EDT for Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 57 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
Aug 9, 2012, 1:03 PM EDT (17:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY

County Susquehanna County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2012-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 780 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 12:00Z on 2012-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
780 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
965 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 Aug 9, 12:04 PM EDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 12:04 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 9:34 AM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
934 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-101345-
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-
934 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INCLUDED THE AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO TONIGHT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WITHIN THE STRONGEST CELLS THAT DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INCLUDED THE AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ALSO...SLOW MOVING STORMS LATE FRIDAY
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING AND
PONDING OF WATER IN URBANIZED AREAS AND OTHER TYPICAL LOW LYING
AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING.

MDP

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 1:03 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
103 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

PAZ039-040-091800-
SUSQUEHANNA PA-WAYNE PA-
103 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WAYNE AND
SUSQUEHANNA COUNTIES...

* AT 101 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOP BOTTOM...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALFORD AT 115 PM EDT...
  HARFORD AT 130 PM EDT...
  NEW MILFORD AT 135 PM EDT...
  GIBSON AT 140 PM EDT...
  LAKESIDE AT 145 PM EDT...
  JACKSON AT 150 PM EDT...
  LAKEVIEW AND HICKORY GROVE AT 155 PM EDT...
  THOMPSON AND ARARAT AT 200 PM EDT...

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

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

LAT...LON 4200 7565 4178 7544 4165 7596 4175 7604

JAB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan34 min
Aug 9, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSchuyler31 min
Aug 9, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChemung39 min
Aug 9, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOneida49 min
Aug 9, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMHerkimer25 min
Aug 9, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOneida31 min
Aug 9, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChenango, Otsego54 min
Aug 9, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBroome55 min
Aug 9, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChenango62 min
Aug 9, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego58 min
Aug 9, 6:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMOtsego2 hr
Aug 9, 6:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMOtsego2 hr
Aug 9, 7:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOtsego56 min
Aug 9, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMTioga45 min
Aug 9, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSusquehanna36 min
Aug 9, 6:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMLuzerne3 hr
Aug 9, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLuzerne, Wyoming55 min
Aug 9, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming53 min
Aug 9, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMWayne58 min
Aug 9, 7:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMLuzerne108 min
Aug 9, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLackawanna, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming54 min

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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.