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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY
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 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 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Schuyler | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Chemung | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Oneida | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Herkimer | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Oneida | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Chenango, Otsego | 54 min |
| Aug 9, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Broome | 55 min |
| Aug 9, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Chenango | 62 min |
| Aug 9, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 58 min |
| Aug 9, 6:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Otsego | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Otsego | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Otsego | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Tioga | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Susquehanna | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 6:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Luzerne | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne, Wyoming | 55 min |
| Aug 9, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming | 53 min |
| Aug 9, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Wayne | 58 min |
| Aug 9, 7:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Luzerne | 108 min |
| Aug 9, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming | 54 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.