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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2012, 10:13 AM EDT for Otsego County, New York. It was in force for 62 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 10, 2012, 10:13 AM EDT (14:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2012, 11:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
County Otsego County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 10, 6:42 AM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 6:42 AM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 312 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055-056-PAZ038-110715- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO- OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-BRADFORD- 312 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. DAYTIME HEATING WILL INCREASE THUNDERSTORM INTENSITIES, THOUGH ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER WILL SUPRESS INSTABILITY. DAMAGING WINDS, SMALL HAIL, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE THE MAIN CONCERN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. NYZ057-062-PAZ039-040-043-044-047-048-072-110715- DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA- LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 312 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. DAYTIME HEATING WILL INCREASE THUNDERSTORM INTENSITIES, THOUGH ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER WILL SUPRESS INSTABILITY. INCREASING WIND SHEAR DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL AID THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER NORTHEASTERN PA AND SOUTHEASTERN NY. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. HOWEVER...SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THIS AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. PADAVONA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 5:52 AM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
552 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012
NYZ044-045-101030-
CHENANGO NY-CORTLAND NY-
552 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CHENANGO AND
SOUTHEASTERN CORTLAND COUNTIES...
* AT 548 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SMITHVILLE FLATS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30
MPH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
GERMAN AT 600 AM EDT...
MC DONOUGH AND CINCINNATUS AT 605 AM EDT...
PITCHER AT 610 AM EDT...
PHARSALIA AND TAYLOR AT 615 AM EDT...
SOUTH OTSELIC AND LINCKLAEN AT 625 AM EDT...
OTSELIC AT 630 AM EDT...
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING
WINDS.
LAT...LON 4231 7580 4232 7585 4241 7587 4241 7601
4273 7587 4274 7552
DJPLocal storm report, Aug 10, 6:46 AM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Steuben | 55 min |
| Aug 9, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Schuyler, Steuben, Yates | 64 min |
| Aug 9, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins, Yates | 58 min |
| Aug 9, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Onondaga and 4 more | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 10:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Onondaga | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 11:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Madison, Oneida, Onondaga | 33 min |
| Aug 10, 12:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Oneida | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 5:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Chenango | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 6:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Wayne | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 10:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Pike | 63 min |
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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.