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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 14, 2012Onondaga County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2012, 6:43 PM EDT for Onondaga 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 14, 2012, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY

County Onondaga County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 2012-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 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 2012-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 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 Aug 14, 3:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 3:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 3:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
300 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-151900-
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-
300 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE WITH STRONG WINDS OR LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA FRIDAY BRINGING A CHANCE
FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE ON
FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

RRM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 5:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
503 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012

NYZ022-142200-
STEUBEN NY-
503 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012

...THUNDERSTORM WILL FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN
STEUBEN COUNTY...

AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
WEST OF ARKPORT...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ARKPORT AT 520 PM EDT...
  HORNELL AT 525 PM EDT...
  COHOCTON AT 545 PM EDT...
  AVOCA AT 555 PM EDT...
  BATH AT 600 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 4253 7773 4254 7772 4254 7767 4258 7766
      4259 7766 4258 7724 4217 7722 4219 7775

DJN
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 5:43 PM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
543 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012

NYZ022-142245-
STEUBEN NY-
543 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012

...THUNDERSTORM WITH GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL AFFECT
CENTRAL STEUBEN COUNTY...

AT 539 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HASKINVILLE...AND
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AVOCA AND WEST CAMERON AT 555 PM EDT...
  KANONA AND WHEELER AT 605 PM EDT...
  BATH AND RISINGVILLE AT 610 PM EDT...
  RHEIMS AND THURSTON AT 615 PM EDT...
  HAMMONDSPORT AND SAVONA AT 620 PM EDT...
  SONORA AND URBANA AT 625 PM EDT...
  KEUKA AT 630 PM EDT...
  MEADS CREEK AT 635 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 4250 7771 4251 7715 4250 7715 4251 7712
      4250 7711 4228 7710 4227 7708 4218 7706
      4222 7774

DJN
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 6:22 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
622 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-PAZ038-039-142345-
BRADFORD PA-BROOME NY-CAYUGA NY-CHEMUNG NY-CHENANGO NY-CORTLAND
NY-DELAWARE NY-MADISON NY-ONEIDA NY-ONONDAGA NY-OTSEGO NY-SCHUYLER
NY-SENECA NY-STEUBEN NY-SUSQUEHANNA PA-TIOGA NY-TOMPKINS NY-YATES NY-
622 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012

...LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
BRADFORD...BROOME...CAYUGA...CHEMUNG...CHENANGO...CORTLAND...EASTERN
STEUBEN...YATES...DELAWARE...MADISON...SUSQUEHANNA...ONONDAGA...SCHUY
LER...SENECA...SOUTHERN ONEIDA...TIOGA...TOMPKINS AND WESTERN OTSEGO
COUNTIES...

AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LYSANDER TO MECKLENBURG TO 29
MILES SOUTH OF TROUPSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NILES AND MORAVIA AT 625 PM EDT...
  NEW HOPE AND MONTVILLE AT 630 PM EDT...
  SEMPRONIUS AND DRESSERVILLE AT 635 PM EDT...
  COMO AND MOSHERVILLE AT 640 PM EDT...
  VESPER AND LYNDON AT 645 PM EDT...
  RIDGEBURY AND GILLETT AT 650 PM EDT...
  CHEMUNG AND SYLVANIA AT 655 PM EDT...
  JEWELL AND WILAWANA AT 700 PM EDT...
  ENDICOTT AT 730 PM EDT...
  WALTON BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM EDT...

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE
INDOORS AS THE STORMS APPROACH. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU NEED
TO HEAD FOR SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER...LIKE A BUILDING...HOME OR EVEN
AND AUTOMIOBILE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS OR ANY METAL OBJECTS.

THESE STORMS ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

LAT...LON 4258 7705 4303 7680 4303 7650 4323 7647
      4321 7627 4325 7627 4321 7622 4327 7620
      4316 7589 4327 7587 4312 7516 4305 7521
      4286 7518 4209 7546 4155 7639 4160 7688
      4200 7694 4200 7761

DJN
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 6:43 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
643 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012

NYZ009-018-036-142345-
MADISON NY-ONEIDA NY-ONONDAGA NY-
643 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012

...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ONONDAGA...WEST CENTRAL ONEIDA
AND WESTERN MADISON COUNTIES...

AT 639 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BREWERTON TO FAIRMOUNT TO
OWASCO...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ONONDAGA AND MATTYDALE AT 650 PM EDT...
  SYRACUSE AND NORTH SYRACUSE AT 655 PM EDT...
  OTISCO AND NEDROW AT 700 PM EDT...
  VESPER AND EAST SYRACUSE AT 705 PM EDT...
  TULLY AND MINOA AT 710 PM EDT...
  KIRKVILLE AND FAYETTEVILLE AT 715 PM EDT...
  POMPEY AND MANLIUS AT 720 PM EDT...
  WATERVALE AND FABIUS AT 725 PM EDT...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! HEAVY RAIN AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS CAN
ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. EXPECT URBAN AND POOR
DRAINAGE FLOODING IN THE MORE URBANIZED AREAS.

LAT...LON 4330 7567 4330 7572 4317 7575 4313 7569
      4280 7572 4277 7627 4285 7636 4284 7645
      4298 7646 4323 7640 4324 7631 4321 7627
      4324 7626 4321 7622 4327 7620 4320 7606
      4316 7589 4333 7589 4342 7585 4344 7566

DJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSteuben57 min
Aug 14, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSteuben62 min
Aug 14, 6:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSteuben3 hr
Aug 14, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBroome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Madison and 5 more83 min
Aug 14, 7:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSteuben2 hr
Aug 14, 7:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMCayuga, Onondaga3 hr
Aug 14, 7:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSchuyler, Tompkins3 hr
Aug 14, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCortland53 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.