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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Binghamton, NY

April 22, 2012Steuben County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this winter storm warning at Apr 22, 2012, 3:14 PM EDT for Steuben County, New York. It took effect at Apr 22, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 2012, 3:14 PM EDT (19:14 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 22, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 23, 2012, 2:31 PM EDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY

County Steuben County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
489 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 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.

341 
WWUS41 KBGM 221914
WSWBGM

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
314 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012

...A SPRING SNOWSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN
TIER OF NEW YORK LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...

NYZ022-231915-
/O.UPG.KBGM.WS.A.0002.120423T0300Z-120424T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KBGM.WS.W.0003.120423T0300Z-120423T2100Z/
STEUBEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNING...HORNELL
314 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS FROM 11
PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY WET SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM
THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF STEUBEN COUNTY.

* HAZARDS...HEAVY WET SNOW

* ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS STEUBEN
  COUNTY. ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON OF UP TO 8
  INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER
  THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. LOWER ELEVATIONS IN THE WESTERN
  PART OF THE COUNTY AT PLACES LIKE HORNELL CAN EXPECT 2 TO 6
  INCHES OF SNOW. LOWER ELEVATIONS IN THE EAST... INCLUDING
  CORNING...WILL HAVE LESS THAN 2 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE RAIN WILL
  CHANGE TO SNOW AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AROUND MIDNIGHT. AT LOWER
  ELEVATIONS THE RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
  THE SNOW OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF LATER MONDAY
  MORNING. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 30S.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO
  25 MPH TO PRODUCE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE
  WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. TRAVEL WILL ALSO BECOME HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT. 

PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AND/OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

&&

$$

NYZ015-231915-
/O.UPG.KBGM.WS.A.0002.120423T0300Z-120424T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KBGM.WW.Y.0011.120423T0300Z-120423T2100Z/
YATES-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PENN YAN
314 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS FROM
11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WET SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM
THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF YATES COUNTY. 

* HAZARDS...WET SNOW. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS YATES COUNTY WILL VARY
  WIDELY LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL
  ACCUMULATE OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF YATES COUNTY.
  MEANWHILE... VALLEY LOCATIONS INCLUDING PENN YAN WILL HAVE LESS
  THAN 2 INCHES OF SNOW.


* TIMING...RAIN THIS EVENING WILL BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO
  SNOW LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OF
  BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 30S.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WET SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER
  LINES DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. TRAVEL WILL ALSO BECOME
  HAZARDOUS IN SOME AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AND/OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

&&

$$

NYZ023-231915-
/O.NEW.KBGM.WW.Y.0011.120423T0300Z-120423T2100Z/
SCHUYLER-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATKINS GLEN
314 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS FROM
11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WET SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS
EVENING TO 5 PM EDT MONDAY.

* LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SCHUYLER COUNTY. 

* HAZARDS...HEAVY WET SNOW. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE
  ACROSS SCHUYLER COUNTY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF
  UP TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.
  MEANWHILE... VALLEY LOCATIONS SUCH AS WATKINS GLEN WILL HAVE
  LITTLE IF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION. 

* TIMING...RAIN THIS EVENING WILL BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO
  SNOW LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER
  OFF BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 30S.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WET SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER
  LINES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL ALSO DEVELOP AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AND/OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

&&

$$

MSE
6 follow-up statements
303 
WWUS41 KBGM 230137
WSWBGM

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
937 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012

...A SPRING SNOWSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL
SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...

NYZ022-231200-
/O.CON.KBGM.WS.W.0003.120423T0300Z-120423T2100Z/
STEUBEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNING...HORNELL
937 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT MONDAY...

* LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF STEUBEN COUNTY.

* HAZARDS...HEAVY WET SNOW

* ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS STEUBEN 
  COUNTY. ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON OF UP TO 8 
  INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER 
  THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. LOWER ELEVATIONS IN THE 
  WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY AT PLACES LIKE HORNELL CAN EXPECT 2 
  TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. LOWER ELEVATIONS IN THE EAST... INCLUDING 
  CORNING...WILL HAVE LESS THAN 2 INCHES OF SNOW. 

* TIMING...RAIN THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AT HIGHER
  ELEVATIONS AROUND MIDNIGHT. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS THE RAIN WILL
  BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW OR MIXED
  PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF LATER MONDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 30S.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 
  25 MPH TO PRODUCE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE 
  WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. TRAVEL WILL ALSO BECOME HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT.

PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AND/OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

&&

$$

NYZ015-023-231200-
/O.CON.KBGM.WW.Y.0011.120423T0300Z-120423T2100Z/
YATES-SCHUYLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENN YAN...WATKINS GLEN
937 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT
MONDAY...

* LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF YATES COUNTY.

* HAZARDS...WET SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS YATES COUNTY WILL VARY 
  WIDELY LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW 
  WILL ACCUMULATE OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF YATES COUNTY. 
  MEANWHILE... VALLEY LOCATIONS INCLUDING PENN YAN WILL HAVE 
  LESS THAN 2 INCHES OF SNOW. 

* TIMING...RAIN THIS EVENING WILL BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO 
  SNOW LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER 
  OF BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 30S.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WET SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER 
  LINES DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. TRAVEL WILL ALSO BECOME 
  HAZARDOUS IN SOME AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AND/OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

&&

$$
076 
WWUS41 KBGM 230829
WSWBGM

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
429 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012

NYZ022-232100-
/O.CON.KBGM.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120423T2100Z/
STEUBEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNING...HORNELL
429 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF STEUBEN COUNTY.

* HAZARDS...HEAVY WET SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE
  COUNTY...DEPENDENT MAINLY ON ELEVATION. IN VALLEY AREAS...SUCH
  AS CORNING AND BATH...JUST RAIN...OR A RAIN SNOW MIX...WILL
  BRING LITTLE ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...ON THE HILLTOPS...WHERE
  HEAVIER WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE MORE PROMINENT...AS MUCH AS
  5 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

* TIMING...SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN MAY TAPER OFF FOR A BRIEF
  TIME EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED
  TO RESUME BY MID TO LATE MORNING...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF
  THE DAY. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW...WILL COMBINE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO
  25 MPH...TO PRODUCE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL MAY
  ALSO BE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT.

PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AND/OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

&&

$$

NYZ015-023-232100-
/O.CON.KBGM.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120423T2100Z/
YATES-SCHUYLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENN YAN...WATKINS GLEN
429 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SCHUYLER AND YATES COUNTIES.

* HAZARDS...LOCALLY HEAVY WET SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THESE
  COUNTIES...DEPENDENT MAINLY ON ELEVATION. IN VALLEY AREAS...SUCH
  AS PENN YAN AND WATKINS GLEN...JUST RAIN...OR A RAIN SNOW
  MIX...WILL BRING LITTLE ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...ON THE
  HILLTOPS...WHERE HEAVIER WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE MORE
  PROMINENT...AS MUCH AS 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

* TIMING...SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN MAY TAPER OFF FOR A BRIEF
  TIME EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED
  TO RESUME BY MID TO LATE MORNING...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF
  THE DAY.  

* TEMPERATURES...IN LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
  AROUND 25 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WET SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER
  LINES...DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. TRAVEL MAY ALSO BE
  LOCALLY HAZARDOUS ON SOME OF THE HILLTOPS THIS MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AND/OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

&&

$$

MJ
559 
WWUS41 KBGM 230911
WSWBGM

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
511 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012

NYZ022-231715-
/O.CON.KBGM.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120423T2100Z/
STEUBEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNING...HORNELL
511 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF STEUBEN COUNTY.

* HAZARDS...HEAVY WET SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE
  COUNTY...DEPENDENT MAINLY ON ELEVATION. IN VALLEY AREAS...SUCH
  AS CORNING AND BATH...JUST RAIN...OR A RAIN SNOW MIX...WILL
  BRING LITTLE ACCUMULATION...MAINLY UNDER AN INCH. HOWEVER...ON THE
  HILLTOPS...WHERE HEAVIER WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE MORE
  PROMINENT...AS MUCH AS 5 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

* TIMING...SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN MAY TAPER OFF FOR A 
  BRIEF TIME EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...PERIODS OF SNOW ARE 
  EXPECTED TO RESUME BY MID TO LATE MORNING...THEN CONTINUE 
  THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 
  MPH. 

* IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW...WILL COMBINE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 20 
  TO 25 MPH...TO PRODUCE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL 
  MAY ALSO BE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT.

PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AND/OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

&&

$$

NYZ016>018-024-025-044-055-PAZ038-231715-
/O.EXA.KBGM.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120423T2100Z/
SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-CORTLAND-TIOGA-
BRADFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SENECA FALLS...AUBURN...SYRACUSE...
ELMIRA...ITHACA...CORTLAND...OWEGO...TOWANDA...SAYRE
511 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY WET SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
EDT THIS AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS...MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW YORK WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 81
  CORRIDOR...INCLUDING MOST OF THE FINGER LAKES REGION...AND THE
  ELMIRA...ITHACA...AND OWEGO AREAS. 

* HAZARDS...LOCALLY HEAVY WET SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THIS
  REGION...DEPENDENT MAINLY ON ELEVATION. IN VALLEY AREAS... SUCH
  AS SYRACUSE METRO...AS WELL AS DOWNTOWN ELMIRA AND ITHACA...JUST
  RAIN...OR A RAIN SNOW MIX...WILL BRING LITTLE
  ACCUMULATION...MAINLY LESS THAN AN INCH. HOWEVER...ON THE
  HILLTOPS...WHERE HEAVIER WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE MORE
  PROMINENT...AS MUCH AS 3 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

* TIMING...SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN MAY TAPER OFF FOR A 
  BRIEF TIME EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...PERIODS OF SNOW ARE 
  EXPECTED TO RESUME BY MID TO LATE MORNING...THEN CONTINUE 
  THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 
  AROUND 25 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...WET SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER 
  LINES...DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. TRAVEL MAY ALSO BE 
  LOCALLY HAZARDOUS ON SOME OF THE HILLTOPS THIS MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AND/OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

&&

$$

NYZ015-023-231715-
/O.CON.KBGM.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120423T2100Z/
YATES-SCHUYLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENN YAN...WATKINS GLEN
511 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SCHUYLER AND YATES COUNTIES.

* HAZARDS...LOCALLY HEAVY WET SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THESE
  COUNTIES...DEPENDENT MAINLY ON ELEVATION. IN VALLEY AREAS...
  SUCH AS PENN YAN AND WATKINS GLEN...JUST RAIN...OR A RAIN SNOW
  MIX...WILL BRING LITTLE ACCUMULATION...MAINLY UNDER AN INCH. HOWEVER...ON
  THE HILLTOPS...WHERE HEAVIER WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE MORE
  PROMINENT...AS MUCH AS 3 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

* TIMING...SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN MAY TAPER OFF FOR A 
  BRIEF TIME EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...PERIODS OF SNOW ARE 
  EXPECTED TO RESUME BY MID TO LATE MORNING...THEN CONTINUE 
  THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 
  AROUND 25 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...WET SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER 
  LINES...DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. TRAVEL MAY ALSO BE 
  LOCALLY HAZARDOUS ON SOME OF THE HILLTOPS THIS MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AND/OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

&&

$$

MJ
823 
WWUS41 KBGM 231125
WSWBGM

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
725 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012

NYZ022-232100-
/O.CON.KBGM.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120423T2100Z/
STEUBEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNING...HORNELL
725 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF STEUBEN COUNTY.

* HAZARDS...HEAVY WET SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE
  COUNTY...DEPENDENT MAINLY ON ELEVATION. IN VALLEY AREAS...SUCH
  AS CORNING AND BATH...JUST RAIN...OR A RAIN SNOW MIX...WILL
  BRING LITTLE ACCUMULATION...MAINLY UNDER AN INCH. HOWEVER...ON
  THE HILLTOPS...WHERE HEAVIER WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE MORE
  PROMINENT...AS MUCH AS 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

* TIMING...SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN MAY TAPER OFF FOR A 
  BRIEF TIME EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...PERIODS OF SNOW ARE 
  EXPECTED TO RESUME BY MID TO LATE MORNING...THEN CONTINUE 
  THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 
  MPH. 

* IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW...WILL COMBINE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 20 
  TO 25 MPH...TO PRODUCE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL 
  MAY ALSO BE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT.

PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AND/OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

&&

$$

NYZ015>018-023>025-044-055-PAZ038-232100-
/O.CON.KBGM.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120423T2100Z/
YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-
CORTLAND-TIOGA-BRADFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENN YAN...SENECA FALLS...AUBURN...
SYRACUSE...WATKINS GLEN...ELMIRA...ITHACA...CORTLAND...OWEGO...
TOWANDA...SAYRE
725 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* LOCATIONS...MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW YORK WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 81
  CORRIDOR...INCLUDING MOST OF THE FINGER LAKES REGION...AND THE
  ELMIRA...ITHACA...WATKINS GLEN...AND OWEGO AREAS.

* HAZARDS...LOCALLY HEAVY WET SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THIS 
  REGION...DEPENDENT MAINLY ON ELEVATION. IN VALLEY AREAS... 
  SUCH AS SYRACUSE METRO...AS WELL AS DOWNTOWN ELMIRA AND 
  ITHACA...JUST RAIN...OR A RAIN SNOW MIX...WILL BRING LITTLE 
  ACCUMULATION... MAINLY LESS THAN AN INCH. HOWEVER...ON THE 
  HILLTOPS...WHERE HEAVIER WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE MORE 
  PROMINENT...AS MUCH AS 3 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. 

* TIMING...SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN MAY TAPER OFF FOR A 
  BRIEF TIME EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...PERIODS OF SNOW ARE 
  EXPECTED TO RESUME BY MID TO LATE MORNING...THEN CONTINUE 
  THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 
  AROUND 25 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...WET SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER 
  LINES...DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. TRAVEL MAY ALSO BE 
  LOCALLY HAZARDOUS ON SOME OF THE HILLTOPS THIS MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AND/OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

&&

$$

MJ
427 
WWUS41 KBGM 231529
WSWBGM

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1129 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012

NYZ015>018-023>025-044-055-PAZ038-231630-
/O.CAN.KBGM.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120423T2100Z/
YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-
CORTLAND-TIOGA-BRADFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENN YAN...SENECA FALLS...AUBURN...
SYRACUSE...WATKINS GLEN...ELMIRA...ITHACA...CORTLAND...OWEGO...
TOWANDA...SAYRE
1129 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

THE FALLING SNOW HAS ENDED OR CHANGED TO RAIN OVER MOST OF THE
ADVISORY AREA...AND NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...SO
THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

NYZ022-232100-
/O.CON.KBGM.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120423T2100Z/
STEUBEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNING...HORNELL
1129 AM EDT MON APR 23 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF STEUBEN COUNTY.

* HAZARDS...HEAVY WET SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS
  THE COUNTY...DEPENDENT MAINLY ON ELEVATION. IN VALLEY
  AREAS...SUCH AS CORNING AND BATH...JUST RAIN...OR A RAIN SNOW
  MIX...WILL BRING LITTLE ACCUMULATION...MAINLY UNDER AN INCH.
  HOWEVER...ON THE HILLTOPS...WHERE HEAVIER WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE
  TO BE MORE PROMINENT...AS MUCH AS 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE
  EXPECTED.

* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 
  MPH. 

* IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW...WILL COMBINE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 20 
  TO 25 MPH...TO PRODUCE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL 
  MAY ALSO BE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT.

PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AND/OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

&&

$$
976 
WWUS41 KBGM 231831
WSWBGM

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
231 PM EDT MON APR 23 2012

NYZ022-231945-
/O.CAN.KBGM.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120423T2100Z/
STEUBEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNING...HORNELL
231 PM EDT MON APR 23 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 

OCCASIONAL RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY
MORNING...HOWEVER...THE STEADY SNOW HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON...SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Apr 22, 2:52 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 2:52 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
252 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A STORM SYSTEM WILL GATHER STRENGTH...AS IT MOVES UP THE EAST
COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS A RESULT...RAIN WILL GRADUALLY MOVE
BACK INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. STEADY
RAIN WILL THEN CONTINUE FROM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...AND WET SNOW
COULD EVEN IMPACT SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...GENERALLY WELL
TO THE WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 81 CORRIDOR. ONCE THIS STORM ARRIVES
IN OUR REGION...IT WILL BE VERY SLOW TO MOVE AWAY...THUS KEEPING
CHILLY UNSETTLED CONDITIONS GOING THROUGH MID-WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
UPDATED AT 11 AM... LATEST WATER VAPOR SATELLITE LOOP INDICATES TWO
STRONG UPPER SYSTEMS GETTING READY TO PHASE NEAR THE EAST COAST.
ONE SYSTEM IS SPINNING ACROSS FLORIDA WHILE THE OTHER IS DIGGING
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS
DEVELOPING NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST ON SCHEDULE WITH LATEST
PRESSURE DOWN TO 998 MB. COOL... CLOUDY NORTH- NORTHEAST FLOW
COVERS NORTHERN PA / SOUTHERN NY WITH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY
HOLDING IN THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S. LATEST 12Z BUF SOUNDING
SHOWING LOTS OF DRY AIR ABOVE 800 MB WITH 850 MB TEMPERATURES
AROUND -6 C. ALY SOUNDING IS ALSO DRY ABOVE 800 MB WITH 850
TEMPERATURE AROUND +1 C. NORTHERN EDGE OF RAIN SHIELD IS SLOWLY
EXPANDING NORTHWARD ACROSS SE PA AND HAS REACHED RDG AND ABE LATE
THIS MORNING. QUICK LOOK AT LATEST 12Z NAM SHOWING LITTLE
DIFFERENCE WITH PREVIOUS RUNS INDICATING LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK
NORTH TO THE DEL MARVA AREA THIS EVENING BEFORE CURVING NORTHWEST
TOWARD CENTRAL NY. FORECAST THERMAL FIELDS ARE ALSO CONSISTENT
WITH PREVIOUS RUNS INDICATING THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING MOSTLY
RAIN TO OUR AREA THROUGH MONDAY... EXCEPT FOR STEUBEN/YATES AND
WESTERN BRADFORD COUNTIES WHERE DYANAMIC COOLING COULD BRING A
PERIOD OF SNOW LATER TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGHER ELEVATIONS AS THE UPPER LOW LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THOSE AREAS.

BASED ON THIS... HAVE MADE ONLY MINOR TWEAKS TO THE CURRENT
FORECAST. HAVE TWEAKED TEMPERATURES DOWN A FEW DEGREES IN MANY
AREAS TO ACCOUNT FOR LATEST TRENDS. CURRENT TIMING OF EXPECTED
ONSET OF RAIN STILL LOOKS GOOD... WITH RAIN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ALONG THE I-80 CORRIDOR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... SPREADING NORTH TO
THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NY BY EARLY EVENING AND TO CENTRAL NY BY LATE
EVENING.

5 AM SUN UPDATE... LAST EVENING'S STEADY RAIN HAS EXITED WELL TO
THE NE EARLY THIS MRNG...AS THE SUPPORTING UPR-LVL WAVE HAS MOVED
INTO NEW ENG. IN ITS WAKE...PLENTY OF LOW CLOUDS REMAIN...ALG WITH
PATCHY DZ.

IN GENERAL...WE EXPECT OVC CONDS TO PERSIST TODAY...AS A CANOPY OF ST
CLOUDS WILL STAY ENTRENCHED ACRS CNY/NE PA...UNDERNEATH A NWD
ADVANCING SHIELD OF MID TO UPR-LVL MOIST...AHD OF THE DEVELOPING E
COAST CYCLONE.

SPEAKING OF THE AFOREMENTIONED STORM SYSTEM...IT IS GATHERING
ENERGY NEAR THE FL PANHANDLE ATTM...WITH PCPN STREAKING NWD WELL
IN ADVANCE. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS PCPN EXTENDS FROM SRN NJ...TO
THE WASH DC AREA...AND THEN THROUGH SRN WV AS OF ABT 0930Z. MODEL
CONSENSUS IS QUITE GOOD THAT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TRACKING NWD
TODAY...LIKELY REACHING OUR FAR SRN/ERN ZNS IN THE 16-18Z TIME
FRAME...AND THEN THE TWIN TIERS BY ARND 20-22Z.

GIVEN THAT TEMPS ACRS MANY PTNS OF THE FA HAVE DROPPED INTO THE
M-U 30S EARLY THIS MRNG...AND ALSO WITH THE EXPECTATION OF THICK
CLOUDS AND DEVELOPING PCPN...WE FEEL OUR PREVIOUS MAX TEMP GRID
AND ALSO MUCH OF THE MODEL GUIDANCE READINGS FOR TODAY ARE TOO
WARM. WE THUS LOWERED TODAY'S HIGHS BY SEVERAL DEGS (NOW MAINLY IN
THE 40S)...AND HEAVILY WEIGHTED OUR LOCAL WRF ARW TEMP
GRIDS...WHICH SEEMED MOST REASONABLE.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
530 AM SUN UPDATE... THE MAIN STORY THIS PD WILL BE THE EVOLUTION
OF THE E COAST STORM. FOR OUR AREA...THE MOST IMPORTANT HIGHLIGHT
TO NOTE THIS MRNG IS THAT WE'VE HOISTED A WINTER STM WATCH LATE
TNT AND MON FOR STEUBEN AND YATES CNTYS IN CNY.

IN GENERAL...NWP CONSENSUS IS FAIRLY GOOD ON THE LARGE-
SCALE...WITH A DEEPENING CLOSED UPR-LVL LOW IN THE CNTRL
APPALACHIANS BY TONIGHT/MON...SUPPORTING AN INTENSIFYING SFC
CYCLONE NEAR...OR JUST INLAND...FROM THE MID-ATL COAST.
HOWEVER...IMPORTANT DIFFS SHOW UP IN THE SMALLER DETAILS...WHICH
WILL HAVE A SIG BEARING ON THE SENSIBLE WX IN OUR CWA. THE LATEST
EC/SREF SOLUTIONS...WHICH ARE PREFERRED BY HPC...ARE ON THE ERN
SIDE OF THE ENVELOPE...BASICALLY BRINGING THE SFC LOW UP THE COASTAL
PLAIN...EVENTUALLY HOOKING INLAND A BIT BY LATER MON/MON NIGHT
THROUGH ERN/CNTRL NY STATE...AS THE WHOLE SYSTEM BECOMES VERT
STACKED. MEANWHILE...THE NAM/GFS CONTINUE TO BE THE FARTHEST W
WITH THE STORM TRACK...ESSENTIALLY BRINGING THE SFC LOW UP THROUGH
ERN/CNTRL PA...AND ULTIMATELY INTO WRN NY/SWRN ONT. AFTER COLLAB
WITH SURROUNDING WFO'S AND HPC...WE'LL ALSO BUY THE SLIGHTLY MORE
EWD SCENARIO ATTM. SINCE EC/SREF PROFILES ARE A BIT COLDER IN FAR
WRN PTNS OF OUR CWA LATE TNT/EARLY MON...AND ALSO BECAUSE IT LINES
UP WELL WITH EXISTING WATCHES...WE FELT IT PRUDENT TO INCLUDE
STEUBEN/YATES IN A WINTER STM WATCH. THE MAIN CONCERN IS FOR THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WHERE AS MUCH AS 5-8" OF HEAVY WET SNOW IS
NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. THE BEST FORCED ASCENT (PRONOUNCED MID-
LVL FGEN AND DEFORMATION) IS PROGGED FOR THE 03-15Z MON TIME FRAME
THIS RGN...WHICH LINES UP WELL DIURNALLY FOR SNOWFALL POTENTIAL
THIS LATE IN THE SEASON.

MEANWHILE...ELSEWHERE...A BAND OF STEADY AND PSBLY BRIEFLY HEAVY
RAIN WILL ROTATE ACRS THE FA FROM SE TO NW. OVERALL...WE'RE NOT
CONCERNED ABT ANY HYDRO-RELATED PROBLEMS...AS A PROGRESSIVE DRY
SLOT ON THE ERN SIDE OF THE MID TO UPR-LVL CYCLONE SHOULD PUT AN END TO
THE STEADIER RAIN BY EARLY TO MID-MRNG MON. AT THIS
JUNCTURE...WE'RE LOOKING AT TOTAL RAINFALL OF 0.75-1.5" FOR MOST
OF THE AREA BY 18Z MON.

FOR THE REST OF THIS PD (MON NGT THROUGH TUE NGT)...WE'LL BE
DEALING WITH THE STACKED LOW JUST TO OUR N ACRS ONT/QUE...AND
PLENTY OF WRAP-ARND MOISTURE. THUS...-SHRA/-SHSN WILL BE
PLENTIFUL...SPCLY MON NGT INTO TUE. ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF CNY...PARTICULARLY W OF I-81...ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS
CONCEIVABLE.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
245 PM UPDATE...PERSISTENT TROF REMAINS IN THE EAST WITH UNSETTLED
WEATHER POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY AT THE START AND ENDS OF THE LONG TERM
PERIOD. WHILE COOL...850 TEMPS SUPPORT MOSTLY RAIN THROUGH THE
PERIOD EXCEPT THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN SOME SNOW MAY MIX IN WITH THE
RAIN. WITH THE TROF IN THE EAST...BELOW NORMAL TEMPS ARE EXPECT
WITH HIGHS JUST INTO THE 50S AND OVERNIGHT LOWS NEAR OR BELOW
FREEZING.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
145 PM UPDATE...LOW END MVFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE
TODAY. IFR CIGS NOW OCCURRING AT KELM/KITH/KBGM SHOULD SLOWLY RISE
TO LOW END MVFR BY 21Z. STILL A FAIR AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY ON
THIS BUT BASED ON CURRENT OBS THIS IS THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO.
RAIN HAS ALREADY STARTED AT KAVP AND WILL CONTINUE TO THE SOUTHERN
TERMINALS (KELM/KBGM/KITH) BY 22Z AND TO KSYR AND KRME AT 00Z. 2 TO 6
HOURS AFTER THE RAIN STARTS CIGS SHOULD DROP TO IFR AND VSBYS TO
MVFR IN MODERATE RAIN. LATE TONIGHT CIGS STAY IFR BUT VSBYS COME
BACK UP AS THE RAIN BECOMES LIGHT.

MORE PRONOUNCED DRYING OCCURS THROUGH MID-MORNING MONDAY AS A DRY
PUNCH OF AIR MOVES IN. DESPITE THE DECREASE IN THE INTENSITY OF
RAIN...CIGS WILL REMAIN IFR TO LOW END MVFR THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 TO 15 KTS THROUGH TONIGHT. MAY BE GUSTY
ESPECIALLY THE ELEVATED TERMINALS AND KSYR WITH GUSTS OVER 20 KTS
POSSIBLE. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS MONDAY 10 TO 15 GUSTS WITH
HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE.

.OUTLOOK...

TUE...MVFR AND IFR IN RAIN AND POSSIBLY SNOW.

TUE NGT INTO THU...VFR/MVFR BUT ISOLD IFR PSBL IN SCT RAIN AND
SNOW SHWRS.

FRI...VFR.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
FROM THIS VANTAGE PT...MAX RAINFALL AMTS OF 1.5" ARE ANTICIPATED
IN OUR CWA TNT AND MON. GIVEN DRY ANTECEDENT CONDS RECENTLY...SUCH
PCPN AMTS APPEAR INSUFFICIENT TO WARRANT MUCH CONCERN FOR RUNOFF
PROBLEMS.

&&

.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...NONE.
NY...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EDT
     MONDAY FOR NYZ015-023.
     WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EDT
     MONDAY FOR NYZ022.

&&

SYNOPSIS...MLJ
NEAR TERM...MLJ
SHORT TERM...MLJ
LONG TERM...HEDEN
AVIATION...HEDEN/TAC
HYDROLOGY...
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 5:18 AM EDT, 9 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
518 AM EDT SUN APR 22 2012

NYZ009-036-037-045-046-056-057-062-PAZ039-040-043-044-047-048-072-
230930-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-BROOME-
DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-
LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
518 AM EDT SUN APR 22 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NYZ016>018-023>025-044-055-PAZ038-230930-
SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-CORTLAND-
TIOGA-BRADFORD-
518 AM EDT SUN APR 22 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE UP THE EAST COAST SUNDAY
SPREADING STEADY RAIN INTO THE AREA BY AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL
CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT BUT ENOUGH COLD AIR MAY BE AROUND TO PRODUCE
A MIX OF WET SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. AT THIS
POINT IT APPEARS THE MOST LIKELY AREA TO SEE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL
BE JUST WEST OF THIS AREA. NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

A MIX OF WET SNOW AND RAIN COULD CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY.
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

TUESDAY TO SATURDAY...HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NYZ015-022-230930-
YATES-STEUBEN-
518 AM EDT SUN APR 22 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER STORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER STORM WATCH.

TUESDAY TO SATURDAY...HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 5:15 AM EDTWinter Storm WatchBGMSteuben, Yates10 hr
Apr 22, 3:14 PM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryBGMCayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Onondaga, Schuyler, Seneca and 3 more20 hr

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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.