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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 21, 2013Oneida County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2013, 7:24 PM EDT for Oneida County, New York. It was in force for 36 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 2013, 7:24 PM EDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Oneida County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 21, 7:50 PM EDTHAIL 11 E Boonville, NY
May 21, 8:00 PM EDTHAIL 1Boonville, NY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 21, 1:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2013-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 98 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 2013-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
98 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
819 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

887 
WUUS51 KBGM 212324
SVRBGM
NYC065-220000-
/O.NEW.KBGM.SV.W.0021.130521T2324Z-130522T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
724 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ONEIDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.

* AT 721 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  WEST OF BOONVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BOONVILLE BY 732 PM EDT...
  FORESTPORT AND ALDER CREEK BY 740 PM EDT...

WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT
1-888-603-1402...OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4341 7508 4340 7508 4335 7508 4339 7557
      4343 7557 4343 7552 4348 7541 4360 7514
      4361 7513 4361 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 274DEG 37KT 4348 7543

$$

MSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 1:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOneida, Onondaga64 min
May 21, 2:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOneida27 min
May 21, 12:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSeneca42 min
May 21, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca38 min
May 21, 1:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca66 min
May 21, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChenango32 min
May 21, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOtsego39 min
May 21, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida, Otsego54 min
May 21, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSeneca, Yates67 min
May 21, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca, Yates67 min
May 21, 5:55 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca, Yates35 min
May 21, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Onondaga59 min
May 21, 6:21 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMCayuga, Cortland, Onondaga39 min
May 21, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida, Onondaga66 min
May 21, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga51 min
May 21, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Otsego60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.