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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 21, 2013Cayuga County, Cortland County, Onondaga County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2013, 8:41 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Cortland County, Onondaga County, New York. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 2013, 8:41 PM EDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2013, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Onondaga County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 00:00Z on 2013-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 353 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 00:00Z on 2013-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-192 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 21, 7:41 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 7:41 PM EDT, 1 hour before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 1:56 PM EDT, 6 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
156 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-221800-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-
OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-
156 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 203 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

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

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-221800-
BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
156 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN A WARM AND
HUMID AIRMASS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR AN ISOLATED STORM TO
PRODUCE HAIL OR GUSTY WINDS.

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

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

RRM

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 21, 7:52 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 21, 8:10 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 8:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMCayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, Steuben, Yates4 hr
May 21, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida, Onondaga57 min
May 21, 8:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMCayuga, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Otsego and 1 more4 hr
May 21, 9:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOtsego59 min
May 21, 9:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Cortland, Tompkins65 min
May 21, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Onondaga, Seneca65 min
May 21, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Madison, Oneida, Otsego53 min
May 21, 10:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOtsego33 min
May 21, 10:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChemung, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Tioga, Tompkins51 min
May 21, 11:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChenango, Otsego, Tioga57 min
May 22, 11:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMTioga36 min
May 22, 11:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins58 min
May 22, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Delaware50 min
May 22, 12:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Delaware, Otsego59 min
May 22, 1:09 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMDelaware, Sullivan36 min
May 22, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego40 min
May 22, 1:39 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMSullivan36 min
May 22, 2:14 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMSullivan16 min
May 22, 2:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSullivan3 hr
May 22, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan56 min
May 22, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Onondaga43 min
May 22, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMMadison23 min
May 22, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOneida, Onondaga60 min
May 22, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMMadison26 min
May 22, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSullivan32 min
May 22, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOneida55 min
May 22, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOneida60 min
May 22, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben43 min
May 22, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSchuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins, Yates44 min
May 22, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung, Tioga63 min
May 22, 11:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMWayne31 min
May 22, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford54 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.