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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 22, 2013Oneida County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2013, 8:10 PM EDT for Oneida County, New York. It was in force for 50 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 22, 2013, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2013, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Oneida County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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 22, 12:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr
May 22, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 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 00:00Z on 2013-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1240 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 2013-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 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
1240 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
5.4

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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 22, 7:53 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 7:53 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 5:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
528 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-072-
232130-
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-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
528 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 212 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...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.

THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO BECOME SEVERE, PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THREAT...SHOULD ADDITIONAL STORMS
REPEAT...FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT
ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL FROM STORMS ON TUESDAY...AND
EARLIER TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AS A FRONT
APPROACHES. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

PAZ043-044-047-048-232130-
WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
528 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 210 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...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.

THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO BECOME SEVERE, PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AS A FRONT
APPROACHES. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 6:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
629 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0611 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WHITESBORO              43.12N  75.30W
05/22/2013                   ONEIDA             NY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS PER 911
            DISPATCH FEED

&&

HEDEN
Local storm report, May 22, 6:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
632 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0607 PM     HAIL             NEW HARTFORD            43.07N  75.29W
05/22/2013  M1.00 INCH       ONEIDA             NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

HEDEN
Local storm report, May 22, 7:46 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
746 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0719 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HOWARD                  42.37N  77.52W
05/22/2013                   STEUBEN            NY   911 CENTER

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

&&

MJN
Local storm report, May 22, 7:47 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 22, 7:49 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 22, 7:58 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCortland40 min
May 22, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOnondaga53 min
May 22, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Onondaga48 min
May 22, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Tioga60 min
May 22, 9:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMDelaware54 min
May 22, 9:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOneida58 min
May 22, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Sullivan53 min
May 22, 9:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida63 min
May 23, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOneida24 min
May 22, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford, Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wyoming63 min
May 22, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLackawanna, Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming57 min
May 23, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBradford, Wyoming60 min

Nearby

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.