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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 8, 2013Cortland County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2013, 6:46 PM EDT for Cortland County, New York. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2013, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2013, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY

County Cortland County, NY

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 8, 3:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 3:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 3:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
300 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055-056-PAZ038-091900-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-
OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-BRADFORD-
300 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN
THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
DRAINAGE...URBAN..AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

HEDEN

NYZ057-062-PAZ039-040-043-044-047-048-072-091900-
DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-
LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
300 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN
THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
DRAINAGE...URBAN..AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE.
THE MAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. MINOR
FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE...URBAN..AND LOW LYING AREAS IS
POSSIBLE.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

HEDEN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 1:37 PM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 6:00 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 6:46 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
646 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013

NYZ017-018-025-044-082345-
CAYUGA NY-CORTLAND NY-ONONDAGA NY-TOMPKINS NY-
646 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CORTLAND...NORTHEASTERN
TOMPKINS...SOUTHEASTERN CAYUGA AND SOUTHEASTERN ONONDAGA COUNTIES...

* AT 636 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...
  STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MORAVIA TO GROTON...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 15 MPH.

* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  KELLOGGSVILLE AND NEW HOPE AT 650 PM EDT...
  SEMPRONIUS AND DRESSERVILLE AT 655 PM EDT...
  DRYDEN AT 700 PM EDT...
  GLEN HAVEN AND COMO AT 705 PM EDT...
  SCOTT AND GRACIE AT 710 PM EDT...
  SOUTH CORTLAND AND CORTLAND WEST AT 715 PM EDT...
  VIRGIL AND MUNSONS CORNERS AT 720 PM EDT...
  VESPER AND CORTLAND AT 725 PM EDT...

* OTHER LOCATIONS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PERUVILLE...
  GROTON...FREEVILLE...MC LEAN...NUBIA...HOMER...PREBLE...
  BALTIMORE...EAST HOMER...TULLY...MCGRAW...MCGRAW...FABIUS...
  APULIA...TRUXTON...TRIPOLI...SOLON...KEENEY...FREETOWN CORNERS...
  EAST FREETOWN AND CUYLER.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.

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

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES ARE 1 TO 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR.

LAT...LON 4281 7590 4280 7589 4274 7589 4273 7589
      4251 7589 4246 7650 4281 7649 4285 7590

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 1:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSullivan53 min
Aug 8, 1:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan65 min
Aug 8, 5:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMYates3 hr
Aug 8, 5:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSeneca3 hr
Aug 8, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCayuga60 min
Aug 8, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSchuyler39 min
Aug 8, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Cortland, Tompkins62 min
Aug 8, 7:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMCayuga, Cortland, Schuyler, Steuben, Tompkins4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.