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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2014, 7:29 PM EDT for Bradford County, Susquehanna County, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 61 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
- Jul 13, 2014, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2014, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bradford County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wyoming County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 958 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Jul 13, 3:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 3:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 353 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DIGGING INTO THE GREAT LAKES WILL BRING PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE OFFSHORE BY TUESDAY NIGHT, WITH DRIER WEATHER AND COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR MID WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/... AT 4 PM...LOCAL RADAR SHOWS CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH INITIAL SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE TWIN TIERS AND WESTERN CATSKILLS. DUE TO LACK OF INSTABILITY, ACTIVITY SO FAR HAS ONLY BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. OVER WRN NY ANOTHER LINE OF CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH SFC TROF IS NOW MOVING INTO THE SRN TIER AND FINGER LAKES REGION. THIS CONVECTION WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING PERIOD. DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS AND LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH TROF A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SVR THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH PRIMARY THREAT DAMAGING WINDS. THE LIMITING FACTOR IS INSTABILITY DUE TO EARLIER CONVECTION AND CLOUDS BUT SPC MESO ANALYSIS PAGE SHOWS CAPES AROUND 1000J/KG OVER NE PA, SO ACTIVITY MAY INTENSIFY AS IT SHIFTS EAST. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO A THREAT WITH ANY CONVECTION THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS AIRMASS IS VERY JUICY WITH PWATS AROUND 2 INCHES. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MONDAY...BOUNDARY WHICH IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH AREA WILL REMAIN OVER EASTERN PA AND BE THE FOCUS FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE WITH CHC POPS FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NY BUT LIKELY FOR NE PA, SRN CATSKILLS AND LOCAL BGM AREA. BASED ON SVR WX INDICES A FEW STORMS COULD APPROACH SVR LIMITS ALTHOUGH THE MAIN THREAT MAY BE HEAVY RAIN AS CONVECTION PERSIST OVER NE PA AND AIRMASS REMAIN VERY MOIST WITH PWATS AROUND 2 INCHES. MONDAY NIGHT...ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING AS APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL WAVE MOVES INITIAL BOUNDARY THROUGH AND MAIN SFC COLD FRONT APPROACHES REGION. WILL CONTINUE WITH CHC POPS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. TUESDAY...DEEP H5 TROF MOVES INTO NEARBY SOUTHERN ONTARIO AS SFC COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH FA FROM I81 WEST DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND POINTS EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. INSTABILITY LOOKS FAIRLY WEAK EXCEPT FOR THE FAR SE FA WHERE MODELS SUGGEST SEVERAL HUNDRED J/KG. WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGH CHC POPS THROUGH PERIOD. TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY...UPPER LEVEL TROF SETTLES OVER THE NORTHEAST AS SFC HIGH PRES GRADUALLY BUILDS SOUTH FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. AFTER SOME LINGERING SHOWERS FOR THE ERN CWA TUE EVENING PERIOD WILL BE MAINLY DRY AND PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS ON WED WILL GENERALLY RANGE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... NOON UPDATE... THE BIG STORY DURING THE LONG TERM FORECAST WILL BE A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROF OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE US WITH COOLER THAN AVERAGE TEMPS, AND A POSSIBLE RETURN TO UNSETTLED WEATHER BY THE WEEKEND. MAINLY DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY. DURING THIS PERIOD A SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH IN THE MEAN FLOW DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. I CONTINUED A DRY FORECAST BUT A POP UP SHOWER CAN'T BE RULED OUT THIS DAY AS THE SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH. WITH THE BASE OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROF STILL OVER CENTRAL TX, WE AREN'T QUITE OUT OF THE WOODS FOR MORE PRECIPITATION AS WE HEAD TOWARD THE WEEKEND. AS THIS TROF MOVES EAST OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN US, A DEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP AND TRANSPORT MOISTURE UP THE ATLANTIC COAST. THE TIMING AND HOW FAR NORTH THE MOISTURE GETS IS STILL VERY MUCH IN QUESTION. THE OLDER RUNS OF THE GFS ARE ABOUT 24 HOURS FASTER THAN THE EURO, BRINGING IN SHOWERS BY FRIDAY EVENING WITH THE EURO NOT UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING. WHATEVER THE CASE IT DOES APPEAR CHANCES WILL INCREASE FOR SHOWERS OVER THE WEEKEND ITSELF. ON THE FRONT END I PUT IN JUST A 20% CHANCE FOR SHOWERS IN NEPA FRIDAY BUT SAVE HIGHER CHANCES FOR SAT/SUN. IF THE PATTERN HOLDS CHANCES FOR RAIN MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED THIS WEEKEND BUT STILL WAY TOO FAR AND UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT. && .AVIATION /20Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER THE TERMINALS THROUGH 0Z. WHILE BRIEF IFR IS POSSIBLE EVERYWHERE, MOST LIKELY TERMINALS WILL BE FROM NEAR KELM THROUGH KBGM/KITH AND KAVP. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALSO POSSIBLE HERE WITH MORE ORGANIZED LINES OF STORMS. ENHANCED THE WIND WORDING HERE TO SHOW THAT ALONG WITH IFR VSBYS. CONVECTION DIMINISHES THIS EVENING BUT LEFTOVER MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE MVFR RESTRICTIONS OVERNIGHT. OUTLOOK... MON THROUGH TUE NGT...POTENTIAL RESTRICTIONS FROM SHRA/TSRA. WED/THUR/FRI...PRIMARILY VFR. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...RRM NEAR TERM...RRM SHORT TERM...RRM LONG TERM...HEDEN AVIATION...HEDEN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 4:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 416 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014 NYZ009-015>018-023-025-036-037-044>046-142030- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-SCHUYLER- TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO- 416 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED AGAIN ON MONDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS ESPECIALLY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. ANY THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NYZ022-024-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-142030- STEUBEN-CHEMUNG-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA- NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 416 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 414 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. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED AGAIN ON MONDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS ESPECIALLY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. ANY THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RRM
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 13, 6:37 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 13, 7:01 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
701 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
PAZ038-039-043-140000-
BRADFORD PA-SUSQUEHANNA PA-WYOMING PA-
701 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN BRADFORD...
SUSQUEHANNA AND WYOMING COUNTIES...
* AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM ROME TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OVERTON...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
ORWELL AND WEST WARREN AT 710 PM EDT...
HERRICKVILLE AND HERRICK AT 715 PM EDT...
WARREN CENTER AND TERRYTOWN AT 720 PM EDT...
MIDDLETOWN CENTER AND WYALUSING AT 725 PM EDT...
FRIENDSVILLE AND SUGAR RUN AT 730 PM EDT...
STOWELL AND LACEYVILLE AT 735 PM EDT...
JENNINGSVILLE AT 740 PM EDT...
LOVELTON AND ELK LAKE AT 745 PM EDT...
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
LAT...LON 4154 7623 4158 7670 4197 7637 4185 7551
4164 7571 4163 7574 4140 7593 4140 7628
/TACLocal storm report, Jul 13, 7:18 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
718 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM TSTM WND DMG KIRKWOOD 42.03N 75.78W
07/13/2014 BROOME NY 911 CALL CENTER
TREES DOWN CLOSING PART OF OSTRUM ROAD
&&
JABLocal storm report, Jul 13, 7:28 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
728 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0635 PM TSTM WND DMG JOHNSON CITY 42.12N 75.96W
07/13/2014 BROOME NY PUBLIC
PORTION OF ROOF POSSIBLY TORN OFF STORE AT OAKDALE
MALL. WATER COMING IN STORE.
&&
JABLocal storm report, Jul 13, 7:29 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
729 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 PM TSTM WND DMG TOWANDA 41.77N 76.45W
07/13/2014 BRADFORD PA 911 CALL CENTER
SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES DOWN IN BRADFORD COUNTY.
&&
MSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 10:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Yates | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Delaware, Otsego | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Schuyler, Steuben, Yates | 53 min |
| Jul 13, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 66 min |
| Jul 13, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tompkins, Yates | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Delaware | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware, Sullivan | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 5:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Chemung, Schuyler, Tioga, Tompkins | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 5:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Delaware, Sullivan | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Steuben, Tioga | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 5:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 5:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 5:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Tioga | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Tioga | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Broome | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 7:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Broome, Delaware, Tioga | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Delaware | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Susquehanna | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.