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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 28, 2014Otsego County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2014, 1:01 PM EDT for Otsego County, New York. It was in force for 44 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 28, 2014, 1:01 PM EDT (17:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2014, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Otsego County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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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 Jul 28, 11:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 11:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 4:07 AM EDT, 8 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
407 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-290815-
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-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
407 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

DJN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 10:05 AM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1005 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014

NYZ015>018-022-281600-
CAYUGA NY-ONONDAGA NY-SENECA NY-STEUBEN NY-YATES NY-
1005 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014

...LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN STEUBEN...
ONONDAGA...SENECA...SOUTHERN CAYUGA AND YATES COUNTIES...

* AT 1000 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN STEUBEN...
  ONONDAGA...SENECA...SOUTHERN CAYUGA AND YATES COUNTIES. RAINFALL
  RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR CAN BE ANTICIPATED IN HEAVIER
  SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF LOCALLY 1
  TO 2 INCHES THROUGH 12 NOON.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE SENECA FALLS...WATERLOO...
  PENN YAN...BALDWINSVILLE...SYRACUSE AND AUBURN.

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...AND COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

LAT...LON 4253 7773 4254 7767 4259 7766 4258 7737
      4271 7736 4277 7731 4277 7699 4302 7696
      4303 7650 4323 7648 4324 7631 4321 7627
      4324 7627 4321 7622 4327 7620 4317 7598
      4309 7597 4307 7591 4288 7590 4232 7774

MLJ

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 11:57 AM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1157 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014

NYZ015>018-022-023-025-036-044-045-281800-
CAYUGA NY-CHENANGO NY-CORTLAND NY-MADISON NY-ONONDAGA NY-SCHUYLER
NY-SENECA NY-STEUBEN NY-TOMPKINS NY-YATES NY-
1157 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014

...LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT CAYUGA...MADISON...NORTHERN
CHENANGO...NORTHERN CORTLAND...NORTHERN SCHUYLER...NORTHERN
STEUBEN...NORTHERN TOMPKINS...ONONDAGA...SENECA AND YATES COUNTIES...

* AT 1152 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF CAYUGA...MADISON...NORTHERN
  CHENANGO...NORTHERN CORTLAND...NORTHERN SCHUYLER...NORTHERN
  STEUBEN...NORTHERN TOMPKINS...ONONDAGA...SENECA AND YATES
  COUNTIES. BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST
  THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED
  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY
  WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE CORTLAND...HORNELL...
  HAMILTON...ONEIDA...SENECA FALLS...WATERLOO...DUNDEE...PENN YAN...
  BALDWINSVILLE...SYRACUSE AND AUBURN.

REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THIS AREA
THROUGH 8 PM.

LAT...LON 4253 7773 4258 7737 4277 7731 4277 7699
      4302 7696 4303 7650 4323 7648 4321 7622
      4327 7621 4321 7608 4315 7587 4316 7572
      4304 7559 4303 7555 4293 7554 4293 7545
      4286 7544 4286 7536 4265 7532 4228 7774

MLJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 12:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Steuben	3 hr
Jul 28, 12:48 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Steuben	4 hr
Jul 28, 10:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, Yates	115 min
Jul 28, 11:12 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BGM	Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Schuyler and 4 more	5 hr
Jul 28, 11:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Schuyler, Seneca and 1 more	2 hr
Jul 28, 1:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Yates	3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.