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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 17, 2014Steuben County, Yates County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2014, 3:09 PM EDT for Steuben County, Yates County, New York. It was in force for 51 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
Jun 17, 2014, 3:09 PM EDT (19:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Steuben County, NY, Yates County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 17, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC2 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2014-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 128 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2014-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 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 Jun 17, 1:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 1:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 3:01 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
301 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014

NYZ009-015>018-022-023-025-036-037-044>046-181900-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-
301 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 312 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL 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.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...BUT LARGE
HAIL AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE STORMS
MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD CAUSE WATER ON
ROADWAYS AND QUICK RISES FOR CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS...ESPECIALLY
FOR AREAS THAT ALREADY RECEIVED RAINFALL FROM STORMS MONDAY.

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

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON
WEDNESDAY...MAINLY FROM THE TWIN TIERS SOUTHWARD. THUNDERSTORMS
MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED WATER PROBLEMS.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS FORESEEN AT THIS TIME FOR THURSDAY THROUGH
MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

NYZ024-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-181900-
CHEMUNG-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-
NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
301 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...BUT LARGE
HAIL AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE STORMS
MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD CAUSE WATER ON
ROADWAYS AND QUICK RISES FOR CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS...ESPECIALLY
FOR AREAS THAT ALREADY RECEIVED RAINFALL FROM STORMS MONDAY.

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

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON
WEDNESDAY...MAINLY FROM THE TWIN TIERS SOUTHWARD. THUNDERSTORMS
MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED WATER PROBLEMS.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS FORESEEN AT THIS TIME FOR THURSDAY THROUGH
MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 12:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1246 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014

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

0845 PM     TSTM WND DMG     INTERLAKEN              42.62N  76.72W
06/16/2014                   SENECA             NY   FACEBOOK

            TREES DOWN ON POWELL RD AND RAILROAD AVE... PEA HAIL

&&

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:01 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
301 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014

NYZ015-022-172000-
STEUBEN NY-YATES NY-
301 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL STEUBEN AND YATES
COUNTIES...

* AT 258 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG
  GUSTY WINDS.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAYLAND...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COHOCTON AT 305 PM EDT...
  HIMROD AT 320 PM EDT...
  ITALY AT 325 PM EDT...
  BRANCHPORT AT 335 PM EDT...
  PENN YAN AT 340 PM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.

LAT...LON 4254 7767 4258 7766 4259 7766 4258 7737
      4267 7737 4270 7736 4274 7701 4248 7698
      4249 7767 4254 7768

MSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 8:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMTompkins60 min
Jun 16, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMMadison, Otsego55 min
Jun 16, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Otsego40 min
Jun 16, 9:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Cortland, Tompkins39 min
Jun 16, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego46 min
Jun 16, 10:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChemung, Steuben85 min
Jun 16, 10:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMChemung, Schuyler, Tioga3 hr
Jun 17, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMYates59 min
Jun 17, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSchuyler, Tompkins, Yates63 min
Jun 16, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSusquehanna, Wayne41 min
Jun 16, 9:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMLackawanna43 min

Nearby

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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.