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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 13, 2014Delaware County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2014, 8:21 PM EDT for Delaware County, New York. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2014, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2014, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY

County Delaware County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2014-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 372 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 2014-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 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
372 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
355 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
9.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 13, 7:52 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 7:52 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
752 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/...
WELL DEFINED UPPER LEVEL WAVE SEEN WELL ON THE WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY OVER EASTERN ONTARIO CONTINUES TO PRESS EAST AS AN
UNSEASONABLE UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPS SEWRD TWD THE GREAT LAKES. THE HGHT
FALLS WITH THIS DEEPENING UPPR WAVE AND ENTIRE ANOMALOUS UPPER
LEVEL LOW PATTERN WAS SUPPORTG A STRG MID TO UPPER LEVEL JET THAT
WAS PUSHING EWRD INTO THE ST LAWRENCE VALLEY. THIS HAS INCREASED
THE BULK WIND SHEAR BETWEEN 0 AND 6 KM ABV 30 KNOTS. THIS UPPER
LEVEL FEATURE WAS ASSCTD WITH A STRG BELT OF SWRLY FLOW AT AROUND
1 KM TOPPING 30 KNOTS...AGAIN INCREASING LL WIND SHEAR TO BTWN 25
AND 30 KNOTS. MEANWHILE...THE LL/S WERE STILL MOIST WITH DWPTS IN
THE LOWER 70S AND WITH INSOLATION EAELIER TODAY...CAPES ROSE TO BETWEEN
1500 AND 2000 J/KG OR SO. THIS HAS SET THE STAGE FOR A COMPLEX OF
STRG TO SVR TSTMS THAT WAS PRESENTLY ACROSS ERN NY TO SC NY AND
CNTRL PA. WITH SUCH STRG LL WIND SHEAR WE HAVE SEEN SOME HP-LIKE
SUPERCELLUAR STRUCTURES EMBEDDED IN THIS LINE AND WE HAVE RECEIVED
PHOTOS OF FUNNELS AND A REPORT OF SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN SCHULYER
COUNTY. MORE DAMAGE LIKELY WILL COME IN. SVR WATCH CONTINUES. WILL
CONTINUE CLEAR COUNTIES ON THE NW EDGE AS THE STORMS PASS TO THE
SE. BELIEVE STORMS WILL BE S AND E OF NE PA BY LATE EVENING.

AFTER THE STORMS PASS...THE LL/S REMAIN VERY MOIST AS THE SFC
BNDRY IS NOT PROJECTED TO PUSH THAT FAR SOUTHWARD. IT SHUD REACH NRN
NY STATE BTWN 9 AND 12Z. THINK SOME PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL DEVELOP
OVERNIGHT AS SKIES CLEAR. WILL BE ADDING TO GRIDS SOON.

&&

.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 /00Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
HAVE TEMPO TSRA 00-02Z ONLY AT KAVP AS STORMS WILL HAVE EXITED
REST OF KBGM TAF SITES BY 00Z. THEN SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR.
WITH LATEST ROUND OF RAINFALL AND HIGH DEWPOINTS I HAVE IFR TO
VLIFR ALL TAF SITES EXCEPT KSYR AND KAVP WHERE I HAVE MVFR.
CONFIDENCE IS LOW TO MEDIUM KRME AND KITH FOR IFR...AND HIGH KELM AND
KBGM. TIMING...8-12Z KBGM... KITH AND KRME. HAVE KELM IFR 6-14Z
AND VLIFR 9-13Z. AFTER FOG LIFTS BY 13-14Z...I SEE VFR CUMULUS LAYER
AND ANOTHER ROUND OF TSRA FORMING IN THE AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY THE
SERN PTN OF OUR FORECAST AREA. SO I HAVE PROB30 GROUPS FOR 20-24Z
KBGM AND KAVP FOR MVFR TSRA. REST NO MENTION YET OF THUNDER.

WINDS WILL BE MAINLY LIGHT WRLY THRU THE PD.

OUTLOOK...

MON NGT 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...DJN
SHORT TERM...RRM
LONG TERM...HEDEN
AVIATION...DJN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 7:53 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
753 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055-150000-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-
OTSEGO-TIOGA-
753 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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 MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY.

NYZ056-057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-150000-
BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-
LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
753 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.

.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 WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AGAIN MONDAY.

DJN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 7:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 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

/TAC
Local storm report, Jul 13, 7:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 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

&&

JAB
Local storm report, Jul 13, 7:28 PM EDT, 53 minutes 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.

&&

JAB
Local storm report, Jul 13, 7:29 PM EDT, 52 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.

&&

MSE
Local storm report, Jul 13, 7:39 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
739 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014

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

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 ESE NEW MILFORD       41.85N  75.64W
07/13/2014                   SUSQUEHANNA        PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. SOME TREES ON HOMES... BUT
            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS DAMAGE TO BE MINOR.

&&

JAB
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 8:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
821 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014

NYZ057-062-140115-
DELAWARE NY-SULLIVAN NY-
821 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN SULLIVAN AND SOUTHERN
DELAWARE COUNTIES...

* AT 817 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IN FAR SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY...AND
  NORTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTY.

* THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...STRONG ENOUGH
  TO BRING DOWN TWIGS AND SMALL BRANCHES...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
ALSO...AND URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 4175 7456 4175 7501 4203 7521 4220 7452
      4214 7450 4214 7453 4211 7456 4201 7477
      4190 7450 4187 7445

MDP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBroome, Delaware3 hr
Jul 14, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSeneca26 min
Jul 14, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOnondaga34 min
Jul 14, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMTompkins44 min
Jul 14, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca, Yates26 min
Jul 14, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMMadison47 min
Jul 13, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLuzerne64 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.