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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 31, 2015Luzerne County, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2015, 3:02 PM EDT for Luzerne County, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 23 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
May 31, 2015, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2015, 3:25 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Luzerne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 31, 2:55 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 2:55 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 1:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
108 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-PAZ038>040-043-011715-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-
OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-
WYOMING-
108 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING ISSUES IN URBAN AND OTHER
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TO THE
AREA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR FLOOD
PROBLEMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NYZ062-PAZ044-047-048-072-011715-
SULLIVAN-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
108 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

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

.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.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING COULD BRING
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THAT COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND LOCALLY
STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT WITH THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
CONTINUING.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TO THE
AREA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR FLOOD
PROBLEMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER SUCH AS
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OR STRONG WINDS.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 1:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 31, 1:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 31, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
135 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015

PAZ048-311830-
PIKE PA-
135 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PIKE
COUNTY...

* AT 134 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER GREELEY...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF MONTAGUE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL
  BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LACKAWAXEN...BLOOMING GROVE...PAUPACK...SHOHOLA...GREELEY...
  MILLRIFT...LORDS VALLEY...PROMISED LAND STATE PARK...ROWLAND...TWIN
  LAKES AND PANTHER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...WITH LOCALIZED
AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. THIS WILL CAUSE
FLOODING ON ROADWAYS AND OTHER AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4140 7474 4128 7532 4141 7524 4150 7498
      4149 7499 4148 7497 4148 7493 4147 7491
      4144 7489 4144 7481 4142 7480 4143 7473
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 235DEG 19KT 4140 7503

MDP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOneida96 min
May 31, 12:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchBGMSullivan13 hr
May 31, 1:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCarbon57 min
May 31, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMLackawanna58 min
May 31, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMPike55 min
May 31, 2:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMPike6 hr
May 31, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLuzerne49 min
May 31, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMPike93 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.