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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 8, 20155 counties in New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2015, 1:49 PM EDT for 5 counties in New York. It was in force for 56 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 8, 2015, 1:49 PM EDT (17:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2015, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Madison County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 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
Jun 8, 1:39 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1333 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 405 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 446 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 8, 1:45 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 1:45 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 5:41 AM EDT, 8 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
541 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-090945-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-
541 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE
POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AS STORMS COULD
MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS. EXPECT SHARP RISES ON
SOME SMALL STREAMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR URBAN FLOODING...AND
EVEN FLASH FLOODING.

SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND
HAIL.

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NYZ044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-090945-
CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-
SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
541 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED...MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. IT APPEARS THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL POSSIBLE. AN
ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

IN ADDITION...THE POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...MAINLY TONIGHT...AS STORMS COULD MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER
THE SAME LOCATIONS. EXPECT SHARP RISES ON SOME SMALL
STREAMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR URBAN FLOODING...AND EVEN FLASH
FLOODING.

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY.

MJ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1210 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

NYZ015-081715-
YATES NY-
1210 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT YATES COUNTY  ...

* AT 1210 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
  NEAR VINE VALLEY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANANDAIGUA...MOVING
  EAST AT 60 MPH.

* STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MIDDLESEX AROUND 1215 PM EDT.
  POTTER AND RUSHVILLE AROUND 1220 PM EDT.
  BENTON AND FERGUSON CORNERS AROUND 1225 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 4267 7736 4270 7736 4276 7731 4276 7696
      4261 7693 4258 7737 4267 7737
TIME...MOT...LOC 1610Z 255DEG 54KT 4275 7738

MSE

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1220 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

NYZ015>018-022-081700-
SENECA NY-ONONDAGA NY-YATES NY-STEUBEN NY-SOUTHERN CAYUGA NY-
1220 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN STEUBEN...
NORTHWESTERN ONONDAGA...SENECA...NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA AND YATES
COUNTIES  ...

* AT 1220 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
  THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CATO TO NEAR PHELPS
  TO MIDDLESEX TO 6 MILES NORTH OF I-86 EXIT 32...AND MOVING EAST AT
  55 MPH.

* WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WATERLOO...PENN YAN AND LYSANDER AROUND 1230 PM EDT.
  BALDWINSVILLE...SENECA FALLS AND HASKINVILLE AROUND 1235 PM EDT.
  MONTEZUMA...UNION SPRINGS AND COHOCTON AROUND 1240 PM EDT.
  AUBURN...ROMULUS AND THROOPSVILLE AROUND 1245 PM EDT.
  SENNETT...MELROSE PARK AND PRATTSBURG AROUND 1250 PM EDT.
  SKANEATELES AND JORDAN AROUND 1255 PM EDT.
  MARCELLUS...PULTENEY AND CAMILLUS AROUND 100 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 4248 7772 4257 7756 4258 7737 4267 7737
      4276 7727 4277 7697 4301 7696 4303 7650
      4323 7647 4321 7626 4324 7627 4324 7626
      4320 7622 4327 7621 4324 7615 4309 7615
      4288 7656 4247 7716 4238 7773
TIME...MOT...LOC 1620Z 261DEG 49KT 4323 7663 4290 7707 4270 7729 4239
7784

MSE

Local storm report, Jun 8, 1:41 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 1:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 12:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Yates	65 min
Jun 8, 12:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Cayuga, Seneca, Yates	40 min
Jun 8, 12:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, Yates	59 min
Jun 8, 12:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Seneca, Steuben, Yates	61 min
Jun 8, 12:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BGM	Cayuga, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, Steuben and 1 more	4 hr
Jun 8, 12:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, Steuben, Yates	61 min
Jun 8, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Madison, Oneida, Onondaga	53 min
Jun 8, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cayuga, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins, Yates	60 min
Jun 8, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Chemung	62 min
Jun 8, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chemung, Steuben, Tioga	51 min
Jun 8, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Delaware	50 min
Jun 8, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Sullivan	96 min
Jun 8, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Lackawanna	65 min
Jun 8, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Wayne	35 min
Jun 8, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Lackawanna	54 min
Jun 8, 6:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Luzerne	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.