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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 12, 20154 counties in New York; Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2015, 7:36 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York; Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 39 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 12, 2015, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2015, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Broome County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Susquehanna County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 3:07 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 12, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2015-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2015-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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 12, 7:31 PM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 7:31 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 3:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
330 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-131930-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-
OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-
330 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

...TORNADO WATCH 292 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 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.

   TORNADO WATCH.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON, BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE, WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAIL THE
PRIMARY THREATS, AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO.

IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THIS
EVENING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING...IF
HEAVY RAINFALL BECOMES PROLONGED OVER ANY ONE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NYZ062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-131930-
SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-
LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
330 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE...WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO HAVE HEAVY RAIN. IF THE RAIN LASTS LONG
ENOUGH OVER AN URBAN AREA IT COULD CREATE MINOR FLOOD PROBLEMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:07 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
707 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

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

0707 PM     HEAVY RAIN       HOLLAND PATENT          43.24N  75.26W
06/12/2015  M1.25 INCH       ONEIDA             NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

TAC
Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:17 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:19 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:23 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
723 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

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

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CORTLAND                42.60N  76.18W
06/12/2015                   CORTLAND           NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN.

&&

EMG
Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:33 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
733 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

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

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ITHACA                  42.44N  76.50W
06/12/2015                   TOMPKINS           NY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN IN AND AROUND ITHACA.

&&

MSE
Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:36 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
736 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

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

0635 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WATKINS GLEN            42.38N  76.87W
06/12/2015                   SCHUYLER           NY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN AND AROUND WATKINS GLEN.

&&

MSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSeneca45 min
Jun 12, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Onondaga61 min
Jun 12, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSullivan41 min
Jun 12, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga65 min
Jun 12, 3:29 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMCayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga46 min
Jun 12, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan52 min
Jun 12, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Madison, Otsego60 min
Jun 12, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Onondaga40 min
Jun 12, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego61 min
Jun 12, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida57 min
Jun 12, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca, Steuben, Yates54 min
Jun 12, 5:40 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMOtsego50 min
Jun 12, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben63 min
Jun 12, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSchuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Yates41 min
Jun 12, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Onondaga, Seneca36 min
Jun 12, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Cortland, Madison51 min
Jun 12, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSchuyler, Seneca, Tompkins36 min
Jun 12, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego23 min
Jun 12, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins61 min
Jun 12, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Madison, Otsego48 min
Jun 12, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTioga64 min
Jun 12, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2015Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.