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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 27, 2015Sullivan County, New York; Pike County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2015, 3:26 PM EDT for Sullivan County, New York; Pike County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 64 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 27, 2015, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2015, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Sullivan County, NY, Pike County, PA, Wayne County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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
May 27, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2015-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 101 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 12:00Z on 2015-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 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
101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-166 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSullivan41 min
May 27, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Sullivan61 min
May 27, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMPike81 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.