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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY

February 25, 2016Delaware County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Feb 25, 2016, 2:37 AM EST for Delaware County, New York. It was in force for 53 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
Feb 25, 2016, 2:37 AM EST (07:37 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 2016, 3:30 AM EST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY

County Delaware County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 2016-02-25Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 534 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
534 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
635 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

560 
WWUS81 KBGM 250737
SPSBGM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
237 AM EST THU FEB 25 2016
 
NYZ057-250830-
DELAWARE NY-
237 AM EST THU FEB 25 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT DELAWARE COUNTY  ...

* AT 235 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
  THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SIDNEY TO
  EQUINUNK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

* A DOWNPOUR OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.
  THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND QUICK RISES IN
  CREEKS. NEVER DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. BE ESPECIALLY
  CAREFUL SINCE IT IS DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO SEE WATER OVER ROADS.

* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SIDNEY AROUND 240 AM EST.
  UNADILLA AND SIDNEY CENTER AROUND 245 AM EST.
  EAST SIDNEY AND EAST BRANCH AROUND 250 AM EST.
  FRANKLIN AND HARVARD AROUND 250 AM EST.
  CORBETT AROUND 255 AM EST.
  DOWNSVILLE AROUND 300 AM EST.
  ANDES...MARGARETVILLE AND BOVINA CENTER AROUND 320 AM EST.

LAT...LON 4219 7451 4185 7515 4187 7517 4187 7522
      4203 7539 4231 7542 4231 7534 4237 7526
      4236 7519 4242 7509 4245 7498 4248 7496
      4251 7484 4250 7477 4252 7471 4241 7459
      4222 7452 4220 7453
TIME...MOT...LOC 0735Z 223DEG 32KT 4227 7537 4186 7519 

$$

MDP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 7:51 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBroome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Tioga84 min
Feb 24, 8:52 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBGMDelaware, Oneida, Otsego83 min
Feb 24, 9:18 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSullivan57 min
Feb 25, 12:06 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBGMTioga39 min
Feb 25, 1:12 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBGMMadison63 min
Feb 25, 2:15 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOtsego30 min
Feb 25, 5:58 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningBGMDelaware18 hr
Feb 25, 12:45 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBradford6 hr
Feb 25, 1:56 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBGMWayne34 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.