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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 1, 2016Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2016, 1:49 PM EDT for Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 26 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
Aug 1, 2016, 1:49 PM EDT (17:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2016, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY

County Wyoming County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 2016-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 81 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 2016-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
81 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 1, 1:48 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 1:48 PM EDT, 1 minute before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 12:49 PM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1249 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2016

PAZ038-039-011715-
SUSQUEHANNA PA-BRADFORD PA-
1249 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2016

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA AND
EAST CENTRAL BRADFORD COUNTIES...

* AT 1248 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF
  WEST CENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA AND EAST CENTRAL BRADFORD COUNTIES.

* THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...AND COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED
  FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE HEAVY RAINFALL INCLUDE...
  ROME...LE RAYSVILLE...FRIENDSVILLE...WARREN CENTER...BRUSHVILLE...
  RUSHVILLE...ORWELL...WEST WARREN...BIRCHARDVILLE...STEVENSVILLE AND
  MIDDLETOWN CENTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4187 7635 4197 7618 4188 7596 4173 7613
TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 302DEG 12KT 4185 7617

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 1:44 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
144 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2016

NYZ036-037-045-011815-
MADISON NY-CHENANGO NY-SOUTHERN ONEIDA NY-
144 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2016

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MADISON...SOUTH
CENTRAL ONEIDA AND NORTH CENTRAL CHENANGO COUNTIES...

* AT 142 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LINE OF SLOW MOVING
  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
  RAINFALL...ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MADISON...SOUTH CENTRAL
  ONEIDA AND NORTH CENTRAL CHENANGO COUNTIES.

* THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD CAUSE
  LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE HEAVY RAINFALL INCLUDE...
  HAMILTON...MORRISVILLE...WATERVILLE...LEBANON...OTSELIC...
  GEORGETOWN...EARLVILLE...MADISON...SOLSVILLE...PIERCEVILLE...
  SOUTH LEBANON...PECKSPORT...EATON...ORISKANY FALLS...
  NORTH BROOKFIELD...WEST EATON...HUBBARDSVILLE AND STOCKWELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD OR PASS BARRIERS
THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS MAY HAVE PUT UP TO INDICATE CLOSED OR
BLOCKED ROADS FROM HIGH WATER.

&&

LAT...LON 4289 7527 4268 7569 4275 7584 4297 7554
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 304DEG 9KT 4296 7532 4286 7554 4273 7579

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 1:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
149 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2016

PAZ039-043-011815-
SUSQUEHANNA PA-WYOMING PA-
149 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2016

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND
SOUTHWESTERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTIES...

* AT 146 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF
  NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHWESTERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTIES.

* THIS BRIEF...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED PONDING
  OF WATER ON ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE HEAVY RAINFALL INCLUDE...
  SPRINGVILLE...MESHOPPEN AND AUBURN CENTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4165 7613 4165 7612 4170 7611 4176 7601
      4169 7587 4158 7605
TIME...MOT...LOC 1746Z 300DEG 11KT 4169 7609

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 1:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMMadison31 min
Aug 1, 4:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMChemung, Tioga2 hr
Aug 1, 6:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBroome2 hr
Aug 1, 12:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBradford26 min
Aug 1, 2:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMLackawanna63 min
Aug 1, 3:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMLackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne119 min
Aug 1, 3:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchBGMBradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more10 hr
Aug 1, 3:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMLuzerne, Wyoming2 hr
Aug 1, 3:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMLackawanna3 hr
Aug 1, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMLuzerne43 min
Aug 1, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMLuzerne35 min
Aug 1, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMLuzerne59 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.