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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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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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 JAB
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 JAB
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
JABThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Madison | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 4:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Chemung, Tioga | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Broome | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 12:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Bradford | 26 min |
| Aug 1, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Lackawanna | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 3:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne | 119 min |
| Aug 1, 3:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BGM | Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Luzerne, Wyoming | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Lackawanna | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Luzerne | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Luzerne | 35 min |
| Aug 1, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Luzerne | 59 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.