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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 1, 20174 counties in New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2017, 6:30 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 60 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 1, 2017, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2017, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Madison County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 1, 2:12 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 179 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 201 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 May 1, 4:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 4:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
415 PM EDT Mon May 1 2017

.SYNOPSIS...
A cold front will move through the area this afternoon and
evening with thunderstorms and showers. Some of the
thunderstorms may have damaging winds and heavy rain. Much
cooler air with scattered showers will be across the area
Tuesday and Wednesday.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/...
330 PM update...

Tornado watch now in effect until 10 PM for western three
quarters of cwa. Very strong wind fields with speed shear due to
increasing winds with height and low level turning. Some
clearing ahead of the solid line in western NY/western PA has
created low level instability due to surface heating. This will
all translate east. Line moves into Steuben between 4 and 5 PM
then to SYR around 6 pm, BGM 7/8 PM, AVP 9 PM. In the southeast
low level clouds have been slow to erode today keeping it much
cooler and also more stable. At this time not sure if a watch
will be needed for the far eastern counties.

Other problems could be heavy rain. Amounts in the strongest
storms over one inch. This could cause minor problems. With this
one line being the whole show for now flooding is not expected
to be that much. Movement is slow now but some increase in
forward speed is expected. Will continue to hold off on a flash
flood watch. Late evening into early morning showers end and
the front goes through. Colder air slow to move in the lows in
the low and mid 50s.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
330 PM Update...

A stacked low moves northeast from the Midwest into the Great
Lakes Tuesday into Tuesday night. A westerly flow of cool moist
air will keep showers across the area this period. The best
chance will be in NY. Amounts will be light. Some sun but with
the cooler air high temperatures only get to 55 to 60 in NY and
around 60 PA Tuesday. Wednesday even colder with highs mostly 50
to 55. Low temperatures Tuesday night around 40. With little
clearing and winds at 10 mph, frost is not likely. Rainfall
amounts under half an inch with the highest Syracuse/Utica. Near
zero for Scranton.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
335 PM Update...
Models disagree on the details but are solid on the overall
picture of a large showery upper low dropping over our region
and persisting in our vicinity for most of the period.

Before the low, a passing surface high Wednesday night will
first lead to a brief window of less cloud cover and radiational
cooling, resulting in lows in the mid to upper 30s. Some of our
coldest pockets could get to around freezing, something to keep
in mind for those who have vulnerable plants out early.

Upper low then brings an extended period of cool wet weather.
On Thursday, moist warm air advection aloft will cause showers
to develop. The surface warm front itself will struggle to reach
our region, holding highs back to mainly 50s for Thursday and
upper 50s-lower 60s Friday. With the low drifting directly
overhead, our main batch of rain will be Thursday night through
Friday. Periods of showers can then still be expected through
the weekend with instability of cold air aloft, and lobes of
vorticity pinwheeling around the upper low. All told, easily 1
to 2 inches of rain could be spread out over the Thursday
through Sunday period with perhaps locally higher amounts. Not
too concerned yet hydrology-wise but something to keep an eye
on as details become clearer. At a minimum we can expect some
elevated water levels and higher stream flows. Highs will only
be in the 50s over the weekend and probably into Monday.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
130 pm update...

MVFR ceiling fuel alternate hanging on at AVP until around 21z.
BGM could return briefly to MVFR ceiling until 20z. Rest of
sites VFR for now but IFR/MVFR expected as a solid line of
thunderstorms comes east ahead of a cold front. Thunderstorms
will have heavy rain and gusty winds. Visibilities could fall to
IFR while ceilings fall to MVFR starting at 21z in the west to
02z at AVP. Bad weather will last 2 or 3 hours. Behind this a
few hours of light rain showers with possibly a MVFR ceiling
late evening. Late tonight ceilings mostly VFR. Tuesday VFR
everywhere.

Southeast to south winds at 10 kts shifting to south or
southwest. Late afternoon into early evening some gusts to 20
kts. Late evening shift to west wind. Tuesday west winds at 10
to 15 kts with higher gusts.

Outlook...

Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday night...Mainly VFR but a
chance of showers and associated restrictions at times mostly in
NY.

Thursday through Friday...Restrictions likely with rain from
slow-moving low pressure system.

Saturday...restrictions possible in showers.

&&

.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...None.
NY...None.

&&

SYNOPSIS...DGM/TAC
NEAR TERM...DGM/TAC
SHORT TERM...TAC
LONG TERM...MDP
AVIATION...TAC

Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 2:25 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
225 PM EDT Mon May 1 2017

NYZ046-057-062-PAZ040-048-072-021830-
Otsego-Delaware-Sullivan-Northern Wayne-Pike-Southern Wayne-
225 PM EDT Mon May 1 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York and
northeast Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Thunderstorms are expected to develop ahead of an approaching cold
front this afternoon and evening. The Storm Prediction Center has an
enhanced risk of severe weather for our area, with the main threat
being damaging winds. Isolated tornadoes are also possible. Some
storms may also contain heavy rainfall leading to potential
localized urban and small stream flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed.

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044-045-055-056-PAZ038-039-043-044-
047-021830-
Northern Oneida-Yates-Seneca-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Steuben-
Schuyler-Chemung-Tompkins-Madison-Southern Oneida-Cortland-Chenango-
Tioga-Broome-Bradford-Susquehanna-Wyoming-Lackawanna-Luzerne-
225 PM EDT Mon May 1 2017

...TORNADO WATCH 185 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York and
northeast Pennsylvania.

.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.

Thunderstorms are expected to develop ahead of an approaching cold
front this afternoon and evening. The Storm Prediction Center has an
enhanced risk of severe weather for our area, with the main threat
being damaging winds. Isolated tornadoes are also possible. Some
storms may also contain heavy rainfall leading to potential
localized  urban and small stream flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 5:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
524 PM EDT MON MAY 01 2017

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

0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CANISTEO                42.27N  77.61W
05/01/2017                   STEUBEN            NY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

&&

JML

Local storm report, May 1, 5:32 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
532 PM EDT MON MAY 01 2017

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

0529 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HORNELL                 42.32N  77.66W
05/01/2017                   STEUBEN            NY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROADWAY

&&

CJP

Local storm report, May 1, 5:38 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
538 PM EDT MON MAY 01 2017

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

0515 PM     TSTM WND GST     HARTSVILLE              42.25N  77.70W
05/01/2017  M59 MPH          STEUBEN            NY   MESONET

&&

CJP

Local storm report, May 1, 6:03 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
603 PM EDT MON MAY 01 2017

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

0542 PM     TSTM WND DMG     URBANA                  42.45N  77.18W
05/01/2017                   STEUBEN            NY   911 CALL CENTER

            POWER LINES DOWN... RADAR ESTIMATED TIME

&&

CJP

Local storm report, May 1, 6:17 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
617 PM EDT MON MAY 01 2017

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

0614 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ALPINE                  42.32N  76.72W
05/01/2017                   SCHUYLER           NY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN... TRAILER DAMAGED AND POWER OUTAGE

&&

CJP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Steuben	50 min
May 1, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Steuben, Yates	43 min
May 1, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Yates	50 min
May 1, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cayuga, Seneca, Steuben, Yates	48 min
May 1, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cayuga, Cortland, Onondaga, Schuyler, Seneca, Tompkins	46 min
May 1, 6:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Cayuga, Cortland, Onondaga, Tompkins	112 min
May 1, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins	66 min
May 1, 6:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga	56 min
May 1, 7:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Madison, Oneida	118 min
May 1, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Tioga, Tompkins	61 min
May 1, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Madison, Oneida	59 min
May 1, 7:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Broome	2 hr
May 1, 7:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Steuben	3 hr
May 1, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford	43 min
May 1, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wyoming	41 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.