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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 4, 2018Delaware County, Sullivan County, New York; Pike County, Susquehanna County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2018, 7:59 PM EDT for Delaware County, Sullivan County, New York; Pike County, Susquehanna County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 48 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 4, 2018, 7:59 PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2018, 8:47 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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 4, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 147 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 4, 7:27 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 7:27 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 1:00 PM EDT, 6 hours 59 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
100 PM EDT Fri May 4 2018

NYZ024-055-056-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-051700-
Chemung-Tioga-Broome-Sullivan-Bradford-Susquehanna-Northern Wayne-
Wyoming-Lackawanna-Luzerne-Pike-Southern Wayne-
100 PM EDT Fri May 4 2018

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected late this afternoon and
evening. A few of the storms could become severe, with damaging
winds. The most likely time frame for severe weather would be from 4
to 8 pm.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is possible later today.

NYZ009-015>018-022-023-025-036-037-044>046-057-051700-
Northern Oneida-Yates-Seneca-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Steuben-
Schuyler-Tompkins-Madison-Southern Oneida-Cortland-Chenango-Otsego-
Delaware-
100 PM EDT Fri May 4 2018

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM EDT
SATURDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York.

.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.

   Wind Advisory.

Thunderstorms are expected later this afternoon and evening. A few
of the storms could become severe, with damaging winds. The most
likely time window for severe weather would be from 4 to 8 pm.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is possible later today.

Jurewicz

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 4, 6:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
655 PM EDT FRI MAY 04 2018

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

0651 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LISLE                   42.35N  76.00W
05/04/2018                   BROOME             NY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            REPORTS OF TREES, WIRES DOWN IN LISLE AREA

&&

HLC

Local storm report, May 4, 7:07 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
707 PM EDT FRI MAY 04 2018

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

0702 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NORWICH                 42.53N  75.52W
05/04/2018                   CHENANGO           NY   911 CALL CENTER

            NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON CORTLAND STREET WITH
            WIRES CAUSING GRASS FIRE.

&&

JAB

Local storm report, May 4, 7:22 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 7:30 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 7:33 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 7:36 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 3:50 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	BGM	Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Oneida and 7 more	19 hr
May 4, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Schuyler, Steuben, Yates	56 min
May 4, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga	66 min
May 4, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins	45 min
May 4, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Oneida and 5 more	41 min
May 4, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Madison, Oneida, Onondaga	48 min
May 4, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Otsego and 2 more	63 min
May 4, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chemung, Tioga	56 min
May 4, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Oneida	23 min
May 4, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego	54 min
May 4, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Bradford	62 min
May 4, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wyoming	62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2018 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2018 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2018

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.