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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 28, 2018Chemung County, Tioga County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2018, 3:43 PM EDT for Chemung County, Tioga County, New York. It was in force for 62 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 28, 2018, 3:43 PM EDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2018, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chemung County, NY, Tioga County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 337 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2018-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2018-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
437 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 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 28, 3:40 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 3:40 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 11:07 AM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
1107 AM EDT Mon May 28 2018

NYZ062-PAZ043-044-047-048-072-291515-
Sullivan-Wyoming-Lackawanna-Luzerne-Pike-Southern Wayne-
1107 AM EDT Mon May 28 2018

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

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

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-PAZ038>040-291515-
Northern Oneida-Yates-Seneca-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Steuben-
Schuyler-Chemung-Tompkins-Madison-Southern Oneida-Cortland-Chenango-
Otsego-Tioga-Broome-Delaware-Bradford-Susquehanna-Northern Wayne-
1107 AM EDT Mon May 28 2018

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are forecast to develop this afternoon and
evening. A few storms could producing gusty winds and hail, along
with cloud to ground lightning and brief heavy downpours. When
thunder roars, go indoors.

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

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 2:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
222 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2018

NYZ017-025-044-281900-
Cortland NY-Southern Cayuga NY-Tompkins NY-
222 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2018

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT...SOUTHEASTERN CAYUGA...CENTRAL
CORTLAND AND NORTHEASTERN TOMPKINS COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

At 221 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Locke, or 11 miles west of Cortland, moving east at 15 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Groton around 235 PM EDT.
  Freeville around 240 PM EDT.
  Dryden around 250 PM EDT.
  Cortland and Homer around 300 PM EDT.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

LAT...LON 4256 7653 4274 7647 4268 7592 4242 7601
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 283DEG 14KT 4264 7641

MLJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCortland38 min
May 28, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Cortland, Tompkins66 min
May 28, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins43 min
May 28, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTioga, Tompkins59 min
May 28, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBroome61 min
May 28, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCortland42 min
May 28, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Tioga62 min
May 28, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMTioga41 min
May 28, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTioga38 min
May 28, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2018Every 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.