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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Binghamton, NY

October 2, 2018Bradford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 2, 2018, 3:10 PM EDT for Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 65 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: Oct 2, 2018, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired: Oct 2, 2018, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Bradford County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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
Oct 2, 2:55 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 220 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: 13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 476 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 205 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Oct 2, 2:12 PM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 2:12 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 2, 11:57 AM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
1157 AM EDT Tue Oct 2 2018

NYZ022-024-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-031600-
Steuben-Chemung-Tioga-Broome-Delaware-Sullivan-Bradford-Susquehanna-
Northern Wayne-Wyoming-Lackawanna-Luzerne-Pike-Southern Wayne-
1157 AM EDT Tue Oct 2 2018

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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.

 Flash Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Another round of thunderstorms is expected on Thursday with strong
wind gusts and heavy downpours possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NYZ009-015>018-023-025-036-037-044>046-031600-
Northern Oneida-Yates-Seneca-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Schuyler-
Tompkins-Madison-Southern Oneida-Cortland-Chenango-Otsego-
1157 AM EDT Tue Oct 2 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Thunderstorms are expected along a cold front today and a few may
produce damaging wind gusts and heavy downpours. Wet soil conditions
may allow for some minor flooding issues to develop, such as ponding
of water on roadways and other low lying areas. Main stem river
flooding is not expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Another round of thunderstorms is expected on Thursday with strong
wind gusts and heavy downpours possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 2, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 2, 2:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 2, 2:29 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 2, 2:32 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 2, 3:00 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 2, 3:02 PM EDT, 8 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
Oct 2, 11:17 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BGM	Broome, Chemung, Delaware, Steuben, Sullivan, Tioga	13 hr
Oct 2, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Otsego	34 min
Oct 2, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Delaware	24 min
Oct 2, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Delaware	46 min
Oct 2, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Sullivan	45 min
Oct 2, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Sullivan	64 min
Oct 2, 4:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Sullivan	3 hr
Oct 2, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Sullivan	44 min
Oct 2, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Cayuga, Onondaga	41 min
Oct 2, 7:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Sullivan	3 hr
Oct 2, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Otsego	51 min
Oct 2, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Susquehanna	43 min
Oct 2, 2:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Bradford	3 hr
Oct 2, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Bradford	43 min
Oct 2, 3:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Bradford	37 min
Oct 2, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Wyoming	45 min
Oct 2, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford, Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wyoming	49 min
Oct 2, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Luzerne	57 min
Oct 2, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Lackawanna, Wyoming	64 min
Oct 2, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Wayne	53 min
Oct 2, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Luzerne	28 min
Oct 2, 6:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Lackawanna	26 min
Oct 2, 6:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming	4 hr
Oct 2, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Luzerne	40 min
Oct 2, 6:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Bradford	3 hr
Oct 2, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Pike, Wayne	32 min
Oct 2, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Luzerne, Wyoming	44 min
Oct 2, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Pike	29 min
Oct 2, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Luzerne, Pike	46 min
Oct 2, 7:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Luzerne	3 hr

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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.