Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Special Weather Statements in 2018
Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2018, 4:21 PM EDT for Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 39 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 3, 2018, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2018, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
County Lackawanna County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
914
WWUS81 KBGM 032021
SPSBGM
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
421 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2018
PAZ044-047-032100-
Luzerne PA-Lackawanna PA-
421 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2018
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT...LACKAWANNA AND NORTHEASTERN
LUZERNE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...
At 419 PM EDT, a cluster of strong thunderstorms was over West
Wyoming, or near Pittston, moving northeast at 30 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Dunmore, Kingston, Plains, Carbondale, Old
Forge, Pittston, Archbald and Blakely.
This cluster of thunderstorms will impact motorists travelling on
Interstate 81 in Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to
minor flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Additional statements will be issued as conditions warrant.
&&
LAT...LON 4132 7602 4140 7593 4143 7583 4150 7578
4153 7580 4164 7567 4164 7547 4145 7546
4120 7584
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 224DEG 27KT 4132 7586
$$
DABThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 9:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego | 119 min |
| Aug 3, 11:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 11:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Delaware | 118 min |
| Aug 3, 12:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Sullivan | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 1:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Sullivan | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Sullivan | 61 min |
| Aug 3, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 49 min |
| Aug 3, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Sullivan | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 4:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Sullivan | 9 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Delaware | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 118 min |
| Aug 3, 9:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 12:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Luzerne | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Wyoming | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Wayne | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 2:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 2:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Lackawanna, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Susquehanna | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Susquehanna | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 3:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Susquehanna | 117 min |
| Aug 3, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Wayne | 54 min |
| Aug 3, 5:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Wyoming | 8 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Wayne | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 2 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2018Every special weather statement 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.