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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 7, 2018Broome County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2018, 7:53 PM EDT for Broome County, New York. It was in force for 37 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 7, 2018, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2018, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY

County Broome County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 197 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: 793 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1142 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 7, 7:50 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 7:50 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 4:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
405 PM EDT Tue Aug 7 2018

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-082015-
Northern Oneida-Yates-Seneca-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Steuben-
Schuyler-Chemung-Tompkins-Madison-Southern Oneida-Cortland-Chenango-
Otsego-Tioga-Broome-Delaware-Sullivan-Bradford-Susquehanna-
Northern Wayne-Wyoming-Lackawanna-Luzerne-Pike-Southern Wayne-
405 PM EDT Tue Aug 7 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Thunderstorms are likely with a few storms possibly becoming severe.
The main threat would be strong winds and brief heavy downpours. The
thunderstorm activity will die down early this evening.

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

Thunderstorms are likely again on Wednesday especially from the
southern tier in central New York south through northeast
Pennsylvania. A few of these storms could also be severe with strong
winds and brief heavy downpours the main threat.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed Wednesday afternoon.

DJN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 7, 5:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 6:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 6:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 7:02 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 7:45 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 7:53 PM EDT, 0 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
Aug 7, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Otsego	27 min
Aug 7, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Delaware	44 min
Aug 7, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Delaware	41 min
Aug 7, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Delaware	46 min
Aug 7, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Delaware	50 min
Aug 7, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Broome	43 min
Aug 7, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Broome	45 min
Aug 7, 12:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Susquehanna	34 min
Aug 7, 12:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Wayne	34 min
Aug 7, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Wayne	47 min
Aug 7, 1:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Pike	34 min
Aug 7, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Susquehanna	39 min
Aug 7, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Wayne	34 min
Aug 7, 1:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Bradford	46 min
Aug 7, 1:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Pike	5 hr
Aug 7, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wayne	52 min
Aug 7, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Wyoming	30 min
Aug 7, 2:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Lackawanna, Wyoming	3 hr
Aug 7, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Susquehanna	45 min
Aug 7, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Lackawanna	27 min
Aug 7, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Wyoming	50 min
Aug 7, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Lackawanna	33 min
Aug 7, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Pike	48 min
Aug 7, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Pike	50 min
Aug 7, 4:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Bradford, Wyoming	2 hr
Aug 7, 5:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Bradford, Wyoming	4 hr
Aug 7, 5:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming	114 min

Nearby

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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.