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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 19, 2019Cayuga County, Onondaga County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2019, 3:38 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Onondaga County, New York. It was in force for 52 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 19, 2019, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2019, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Onondaga County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 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 19, 1:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1362 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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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 19, 2:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 2:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 3:16 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
316 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-201930-
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-
316 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 192 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...

Thunderstorms will occur this afternoon and tonight. A few of these
storms may become strong to severe with damaging winds and heavy
downpours leading to flash flooding, the main threats. Hail and even
a few tornadoes are also possible, although chances are much lower.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Another round of thunderstorms is possible on Monday...mainly along
and east of the I-81 corridor. Strong winds are the main threat.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 19, 1:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 2:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 2:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 2:53 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 3:00 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
300 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019

NYZ018-191930-
Onondaga NY-
300 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT...NORTHERN ONONDAGA COUNTY UNTIL
330 PM EDT...

At 259 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Baldwinsville, moving east at 45 mph.

Hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Syracuse, Clay, Cicero, Van Buren, Baldwinsville, North Syracuse,
Solvay, Liverpool, Amboy and Elbridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
central New York.

LAT...LON 4322 7609 4320 7608 4318 7599 4313 7595
      4309 7598 4303 7643 4316 7648 4321 7648
      4323 7642 4323 7630 4320 7628 4321 7626
      4324 7627 4324 7626 4320 7622 4322 7620
      4327 7621
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 254DEG 37KT 4315 7636

DAB

Special weather statement, May 19, 3:14 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
314 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019

NYZ016>018-192000-
Onondaga NY-Southern Cayuga NY-Seneca NY-
314 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT...NORTHWESTERN SENECA...
NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA AND WEST CENTRAL ONONDAGA COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM
EDT...

At 314 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Waterloo, moving east at 35 mph.

Hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Auburn, Seneca Falls, Waterloo, Sennett, Skaneateles, Jordan,
Montezuma, Elbridge, Tyre and Cayuga.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
central New York.

LAT...LON 4293 7638 4285 7698 4286 7698 4287 7696
      4301 7696 4303 7650 4310 7650 4311 7647
      4314 7648 4316 7646
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 255DEG 32KT 4296 7692

DAB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Cayuga	42 min
May 19, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Oneida	48 min
May 19, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Onondaga	27 min
May 19, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Oneida	52 min
May 19, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Oneida	48 min
May 19, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Onondaga	30 min
May 19, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Oneida	39 min
May 19, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Cayuga	46 min
May 19, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Oneida	37 min
May 19, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Oneida	23 min
May 19, 3:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Oneida	3 hr
May 19, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Madison, Oneida, Onondaga	41 min
May 19, 4:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Madison, Oneida, Onondaga	33 min
May 19, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Oneida	39 min
May 19, 4:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Cayuga, Madison, Onondaga, Seneca	6 hr
May 19, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Cortland, Tompkins	50 min
May 19, 4:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Onondaga	3 hr
May 19, 4:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Madison, Oneida	31 min
May 19, 4:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Oneida	3 hr
May 19, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Oneida	37 min
May 19, 5:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Madison, Oneida, Onondaga	3 hr
May 19, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Oneida	39 min
May 19, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Herkimer	19 min
May 19, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Sullivan	53 min
May 19, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford	60 min
May 19, 4:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Bradford	24 min
May 19, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford	36 min
May 19, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	38 min
May 19, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Wayne, Wyoming	66 min
May 19, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Lackawanna, Wayne	60 min
May 19, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Luzerne	47 min
May 19, 7:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford, Luzerne, Wyoming	38 min

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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.