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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 16, 2019Bradford County, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2019, 5:26 PM EDT for Bradford County, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 26 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: Jul 16, 2019, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2019, 5:52 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bradford County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 243 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: 124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1265 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 117 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 Jul 16, 4:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 4:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 4:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
221 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2019

NYZ018-161845-
Onondaga NY-
221 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2019

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

At 221 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Baldwinsville, moving east at 20 mph.

Small hail and strong wind gusts will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Syracuse, Clay, Cicero, De Witt, Lysander, Van Buren, Baldwinsville,
North Syracuse, Solvay and East Syracuse.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4324 7612 4320 7608 4319 7601 4303 7603
      4307 7650 4310 7650 4311 7647 4322 7648
      4323 7630 4320 7627 4322 7626 4324 7627
      4324 7626 4320 7622 4322 7620 4324 7621
      4327 7620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 273DEG 20KT 4316 7637

DJN

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
259 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2019

NYZ017-018-161930-
Onondaga NY-Southern Cayuga NY-
259 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2019

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT...NORTHERN CAYUGA AND SOUTHWESTERN
ONONDAGA COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

At 259 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Melrose Park, or near Auburn, moving east at 25 mph.

Small hail and strong wind gusts will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Auburn, Owasco, Fleming, Skaneateles, Union Springs, Niles, Melrose
Park, Throopsville, Mapleton and Fosterville.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4285 7671 4301 7666 4296 7625 4278 7630
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 275DEG 24KT 4289 7652

DJN

Local storm report, Jul 16, 3:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:07 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:16 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:23 PM EDT, 3 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
Jul 16, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Onondaga	24 min
Jul 16, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Cayuga	31 min
Jul 16, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Cayuga, Cortland, Onondaga	37 min
Jul 16, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Tompkins	46 min
Jul 16, 5:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Cayuga	56 min
Jul 16, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins	39 min
Jul 16, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Madison	43 min
Jul 16, 6:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Chenango	91 min
Jul 16, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Luzerne	53 min
Jul 16, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Bradford	44 min
Jul 16, 5:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Bradford	3 hr
Jul 16, 6:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Bradford, Susquehanna	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.