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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 7, 2020Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2020, 10:16 AM EDT for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 59 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: Aug 7, 2020, 10:16 AM EDT (14:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2020, 11:15 AM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Luzerne County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 264 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1352 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 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 Aug 7, 9:23 AM EDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 9:23 AM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 3:46 AM EDT, 6 hours 30 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
346 AM EDT Fri Aug 7 2020

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-080800-
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-
346 AM EDT Fri Aug 7 2020

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 7, 5:06 AM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
506 AM EDT FRI AUG 07 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 AM     HEAVY RAIN       TOWANDA                 41.77N  76.45W
08/07/2020  M1.75 INCH       BRADFORD           PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT. 1 INCH IN LAST 30 MINUTES.

&&

BJG

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:46 AM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
546 AM EDT Fri Aug 7 2020

NYZ057-071030-
Delaware NY-
546 AM EDT Fri Aug 7 2020

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY...

At 546 AM EDT,
Doppler radar indicated locally heavy rainfall across parts of
northeastern Delaware County.

There is a potential for heavy rainfall, and could cause localized
flooding of roads and poor drainage areas.

Locations impacted include...
Delhi, Roxbury, Kortright, Meredith, Hamden, Andes, Stamford,
Margaretville, Hobart and Fleischmanns.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4221 7453 4220 7453 4217 7446 4215 7450
      4215 7453 4212 7456 4209 7462 4209 7505
      4237 7505 4243 7462 4235 7443
TIME...MOT...LOC 0946Z 180DEG 0KT 4224 7486

BJT

Local storm report, Aug 7, 6:57 AM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 6:58 AM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 7:44 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 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, 4:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Broome	58 min
Aug 7, 4:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Broome, Delaware	3 hr
Aug 7, 5:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Delaware	44 min
Aug 7, 7:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Delaware	68 min
Aug 7, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Steuben	44 min
Aug 7, 7:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Otsego	2 hr
Aug 7, 4:37 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Bradford, Susquehanna	3 hr
Aug 7, 5:08 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Bradford, Susquehanna	3 hr
Aug 7, 8:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Bradford	3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2020 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.