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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2020, 8:40 AM EDT for Sullivan County, New York. It was in force for 35 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 4, 2020, 8:40 AM EDT (12:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2020, 9:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
County Sullivan County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 4, 7:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 7:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 4:56 AM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Binghamton NY 456 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020 NYZ009-036-037-044-055-PAZ038-050900- Northern Oneida-Madison-Southern Oneida-Cortland-Tioga-Bradford- 456 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York and northeast Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Though the track for Tropical Storm Isaias and its heaviest rain will be east of the area, locally heavy rainfall rates are still possible from showers and embedded thunderstorms this afternoon to early evening. This could cause localized flooding in urban and poor drainage areas, as well as ponding of water on roads. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any impacts from locally heavy rain, as well as any heavy rainfall measurements. NYZ045-046-056-057-PAZ039-040-043-044-047-072-050900- Chenango-Otsego-Broome-Delaware-Susquehanna-Northern Wayne-Wyoming- Lackawanna-Luzerne-Southern Wayne- 456 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York and northeast Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. Please relay any information about severe weather to the NWS while following local, state and CDC guidelines. NYZ015>018-022>025-050900- Yates-Seneca-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Steuben-Schuyler-Chemung- Tompkins- 456 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NYZ062-PAZ048-050900- Sullivan-Pike- 456 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York and northeast Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. Please relay any information about severe weather to the NWS while following local, state and CDC guidelines.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 8:40 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
840 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020
NYZ062-041315-
Sullivan NY-
840 AM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT...WESTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY UNTIL
915 AM EDT...
At 839 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Highland Lake, or 11 miles southwest of Monticello, moving north at
40 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Monticello and White Lake around 855 AM EDT.
Bethel and Harris around 900 AM EDT.
Swan Lake around 905 AM EDT.
Liberty and Jeffersonville around 910 AM EDT.
Parksville and Livingston Manor around 915 AM EDT.
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.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
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LAT...LON 4149 7476 4147 7475 4145 7489 4147 7491
4149 7495 4189 7505 4192 7498 4194 7470
4150 7470
TIME...MOT...LOC 1239Z 176DEG 33KT 4152 7483
DJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 9:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 12:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Sullivan | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware, Sullivan | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware, Otsego | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Oneida | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:32 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware, Sullivan | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 10:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Wayne | 13 min |
| Aug 4, 10:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Lackawanna | 55 min |
| Aug 4, 10:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Wayne | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 1:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Pike, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:03 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Pike, Wayne | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Wyoming | 35 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.