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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 7, 2020Broome County, New York; Bradford County, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2020, 4:02 AM EDT for Broome County, New York; Bradford County, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 58 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, 2020, 4:02 AM EDT (08:02 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2020, 5:00 AM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY

Counties Broome County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 211 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: 1903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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, 3:17 AM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 3:17 AM EDT, 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 3:46 AM EDT, 16 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

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 4:02 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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

NYZ024-045-055>057-PAZ038>040-070900-
Chemung NY-Chenango NY-Tioga NY-Broome NY-Delaware NY-Susquehanna PA-
Northern Wayne PA-Bradford PA-
402 AM EDT Fri Aug 7 2020

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG THE TWIN TIERS THIS MORNING...

At 401 AM EDT,
Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms across parts of
Broome...western Delaware...southern Chemung...southern Tioga...
southeastern Chenango...Susquehanna...northwestern Wayne and Bradford
Counties.

Locally heavy rainfall will continue this morning, and could cause
localized flooding of roads and poor drainage areas.

Locations impacted include...
Chemung, Binghamton, Vestal, Johnson City, Endicott, Southport,
Barton, Kirkwood, Sayre and Conklin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Heavy rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead to
minor flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4180 7534 4164 7589 4165 7620 4154 7622
      4154 7623 4160 7688 4200 7693 4204 7692
      4238 7496
TIME...MOT...LOC 0801Z 209DEG 14KT 4209 7539 4173 7670

BJT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
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
Aug 7, 10:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Luzerne	59 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2020 Special Weather Statements in New York, 2020 Every special weather statement 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.