Alert archive / New York / Snow Squall Warnings in 2021
Snow Squall Warning 2, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this snow squall warning at Feb 20, 2021, 12:57 PM EST for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 63 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
- Feb 20, 2021, 12:57 PM EST (17:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2021, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Onondaga County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
037
WWUS51 KBGM 201758
SQWBGM
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Snow Squall Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
1257 PM EST Sat Feb 20 2021
NYC011-017-023-067-201900-
/O.NEW.KBGM.SQ.W.0002.210220T1757Z-210220T1900Z/
Cayuga NY-Cortland NY-Onondaga NY-Chenango NY-
1257 PM EST Sat Feb 20 2021
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a
* Snow Squall Warning for...
Southern Cayuga County in central New York...
Cortland County in central New York...
Southwestern Onondaga County in central New York...
Northern Chenango County in central New York...
* Until 200 PM EST.
* At 1257 PM EST, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line
extending from Tully to Fleming, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Very poor visibility in heavy snow and blowing snow. Wind
gusts up to 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
Locations impacted include...
Cortland, Norwich, Owasco, Homer, Fleming, Otisco, Preble, Moravia,
Niles and Scott.
This includes the following highway exits...
New York Interstate 81 between 10 and 14.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Reduce your speed and turn on headlights! During snow squalls, the
visibility may suddenly drop to near zero in whiteout conditions.
&&
LAT...LON 4288 7613 4276 7589 4272 7589 4273 7583
4251 7541 4253 7619 4258 7626 4262 7627
4262 7632 4290 7671
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 302DEG 23KT 4282 7611 4286 7653
$$
HLCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 9:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins | 54 min |
| Feb 20, 1:23 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BGM | Chenango, Delaware, Otsego | 67 min |
| Feb 20, 2:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Chenango, Delaware | 31 min |
| Feb 20, 3:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Tompkins | 55 min |
| Feb 20, 4:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Broome, Chemung, Tioga | 46 min |
| Feb 20, 4:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Broome, Chemung, Tioga | 47 min |
| Feb 20, 5:27 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 48 min |
| Feb 20, 5:56 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BGM | Chemung, Schuyler, Tioga, Tompkins | 49 min |
| Feb 20, 6:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Tioga | 61 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.