Alert archive / New York / Snow Squall Warnings in 2021
Snow Squall Warning 4, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this snow squall warning at Feb 20, 2021, 5:27 PM EST for Broome County, Tioga County, New York; Bradford County, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 48 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, 5:27 PM EST (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2021, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Broome County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 218 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.
955
WWUS51 KBGM 202227
SQWBGM
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Snow Squall Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
527 PM EST Sat Feb 20 2021
NYC007-107-PAC015-115-202315-
/O.NEW.KBGM.SQ.W.0004.210220T2227Z-210220T2315Z/
Broome NY-Tioga NY-Susquehanna PA-Bradford PA-
527 PM EST Sat Feb 20 2021
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a
* Snow Squall Warning for...
Southwestern Broome County in central New York...
Southern Tioga County in central New York...
Susquehanna County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
Northeastern Bradford County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 615 PM EST.
* At 527 PM EST, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line
extending from near Van Etten to Great Bend, moving southeast at 20
mph.
HAZARD...Very poor visibility in heavy snow.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
Locations impacted include...
Binghamton, Vestal, Endicott, Barton, Kirkwood, Sayre, Conklin,
Waverly, Owego and Jackson.
This includes the following highway exits...
New York Interstate 81 near 1.
Interstate 86/Route 17 between 60 and 68.
Pennsylvania Interstate 81 between 217 and 230.
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 4190 7654 4203 7656 4205 7654 4215 7656
4216 7653 4221 7653 4202 7557 4169 7548
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 329DEG 18KT 4218 7659 4198 7571
$$
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, 12:57 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Onondaga | 63 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, 5:56 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 |
| Feb 20, 6:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Susquehanna | 58 min |
Nearby
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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.