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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY

January 22, 2021Oneida County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Jan 22, 2021, 5:25 PM EST for Oneida County, New York. It was in force for 110 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: Jan 22, 2021, 5:25 PM EST (22:25 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 2021, 7:15 PM EST
In force: 110 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY

County Oneida County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 147 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: 973 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 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 Jan 22, 4:09 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 4:09 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 22, 4:17 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 22, 2:24 PM EST, 3 hours 1 minute before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
224 PM EST Fri Jan 22 2021

NYZ056-057-062-PAZ038>040-222000-
Broome-Sullivan-Delaware-Susquehanna-Northern Wayne-Bradford-
224 PM EST Fri Jan 22 2021

...A SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN BROOME...SOUTHWESTERN
DELAWARE...NORTHWESTERN SULLIVAN...SUSQUEHANNA...NORTHERN WAYNE AND
EASTERN BRADFORD COUNTIES...

At 221 PM EST, a snow squall was located along a line extending from
Sanford to near Susquehanna Depot to Le Raysville. Movement was east
at 35 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and visibility less than one quarter of a
mile are possible with this squall.

A quick accumulation of around one inch of snow will be possible,
which may make for slippery roads.

Locations impacted include...
Rush, Jackson, Athens, Walton, Callicoon, Towanda, Sanford,
Colchester, Susquehanna and Wysox.

Major roadways impacted include portions of Highway 17 or Interstate
86 from near Windsor to Cooks Falls, and I-81 in Pennsylvania
between Hallstead and West Lenox.

Conditions can deteriorate rapidly in winter weather situations. Be
prepared for snow or ice covered roads. Slow down and allow extra
time when traveling.

LAT...LON 4176 7505 4164 7610 4165 7617 4163 7620
      4159 7651 4195 7665 4195 7574 4220 7553
      4221 7482
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 282DEG 31KT 4213 7550 4194 7565 4185 7621

MPH

Special weather statement, Jan 22, 3:08 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
308 PM EST Fri Jan 22 2021

NYZ057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-222100-
Sullivan-Delaware-Southern Wayne-Wyoming-Susquehanna-Northern
Wayne-Bradford-Luzerne-Lackawanna-Pike-
308 PM EST Fri Jan 22 2021

...A SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE...SULLIVAN...
SOUTHERN SUSQUEHANNA...LACKAWANNA...WAYNE...NORTHERN LUZERNE...
NORTHWESTERN PIKE...SOUTHEASTERN BRADFORD AND WYOMING COUNTIES...

At 306 PM EST, a snow squall was located along a line extending from
near Harvard to near Rutledgedale to near Lincoln Falls. Movement was
southeast at 35 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and visibility less than one quarter of a
mile are possible with this squall.

Locations impacted include...
Rockland, Scranton, Falls, Muhlenberg, Dunmore, Kingston, Fallsburg,
Carbondale, Old Forge and Pittston.

Use extra caution if you must travel into or through this snow
squall. Rapid changes in visibility can lead to accidents.

LAT...LON 4175 7457 4169 7450 4156 7457 4118 7631
      4130 7631 4154 7622 4157 7662 4181 7587
      4184 7534 4215 7510 4206 7468 4203 7476
      4202 7478 4188 7446
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 292DEG 31KT 4207 7508 4177 7525 4151 7662

JRK

Special weather statement, Jan 22, 3:37 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 22, 4:18 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 22, 5:20 PM EST, 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 22, 5:25 PM EST, 0 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
Jan 22, 10:18 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Madison, Onondaga	57 min
Jan 22, 1:41 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins	64 min
Jan 22, 2:24 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Delaware	36 min
Jan 22, 3:08 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Sullivan	52 min
Jan 22, 3:37 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Delaware	38 min
Jan 22, 4:18 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Sullivan	42 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.