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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY

March 1, 2021Otsego County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Mar 1, 2021, 6:21 PM EST for Otsego County, New York. It was in force for 39 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
Mar 1, 2021, 6:21 PM EST (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2021, 7:00 PM EST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY

County Otsego County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 272 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

939 
WWUS81 KBGM 012321
SPSBGM

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
621 PM EST Mon Mar 1 2021

NYZ036-037-044>046-020000-
Otsego-Chenango-Southern Oneida-Cortland-Madison-
621 PM EST Mon Mar 1 2021

...A SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL ONEIDA...OTSEGO...SOUTHERN
MADISON...NORTHEASTERN CORTLAND AND NORTHERN CHENANGO COUNTIES...

At 618 PM EST, a snow squall was located along a line extending from 
Unadilla Forks to near Truxton. Movement was east-southeast at 35 
mph.

Locations impacted include...
Norwich, Eaton, Hamilton, Brookfield, Worcester, Middlefield,
Hartwick, Cooperstown, Edmeston and Westville.

A burst of heavy snow and winds in excess of 30 mph will cause 
visibilities to drop quickly to less than a quarter of a mile in 
this squall.

Use extra caution if you must travel into or through this dangerous 
snow squall. Rapid changes in visibility and potentially slick roads 
as snow melts and then quickly refreezes will lead to accidents. 

LAT...LON 4260 7465 4244 7535 4274 7616 4293 7522
      4290 7520 4286 7520 4286 7514 4291 7509
      4283 7491 4283 7489 4290 7488 4283 7466
      4276 7467 4263 7463
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 290DEG 48KT 4283 7522 4273 7599 

$$

JRK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 4:03 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningBGMMadison, Oneida, Otsego23 hr
Mar 1, 4:12 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryBGMDelaware, Madison, Oneida, Otsego, Sullivan30 hr
Mar 1, 2:16 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSeneca, Yates29 min
Mar 1, 3:11 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Schuyler and 4 more94 min
Mar 1, 4:47 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChenango, Cortland, Delaware, Tompkins43 min
Mar 1, 5:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBroome, Chenango, Cortland, Tompkins55 min
Mar 1, 5:53 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Delaware, Sullivan, Tioga67 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.