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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY

March 2, 20214 counties in New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Mar 2, 2021, 2:19 AM EST for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 86 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 2, 2021, 2:19 AM EST (07:19 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2021, 3:45 AM EST
In force
86 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY

Counties Broome County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Tompkins County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-02Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
1297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
95 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

868 
WWUS81 KBGM 020719
SPSBGM

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
219 AM EST Tue Mar 2 2021

NYZ016-025-044-045-055>057-062-PAZ039-040-020845-
Chenango-Cortland-Seneca-Tioga-Broome-Sullivan-Delaware-Tompkins-
Susquehanna-Northern Wayne-
219 AM EST Tue Mar 2 2021

...AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN SENECA...BROOME...
SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE...SOUTHERN CORTLAND...NORTHEASTERN TIOGA...
TOMPKINS...SOUTHWESTERN CHENANGO...NORTHWESTERN SULLIVAN...
NORTHEASTERN SUSQUEHANNA AND NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTIES...

At 217 AM EST, a narrow band of heavy snow was located along a line 
extending from Searsburg to near Whitney Point to near Hankins.
Movement was southeast at 20 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this area of heavy snow.

Locations impacted include...
Binghamton, Ithaca, Cortland, Johnson City, Kirkwood, Conklin, Maine,
Bethel, Cayuga Heights and Damascus.

Visibilities will drop quickly to less than a quarter of a mile in 
this area of heavy snow. A quick 1 to 2 inches of snow, along with 
areas of blowing snow expected.

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 4168 7502 4211 7599 4244 7668 4263 7670
      4262 7661 4263 7646 4262 7646 4262 7610
      4189 7485 4163 7473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0717Z 308DEG 16KT 4254 7671 4231 7593 4185 7504 

$$

MJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 7:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBGMDelaware28 min
Mar 1, 7:18 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBGMDelaware42 min
Mar 1, 7:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOtsego45 min
Mar 1, 11:01 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChenango, Cortland44 min
Mar 1, 11:49 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChenango, Cortland, Delaware, Tompkins56 min
Mar 2, 12:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBroome, Cortland, Delaware, Seneca, Tompkins55 min
Mar 2, 1:49 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBroome, Seneca, Tompkins, Yates26 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.