Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2021, 1:21 PM EDT for Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. 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
- Jul 16, 2021, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
County Lackawanna County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
426 WWUS81 KBGM 161721 SPSBGM Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Binghamton NY 121 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021 PAZ044-047-161800- Luzerne-Lackawanna- 121 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL LACKAWANNA AND NORTHEASTERN LUZERNE COUNTIES... At 121 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Old Forge, or near Scranton, moving east at 10 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Scranton, Dunmore, Old Forge, Pittston, Archbald, Blakely, Taylor, Dickson City, Moosic and Exeter. This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. LAT...LON 4134 7584 4146 7576 4149 7546 4125 7550 TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 278DEG 10KT 4139 7572 $$ BJT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BGM | Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 11 more | 32 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Sullivan | 36 min |
| Jul 16, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Susquehanna | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 1:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 2:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 4 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Lackawanna | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 3:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming | 98 min |
| Jul 16, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne, Wyoming | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Luzerne | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Lackawanna | 47 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.