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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 16, 2021Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2021, 7:28 PM EDT for Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 47 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, 7:28 PM EDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2021, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 47 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 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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: 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

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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 Jul 16, 7:26 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 7:26 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 3:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
310 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-171915-
Northern Oneida-Yates-Seneca-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Steuben-
Schuyler-Chemung-Tompkins-Madison-Southern Oneida-Cortland-Chenango-
Otsego-Tioga-Broome-Delaware-Sullivan-Bradford-Susquehanna-
Northern Wayne-Wyoming-Lackawanna-Luzerne-Pike-Southern Wayne-
310 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York and
northeast Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.

In addition to flash flooding, some storms may turn stronger Saturday
afternoon, with damaging wind gusts possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about
severe weather to the NWS while following local, state and CDC
guidelines.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 16, 3:08 PM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
308 PM EDT FRI JUL 16 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0255 PM     FLOOD            1 WNW EVERGREEN         41.62N 76.44W
07/16/2021                   BRADFORD           PA   911 CALL CENTER

            WATER ACROSS THE ROAD NEAR STEVENSON HILL
            RD.

&&

BJT

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:24 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
324 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021

NYZ062-PAZ040-162000-
Sullivan-Northern Wayne-
324 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SULLIVAN AND EASTERN
WAYNE COUNTIES...

At 324 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Fosterdale, or
12 miles southwest of Liberty, moving east at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Fallsburg, Monticello, Liberty, Bethel, Damascus, South Fallsburg,
Callicoon, Cochecton, Jeffersonville and Swan Lake.

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.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They can relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Binghamton.

LAT...LON 4165 7513 4172 7511 4180 7503 4178 7457
      4150 7475
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 286DEG 22KT 4171 7497

HLC

Local storm report, Jul 16, 4:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
405 PM EDT FRI JUL 16 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0355 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 WNW DUNMORE           41.42N 75.63W
07/16/2021                   LACKAWANNA         PA   911 CALL CENTER

            REPORTS OF A COUPLE OF ROADS FLOODED.

&&

Local storm report, Jul 16, 5:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
533 PM EDT FRI JUL 16 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0431 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 SE TAYLOR             41.39N 75.70W
07/16/2021                   LACKAWANNA         PA   PUBLIC

            WATER FROM KEYSER CREEK FLOWING OVER OAK
            STREET IN TAYLOR, PA. ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.

&&

BJT

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:06 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:28 PM EDT, 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
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, 1:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Lackawanna	39 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

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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.