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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 26, 2021Sullivan County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2021, 2:35 PM EDT for Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 25 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: Aug 26, 2021, 2:35 PM EDT (18:35 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Sullivan County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 222 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: 708 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 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 Aug 26, 1:47 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 1:47 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 3:19 AM EDT, 11 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 2:35 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
235 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

PAZ038-261900-
Bradford PA-
235 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Bradford County through 300 PM EDT...

At 235 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Shunk, or 8 miles southeast of Canton. This storm was nearly
stationary.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern
Bradford County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4158 7677 4159 7680 4166 7676 4162 7649
      4157 7653
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 229DEG 2KT 4158 7673

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

BJT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 25, 8:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Steuben	42 min
Aug 25, 8:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Steuben	109 min
Aug 25, 9:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Steuben	36 min
Aug 26, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Sullivan	25 min
Aug 26, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Wyoming	45 min
Aug 26, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Luzerne, Wyoming	26 min
Aug 26, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Luzerne, Wyoming	57 min
Aug 26, 3:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Luzerne, Wyoming	2 hr
Aug 26, 4:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Wyoming	101 min
Aug 26, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Luzerne	24 min
Aug 26, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Wayne	38 min
Aug 26, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Pike	33 min
Aug 26, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Pike, Wayne	40 min
Aug 26, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Susquehanna	33 min
Aug 26, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Susquehanna	25 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.