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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY

September 8, 2021Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Sep 8, 2021, 4:05 PM EDT for Susquehanna 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: Sep 8, 2021, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired: Sep 8, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

County Susquehanna County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 212 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1380 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 235 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 Sep 8, 3:46 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 3:46 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 3:51 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 8, 3:16 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
316 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

PAZ038-082000-
Bradford PA-
316 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Bradford County
through 400 PM EDT...

At 316 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Wellsburg to near Le Roy to near Shunk.
Movement was east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Chemung, Sayre, Athens, Towanda, Ridgebury, Canton, West Franklin,
Wysox, Troy and Sheshequin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

These storms 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.

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LAT...LON 4158 7674 4160 7688 4200 7682 4200 7615
      4180 7616 4154 7622
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 255DEG 31KT 4200 7672 4168 7676 4153 7685

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

MPH

Special weather statement, Sep 8, 4:05 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
Sep 8, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Otsego	44 min
Sep 8, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Otsego	43 min
Sep 8, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Delaware	45 min
Sep 8, 7:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Delaware, Sullivan	111 min
Sep 8, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Sullivan	38 min
Sep 8, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Bradford	44 min
Sep 8, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford	38 min
Sep 8, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Luzerne	38 min
Sep 8, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Lackawanna, Wayne	48 min
Sep 8, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Luzerne	25 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.