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Special Weather Statement, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 4, 2022Otsego County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2022, 4:01 PM EDT for Otsego County, New York. It was in force for 14 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 4, 2022, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2022, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

County Otsego County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 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: 9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -415 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 111 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 4, 3:53 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 3:53 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 9:59 AM EDT, 6 hours 2 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
959 AM EDT Thu Aug 4 2022

NYZ009-015-022-044>046-057-PAZ040-048-072-051400-
Northern Oneida-Yates-Steuben-Cortland-Chenango-Otsego-Delaware-
Northern Wayne-Pike-Southern Wayne-
959 AM EDT Thu Aug 4 2022

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Hot and humid weather today will produce peak heat indices as high
as 95 degrees in the valleys. Scattered thunderstorms will develop
late this afternoon and evening. A few storms could produce
torrential downpours and strong gusty winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. Please relay
any information about severe weather to the NWS while following
local, state and CDC guidelines.

NYZ062-051400-
Sullivan-
959 AM EDT Thu Aug 4 2022

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

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

   Heat Advisory.

Scattered thunderstorms will develop late this afternoon and
evening. A few storms could produce torrential downpours and strong
gusty winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. Please relay
any information about severe weather to the NWS while following
local, state and CDC guidelines.

NYZ016>018-023>025-036-037-055-056-PAZ038-039-043-044-047-051400-
Seneca-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Schuyler-Chemung-Tompkins-Madison-
Southern Oneida-Tioga-Broome-Bradford-Susquehanna-Wyoming-Lackawanna-
Luzerne-
959 AM EDT Thu Aug 4 2022

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

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

   Heat Advisory.

Scattered thunderstorms will develop late this afternoon and
evening. A few storms could produce torrential downpours and strong
gusty winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. Please relay
any information about severe weather to the NWS while following
local, state and CDC guidelines.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 4, 3:07 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:15 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:24 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 4, 3:35 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:59 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 4:01 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
Aug 4, 1:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Tompkins	45 min
Aug 4, 1:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chemung, Tioga	34 min
Aug 4, 1:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Tioga	50 min
Aug 4, 1:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Tioga	42 min
Aug 4, 2:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Tompkins	55 min
Aug 4, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Broome	46 min
Aug 4, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Chemung	45 min
Aug 4, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chenango, Delaware, Otsego	50 min
Aug 4, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Schuyler	45 min
Aug 4, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Otsego	36 min
Aug 4, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Otsego	42 min
Aug 4, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Oneida	41 min
Aug 4, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Bradford	45 min
Aug 4, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Bradford	42 min
Aug 4, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Lackawanna, Wyoming	46 min
Aug 4, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Luzerne	24 min
Aug 4, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Luzerne	50 min
Aug 4, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Lackawanna	49 min

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Sources

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