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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 4, 2023Sullivan County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2023, 7:45 PM EDT for Sullivan County, New York. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 4, 2023, 7:45 PM EDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2023, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Sullivan County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 4, 12:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 4, 7:26 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 7:26 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 6:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 4, 7:17 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 4, 7:18 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 4, 7:20 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 4, 7:22 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 4, 7:27 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 7:35 PM EDT, 10 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 3, 8:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Oneida	37 min
Aug 3, 9:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Oneida	60 min
Aug 3, 9:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Onondaga	31 min
Aug 3, 10:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Oneida	52 min
Aug 3, 10:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Oneida	18 min
Aug 3, 11:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Oneida	36 min
Aug 4, 12:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Oneida	45 min
Aug 4, 12:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Oneida	35 min
Aug 4, 7:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Cortland	34 min
Aug 4, 8:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Chenango	28 min
Aug 4, 9:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Madison	18 min
Aug 4, 9:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Madison, Oneida	23 min
Aug 4, 9:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Oneida	19 min
Aug 4, 11:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Oneida	24 min
Aug 4, 11:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Oneida	47 min
Aug 4, 11:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Otsego	28 min
Aug 4, 12:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Oneida	16 min
Aug 4, 12:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Oneida	14 min
Aug 4, 12:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Oneida	34 min
Aug 4, 12:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Oneida	24 min
Aug 4, 1:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Broome	28 min
Aug 4, 1:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Chemung, Tioga	52 min
Aug 4, 1:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Oneida	31 min
Aug 4, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Delaware	24 min
Aug 4, 1:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Broome	37 min
Aug 4, 1:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Broome, Tioga	2 hr
Aug 4, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Tioga	32 min
Aug 4, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Delaware	36 min
Aug 4, 2:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Tioga	47 min
Aug 4, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Otsego	32 min
Aug 4, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Delaware	57 min
Aug 4, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chenango, Madison, Otsego	68 min
Aug 4, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Broome	33 min
Aug 4, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Oneida	26 min
Aug 4, 2:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Otsego	34 min
Aug 4, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Otsego	52 min
Aug 4, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Delaware, Sullivan	45 min
Aug 4, 3:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Otsego	4 hr
Aug 4, 3:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Oneida	3 hr
Aug 4, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Otsego	41 min
Aug 4, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Sullivan	30 min
Aug 4, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Sullivan	49 min
Aug 4, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Otsego	36 min
Aug 4, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Sullivan	26 min
Aug 4, 4:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Otsego	3 hr
Aug 4, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chenango	52 min
Aug 4, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chenango, Otsego	46 min
Aug 4, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chenango, Otsego	50 min
Aug 4, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chenango	42 min
Aug 4, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Delaware, Otsego	51 min
Aug 4, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Delaware	19 min
Aug 4, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome	46 min
Aug 4, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Sullivan	40 min
Aug 4, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Bradford	35 min
Aug 4, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford	46 min
Aug 4, 2:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Susquehanna	17 min
Aug 4, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford	49 min
Aug 4, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford	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.