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Snow Squall Warning 49, NWS Binghamton, NY

March 20, 2024Broome County, Cortland County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this snow squall warning at Mar 20, 2024, 5:37 PM EDT for Broome County, Cortland County, New York. It was in force for 23 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
Mar 20, 2024, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 20, 2024, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Broome County, NY, Cortland County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 177 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2024-03-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2024-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 20, 4:09 PM EDTSnow Squall WarningBGMSullivan51 min
Mar 20, 5:24 PM EDTSnow Squall WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Tioga36 min
Mar 20, 7:12 PM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryBGMCayuga, Cortland, Onondaga16 hr
Mar 20, 7:17 PM EDTSnow Squall WarningBGMCayuga, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca43 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.