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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Binghamton, NY

March 16, 20254 counties in New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2025, 3:05 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 55 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 16, 2025, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chemung County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Yates County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 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
Jan 30, 10:22 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	126 days
Mar 16, 1:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

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 Mar 16, 1:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 1:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 16, 2:44 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
244 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0242 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg Enfield                 42.43N 76.63W
03/16/2025                   Tompkins           NY   911 Call Center

            Reports of trees and poles down.

0243 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg Dryden                  42.49N 76.30W
03/16/2025                   Tompkins           NY   911 Call Center

            Reports of multiple trees and poles down.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 16, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BGM	Chemung, Tioga	46 min
Mar 16, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cayuga, Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Tompkins, Yates	55 min
Mar 16, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chemung, Steuben	25 min
Mar 16, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Onondaga, Schuyler and 3 more	58 min
Mar 16, 4:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Cayuga, Onondaga	25 min
Mar 16, 4:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BGM	Oneida	26 hr
Mar 16, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga	63 min
Mar 16, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Tioga	30 min
Mar 16, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Chenango, Tioga	63 min
Mar 16, 5:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Oneida	19 min
Mar 16, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Otsego	64 min
Mar 16, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Delaware	48 min
Mar 16, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford, Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wyoming	61 min
Mar 16, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Susquehanna	36 min
Mar 16, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming	41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.