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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 17, 2025Oneida County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2025, 12:14 PM EDT for Oneida County, New York. It was in force for 42 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: May 17, 2025, 12:14 PM EDT (16:14 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2025, 12:56 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Oneida County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:15 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 267 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: 54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1197 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 May 17, 12:06 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 12:06 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 17, 8:27 AM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
827 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025

NYZ009-171245-
Northern Oneida NY-
827 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN ONEIDA COUNTY
THROUGH 845 AM EDT...

At 827 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Alder Creek, or 8 miles southeast of Boonville, moving northeast at
55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Forestport, Remsen, Alder Creek, and Woodgate.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4337 7508 4336 7508 4330 7523 4344 7535
      4359 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1227Z 240DEG 49KT 4338 7522

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Kistner

Special weather statement, May 17, 11:39 AM EDT, 35 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
1139 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025

NYZ009-036-037-171615-
Southern Oneida NY-Madison NY-Northern Oneida NY-
1139 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL ONEIDA AND
NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 PM EDT...

At 1138 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Canastota, or 8 miles northwest of Oneida, moving northeast at 35
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Rome, Oneida, Lee, Vienna, Canastota, Sylvan Beach, Blossvale, New
London, Verona Beach, and Delta Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4306 7584 4312 7591 4338 7562 4336 7543
      4323 7540
TIME...MOT...LOC 1538Z 232DEG 29KT 4313 7581

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Kistner

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 8:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Oneida	18 min
May 17, 11:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Oneida	36 min
May 17, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Cayuga	34 min
May 17, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Onondaga	38 min
May 17, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Oneida	55 min
May 17, 3:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Oneida	89 min
May 17, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chemung, Steuben	40 min
May 17, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Tioga	46 min
May 17, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Delaware	29 min
May 17, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Sullivan	30 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.