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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 12, 2026Broome County, New York; Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2026, 9:18 PM EDT for Broome County, New York; Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 27 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 12, 2026, 9:18 PM EDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2026, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Broome County, NY, Susquehanna County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 276 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2026-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 203 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2026-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1382 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBGMBroome, Delaware27 min
Aug 12, 9:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBroome36 min
Aug 12, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome43 min
Aug 12, 11:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSullivan21 min
Aug 12, 8:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLackawanna, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming53 min
Aug 12, 9:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSusquehanna30 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.