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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 18, 2026Delaware County, Otsego County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2026, 1:35 PM EDT for Delaware County, Otsego County, New York. It was in force for 25 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
Jun 18, 2026, 1:35 PM EDT (17:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Delaware County, NY, Otsego County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:35 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 18, 9:58 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 247 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 12:00Z on 2026-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 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 12:00Z on 2026-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 323 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
323 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
384 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 Jun 18, 1:19 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:19 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 12:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
1206 PM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026

NYZ023-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-191615-
Schuyler-Sullivan-Bradford-Susquehanna-Northern Wayne-Wyoming-
Lackawanna-Luzerne-Pike-Southern Wayne-
1206 PM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York and
northeast Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

A strong cold front will push through the area today with gusty
winds and scattered showers and thunderstorms. Isolated severe storms
with damaging gusts will be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NYZ009-018-036-037-191615-
Northern Oneida-Onondaga-Madison-Southern Oneida-
1206 PM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM EDT THURSDAY...
...TORNADO WATCH 352 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Wind Advisory.
   Tornado Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. Please relay
any information about severe weather to the NWS.

NYZ024-025-044>046-055>057-191615-
Chemung-Tompkins-Cortland-Chenango-Otsego-Tioga-Broome-Delaware-
1206 PM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026

...TORNADO WATCH 352 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Tornado Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. Please relay
any information about severe weather to the NWS.

NYZ015>017-022-191615-
Yates-Seneca-Southern Cayuga-Steuben-
1206 PM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM EDT THURSDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM EDT THURSDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Wind Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. Please relay
any information about severe weather to the NWS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 12:58 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 10:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSeneca27 min
Jun 18, 10:26 AM EDTTornado WarningBGMSchuyler, Steuben, Yates34 min
Jun 18, 10:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca63 min
Jun 18, 10:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca, Yates41 min
Jun 18, 10:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins and 1 more47 min
Jun 18, 10:47 AM EDTTornado WarningBGMSchuyler, Seneca, Tompkins, Yates28 min
Jun 18, 10:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben12 min
Jun 18, 10:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben33 min
Jun 18, 11:13 AM EDTTornado WarningBGMCortland, Tompkins47 min
Jun 18, 11:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Cortland, Onondaga16 min
Jun 18, 11:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga48 min
Jun 18, 11:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Madison and 4 more44 min
Jun 18, 11:50 AM EDTTornado WarningBGMChenango, Cortland, Madison40 min
Jun 18, 12:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison and 4 more60 min
Jun 18, 12:18 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMChenango, Madison, Otsego42 min
Jun 18, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego47 min
Jun 18, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego30 min
Jun 18, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Delaware60 min
Jun 18, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOtsego24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2026Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

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.