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Snow Squall Warning 7, NWS Binghamton, NY

January 1, 2026Broome County, Delaware County, Sullivan County, New York; 6 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this snow squall warning at Jan 1, 2026, 1:53 AM EST for Broome County, Delaware County, Sullivan County, New York; 6 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 52 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
Jan 1, 2026, 1:53 AM EST (06:53 UTC)
Expired
Jan 1, 2026, 2:45 AM EST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Broome County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Pike County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:56 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 236 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 2026-01-01Temperature 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2026-01-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1256 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
261 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
Dec 31, 9:12 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBGMCayuga, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Yates48 min
Dec 31, 10:00 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBGMCayuga, Madison, Onondaga, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben and 1 more45 min
Dec 31, 10:39 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBGMCayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga and 5 more51 min
Dec 31, 11:20 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBGMBroome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Madison and 6 more40 min
Dec 31, 11:50 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningBGMBroome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison and 3 more55 min
Jan 1, 12:40 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego65 min
Jan 1, 1:55 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchBGMOneida, Onondaga11 hr
Jan 1, 2:45 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningBGMSullivan45 min
Jan 1, 12:27 PM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningBGMMadison, Oneida, Onondaga56 hr
Jan 1, 4:42 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBGMMadison, Oneida19 hr

Nearby

Snow Squall Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2026Snow Squall Warnings in New York, 2026Every snow squall 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.