1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 7, 1:01 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 201 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2001 HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S AND TEMPS NEAR 90. NO CONVECTION SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY DUE TO A CAP ALOFT...BUT CONVECTION COULD STILL FIRE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS THE WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES. ANY STORMS THAT DO FORM WOULD PRIMARILY BE HEAVY RAIN/WIND PRODUCERS. THE FRONT SHOULD BE THROUGH THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT...SO WILL KEEP 30 POPS GOING FOR THIS EVENING IN ALL ZONES. TEMPERATURES WONT FALL MUCH TONIGHT WITH THE HIGH DEWPOINTS IN PLACE. WITH LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND LIGHT WINDS...AREAS OF FOG SHOULD FORM. WEDNESDAY..THE DAY WILL START OFF WARM AND HUMID...BUT DEWPOINTS WILL DROP DURING THE AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR MIXES DOWN. WILL BE HOT AGAIN...AS 850MB TEMPS WARM TO NEAR 20C BY LATE AFTERNOON...GIVING HIGHS OF 90-95 RANGE IN THE VALLEYS. BUFKIT SHOWS HIGH CAPES (2000 J/KG) IN THE MORNING...BUT IT SHOULD REMAIN DRY DUE TO THE LACK OF A TRIGGER. THE RECORDS FOR WEDNESDAY: BGM - 90 (1983)...SYR & AVP - 94 (1930). WEDNESDAY NIGHT..SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN TONIGHT DUE TO LOWER DEWPOINTS. ONCE AGAIN...AREAS OF FOG SHOULD FORM...MAINLY IN THE VALLEYS. THURSDAY..LOOKS TO BE THE WARMEST DAY IN QUITE SOME TIME ACROSS THE AREA AS 850MB TEMPS REACH 21C...WHICH TRANSLATES TO HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. THE LAST TIME SYRACUSE REACHED 98 WAS IN 1953 AND THEY HAVENT REACHED 100 SINCE 1936. HERE IN BGM...WE HAVENT SEEN 92 SINCE 1995. THE RECORDS FOR THURSDAY: BGM - 89 (1973)...SYR & AVP - 96 (1949). HUMIDITY WILL BE ON THE INCREASE DURING THE DAY... WITH DEWPOINTS BACK UP TO 65-70 BY LATE AFTERNOON. EXTENDED (THU NIGHT-TUE)..MAIN FEATURES DURING THE EXTENDED WILL BE THE STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND THE CHILLY AIR WHICH MOVES IN BEHIND IT. COULD BE AN ACTIVE DAY FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON FRIDAY AS THE FRONT PUSHES INTO AN AIRMASS THAT WILL BE MODERATELY TO HIGHLY UNSTABLE. DYNAMICS WILL BE THERE AS WELL...WITH OUR AREA IN THE RR QUAD OF THE POLAR JET. BEHIND THE FRONT IT WILL FEEL LIKE FALL WITH HIGHS ONLY REACHING THE LOWER TO MID 70S ON SATURDAY...AND A REINFORCING SHOT OF COOL AIR EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE EASTERN U.S.. WORK ZONES OUT SOON. ZONES BY 300 PM. .BGM...NONE. VAN AUSDALL
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:20 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Newspaper reports indicate that a thunderstorm with frequent lightning strikes caused numerous power disruptions by knocking down power lines. A tree and a bank on Grant Avenue were struck with significant damage being done to the chimney on the bank.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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