1 thunderstorm wind, 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 28, 8:40 AM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 940 AM EDT TUE AUG 28 2001 HAVE SENT OUT A QUICK UPDATE TO REFLECT TIMING OF AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NOW PUSHING INTO WESTERN PART OF FA. HAD TO PUSH UP THE TIMING A BIT MOST AREAS BUT LEFT THE SOUTHEAST ZONES AS AFTERNOON. BEST CHC FOR ANY STRONG CONVECTION OR ANY ISOLATED SEVERE LOOKS TO BE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FA THIS AFTERNOON AFTER THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION LEAVES A BOUNDARY AND COLD FRONT STILL HANGING BACK WILL PASS FA THIS AFTERNOON. .BGM...NONE. JML
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Newspaper reports indicate that a tree had fallen on wires and caused a utility pole to snap, blocking Route 414. Some minor urban flooding was also reported in Waverly.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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