1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 19, 9:00 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1000 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2002 WILL ISSUE UPDATE TO REMOVE MORNING FOG. THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CATSKILLS MOVING EAST. MORE HEADING EAST ACROSS LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO WITH S/W WILL BE HERE FOR THIS AFTN. JML ...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW... CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING COLD FRONT STRETCHED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN LAKE ONTARIO THROUGH THE CENTRAL ADIRONDACKS THIS MORNING. ALOFT, SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE UPPER/CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION AND SECOND WAVE MOVING ACROSS HUDSON BAY. MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT TO SWING SHORTWAVE(S) ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT. DEW POINTS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE 60S ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA, WITH BEST INSTABILITIES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WILL ADD SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTH PART OF THE AREA, TO MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS THE SOUTH WHERE BETTER INGREDIENTS SHOULD BE IN PLACE BY THIS AFTERNOON. AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN APPEARS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT AND SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. RAM .BGM...NONE.
NYZ025-055-056-191830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 125 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2002 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS MOVING INTO NORTHERN TIOGA AND BROOME COUNTIES... AT 120 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS NEAR DRYDEN....OR ABOUT OVER CAROLINE....MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EAST BERKSHIRE AND BERKSHIRE AT 145 PM. NANTICOKE AND WHITNEY POINT AT 200 PM. CASTLE CREEK AND CHENANGO FORKS AT 215 PM. PORT CRANE AND CHENANGO BRIDGE AT 230 PM. BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH MAY OCCUR WITH THIS STORM...WHICH COULD BRING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/BGM. MJ
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a two family house on Oak Hill Avenue in Endicott. It started a small fire in the attic. No one was home at the time of the lightning strike.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5307532.