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 Jul 22, 1:10 PM EST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 210 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002 FOCUS OF THE DAY REVOLVES AROUND CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE TUESDAY. IN THE NEAR TERM...RAPIDLY DVLPG CONVECTION HAS FIRED ALONG SVRL BOUNDARIES EMBEDDED WITHIN IN THE HEART OF THE THETA-E RIDGE FROM KY TO ONTARIO. FLOW AT 700 MB WOULD STEER MUCH OF THIS ACTIVITY JUST TO MY WEST LATE THIS AFTN AND EVENING ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS COULD POP UP MAINLY OVER CNTRL SRN TIER AND FINGER LKS WHERE GREATEST INSTABILITY IS LOCATED AND MCS/LK BREEZE BNDRYS MAY STILL REMAIN. UPSTREAM...ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED DIRECTLY WITH THE MAIN COLD FRONT HAS DIMINISHED TODAY...ALTHOUGH STORMS SHOULD REFIRE ALONG THAT BOUNDARY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND CARRY EAST LATE TONIGHT. MDLS ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT WITH CURRENT LOCATION OF MAIN FRONTAL BOUNDARY...NOW BACK ACROSS MI/IL...WITH FORECAST PASSAGE TO OCCUR AROUND MIDDAY TUESDAY IN THE WEST AND BY LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH ALL BUT THE POCONOS/WRN CATS. TROF DIVING ACROSS CNTRL CANADA SEEMS A BIT SHARPER THAN SVRL OTHER TROFS WEVE DEALT WITH THIS SUMMER...SO IM A BIT MORE CONFIDENT THAT THIS FRONT WILL BE ON SCHEDULE. AVN IS A TAD SLOWER AS IT DVLPS A WAVE ALONG THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT OVER THE ERN LAKES. SLOWER IS A GOOD RULE THIS YEAR...SO WL LEAN TWD AVN SOLN ALTHOUGH WERE ONLY TALKING A FEW HOURS DIFFERENCE IN FROPA. MUCH OF FCST AREA SHOULD BE SEEING PARTIAL SUN BY LATE IN THE DAY WITH PRECIP ENDING NW-SE. AS NOTED TODAY...IM GOING TO GO WITH THE TREND OF DIMINISHING PRECIP ALONG THE FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA TOMORROW. MESO-ETA QPF PICKS UP NICELY ON THIS. PRECIP A GOOD BET FOR THE EARLY MORNING IN THE WEST AND NORTH...DIMINISHING...WITH ONLY SCT SHRA/TSRA FOR CNTRL SXNS OF NY. MEANWHILE...BETTER INSTABILITY DVLPS IN NORTHEAST PA TUES AFTN AND ADDL COVERAGE OF STORMS WL DEVELOP OVER THAT AREA AS FRONT CLOSES IN. SEVERITY SEEMS VERY MARGINAL AT BEST AS ATMOS IS QUITE WARM INTO THE MIDLVLS...LIMITING DECENT LAPSE RATES. TIME OF FROPA ALSO PRECLUDES MUCH RECOVERY FOR DEEP SFC BASED CONVECTION AND 0-6KM WIND SHEAR ONLY INCRS TO ROUGHLY 25 KTS. HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES POINT TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AS THE MAIN CONCERN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ...BUT PROLONGED DRYNESS OF AREA WL HELP TO LIMIT ANY FLOOD TROUBLES TO URBANIZED AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REFRESHING HIGH PRESSURE WL MOVE IN FOR MIDWEEK...THEN ANOTHER SURGE OF WARMTH...HUMIDITY AND SHOWER CHANCES RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND. .BGM...NONE. BREWSTER
NYZ017-018-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 604 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WIND MOVING INTO THE AREA... AT 601 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH WESTERLY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH NEAR AUBURN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FAIRMOUNT AROUND 630 PM. DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE AROUND 645 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL, AT A RATE OF ONE INCH AN HOUR, AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. GILT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree which took with it several power lines. The tree and wires came down on Route 28 in the town of Forestport north of the hamlet of Alder Creek. Route 28 was closed for several hours. The time of the tree and wires coming down is approximate.
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