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 May 28, 12:45 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 145 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2002 BUSY MRNG AS SLOW MVG TRWS HAVE CAUSED ISLTD FLOODING PRBLMS AND EVEN SVR. ETA/META SHOWS THE DISCREET LOW LVL BNDRY MVG ONLY SLOWLY OVRNGT INTO WED AND FOCUSING CONT CONV OVER MANY OF THE SAME AREAS. WEAK SHRT WV/S RIPPLING ALONG IN THE FLOW WILL SET OFF ENHANCED CONV FEEDING ON THE JUICY AIR. CNCRN OVRNGT IS IN NE PA AND ERN SRN TIER INTO THE WRN CATS. WITH THESE ZONES HAVING SOME VERY HARD HIT AREAS TODAY AND LAST NGT...BELIEVE A FLOOD WATCH IS IN ORDER IN THOSE ZONES. TMRW...BNDRY OVR NY WASHES OUT WHILE A WEAK SHRT WV AND SFC LOW ENHANCES THE LOW LVL CONV OVER THE PA ZONES...LTR...HTG AND SLY FLOW WILL PRBLY BRING SCT TRWS OVER THE ENTIRE FCST AREA. WED NGT BRINGS ANOTHER SHRT WV WHICH ENHANCES THE UVM AND TRIGGER MORE TRWS...ESP OVER THE NY ZONES AS RDGG TAKES PLACE OVER NE PA. ON THU...THERE DSN/T SEEM TO BE A PARTICULAR TRIGGER...JUST WIDESPREAD INSTABILITY ENUF TO TRIGGER SCT TRWS. .BGM...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT NYZ045-046-055>057-062-PA038>040-043-044-047-048 MORFORD
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:17 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Two Jefferson Township municipal workers suffered injuries from a lightning strike to the metal garage they were in.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, May 2002
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: 5299716.