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 3, 1:25 PM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 225 PM EDT SUN AUG 3 2003 SAME STORY...DIFFERENT DAY. MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION IN WRN NY AND PA IS SLOWLY MOVG E AND AS YET HAS NOT MADE IT INTO STEUBEN. MORE TRW HAVE FORMED EARLY THIS AFT THAN YESTERDAY. WATCHING SEVERAL HEAVY RAINERS. SO FAR THESE HAVE BEEN MOVG JUST ENOUGH TO STAY UNDER FFG. THIS CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVE ESPECIALLY IN PA AND SRN TIER. WILL GO LIKELY HERE AND CHC FAR N. UL LOW MOVES CLOSER MON. SIMILAR DAY WITH MAINLY AFT EVE CONVECTION. MODELS KEEP THE LIKELY POPS BUT FORCING IS WEAK. WILL LEAVE THE CHC POPS GOING FOR NOW. TUESDAY CHCS FOR PRECIP INCREASE AS UL LOW NEARS WRN LAKE ONTARIO. SHORT WAVE ROUNDS BASE OF TROF LATE IN DAY. AFT CONVECTION AGAIN POSSIBLE. HYDRO...WILL HAVE TO WATCH RADAR FOR FLOODING. GROUND CONTINUES TO BE WET. LOWEST VALUES IN THE CHEMUNG VALLEY. WITH S FLOW AHEAD OF TROF COMBINED WITH PW AROUND 1.5 AND SLOW MOVEMENT MAY BE PROBLEM AT LEAST THE NEXT TWO DAYS. PRECIP NOT WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY ENOUGH FOR WATCH ATTM FOR TONIGHT OR MON AM. EXTENDED PERIOD (TUE NGT - SUN) NO BIG CHANGES FROM CONTINUITY AS EASTERN U.S. TROUGH / WESTERN U.S. RIDGE PATTERN HOLDS THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE FREQUENT PASSAGE OF SHORT WAVE IMPULSES AROUND THE SLOWLY FILLING VORTEX IN THE UPPER MIDWEST SHOULD CONTINUE THE DAILY THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. AS WE HEAD TOWARDS NEXT WEEKEND, MODEL CONSENSUS IS TO BEGIN TO LIFT THE UPPER TROUGH OUT AS HEIGHTS START TO BUILD IN FROM THE EAST OWING TO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC RIDGE. EVEN SO, HOWEVER, A MEAN TROUGH AXIS STILL EXISTS TO OUR WEST SOMEWHERE NEAR THE OHIO VALLEY, WITH A RELATIVE COLD POOL ALOFT IMPLIED IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS. GIVEN A SOUTHERLY COMPONENT TO THE FLOW BETWEEN THE ABOVE MENTIONED TROUGH AND RIDGE FEATURES, AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF HIGH ANTECEDENT SOIL MOISTURE FROM RECENT RAINS, ITS HARD TO IMAGINE THERE WONT BE SCATTERED DIURNAL CONVECTION. THUS, WELL SIMPLY RESTRICT THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MORE TO THE AFTERNOON / EVENING PERIOD FROM FRIDAY TO SUNDAY. AVIATION... THE NEXT 24 HOURS SHOULD BE FAIRLY SIMILAR TO THE LAST 24. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FIRE OVER THE REGION THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WE THINK THE COVERAGE WILL BE WIDESPREAD ENOUGH SO THAT ALL OF OUR TAF SITES WILL SEE EPISODES OF THUNDER DURING THIS PERIOD. THUS, WE HAVE FAIRLY EXTENDED TEMPO GROUPS FOR SUCH UNTIL ABOUT 02Z. OVERNIGHT, AREAS OF FOG AND STRATUS WILL FORM AGAIN. LOCAL IFR CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY WHERE THE MOST RAINFALL OCCURS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOWER CLOUDS SHOULD SLOWLY LIFT BY LATE MONDAY MORNING TOWARDS VFR VALUES WITH FOG DISSIPATING. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IS LIKELY MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED SHORT WAVES STILL IN THE VICINITY. .BGM...NONE CHAMPNEY DAYS 1-2 JUREWICZ DAYS 3-7 AND AVIATION
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-040915- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 405 AM SUN AUG 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY... A WARM, HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED, BUT ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS MAY CAUSE RAPID RISES ON SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS...PARTICULARLY FROM BRADFORD COUNTY PA NORTH INTO THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER OF NY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PREVAIL FROM MONDAY INTO LATE WEEK. THE MAIN CONCERN IS FOR REPEATED DAILY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SAME AREA CAUSING PROBLEMS ALONG SMALLER STREAMS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER, SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated close to 60 mph knocked down numerous trees on Ferguson and Island Road in the town of Cicero. There was some minor damage to siding and shingles on a few homes in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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