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 4, 2:37 AM EST, 10 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 337 AM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003 LOCAL RADARS SHOW WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND LAKE ERIE. THIS ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK SHORT WAVE. ETA MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE CAPES AROUND 1000 J/KG BUT MID LEVELS STILL NOT THAN UNSTABLE. H7 VORT LOBE PASSING THIS AFTERNOON MAY BE ENOUGH TO INITIATE ISOLATED CONVECTION AND WILL CONTINUE WITH SLIGHT CHC POPS ACROSS ENTIRE CWA. WILL CONTINUE THIS LOW POP FORECAST INTO EARLY EVENING ACROSS EASTERN ZONES. TONIGHT...BOTH GFS/ETA SHOW A FAIRLY VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS CWA BETWEEN 06-12Z. REGION WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF THE RIGHT REAR QUAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL JET. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE MID LEVEL INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE AS VORT MAX APPROACHES. WITH LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS AROUND 30-35 KTS AND 0-6KM BULK SHEAR 30-40 KTS THE CONVECTION COULD BE INTERESTING. INCLUDED CHC POPS FOR ENTIRE CWA WITH ALL ACTIVITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SATURDAY...SFC TROF WILL MOVE THROUGH REGION BY MID TO LATE MORNING WITH DRIER AIRMASS BUILDING IN DURING THE AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE WITH CHC POPS SATURDAY MORNING THEN PARTLY SUNNY AND DRY. MAXES ON SATURDAY SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN TODAY WITH T85 DROPPING A COUPLE OF DEGREES. SATURDAY NIGHT...MAINLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY AS SFC RIDGE BUILDS IN. SUNDAY...BOTH ETA/GFS BOTH SHOW ANOTHER WEAK SFC TROF APPROACHING THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON. CHANGED FORECAST TO INCLUDE CHC POPS FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION AND ALSO BUMPED TEMPS UP A CAT. NO OTHER CHANGES TO EXTENDED. .BGM...NONE. RRM
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-041030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 435 AM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TONIGHT...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO CROSS THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A SURFACE FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THE AREA BY MID TO LATE MORNING ON SATURDAY. AFTER MIDNIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM AND SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY BUT MAY BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL AMATEUR RADIO REPEATER NETWORKS FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TONIGHT. RRM
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:29 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds were measured at 63 mph by a trained NWS spotter in Virgil. There was minor damage to shutters and shingles on a home and a gazebo was destroyed.
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