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 Sep 22, 1:15 PM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 215 PM EDT MON SEP 22 2003 POTENT NEG TILT SHORT WAVE TROF AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM THE MIDWEST THROUGH THE CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. SYSTEM IS EXHIBITING STRONG LLVL MOIST/THERMAL ADVECTIONS AND CONVERGENCE WHICH BECOME WELL ALIGNED WITH FVRBL RIGHT REAR QUADRANT JETSTREAM SUPPORT. MDLS PROG THIS FORCING TO MOVE INTO THE REGION DURING THE 06Z-12Z TIME FRAME. WE EXPECT SWATH OF RAIN NOW JUST UPSTREAM TO CREEP EAST WITH SOME SHOWERS BREAKING OUT IN OUR XTRM WESTERN COUNTIES AFTER 4 OR 5 PM...THEN RAIN SHIELD SPREADS BY MIDNIGHT. PRECIP AREA IS BROAD AND STEADY...SO WILL BE CHANGING SHOWERS TO RAIN. A LOW LEVEL JET CORRIDOR OF 50 KT WINDS 3K-5K FEET ABOVE THE SFC WERE NOTED OVER SRN OH AND KY THIS MORNING. JET CORE WILL BE OVER THE REGION AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. VERTICAL THERMAL/MOIST PROFILE IS FCST TO BE MOIST ADIABATIC WITH LOTS OF UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION. THIS WILL INDUCE SOME MIXING...AND IT WILL BE BREEZY FOR SURE...ESPLY ON THE HILLTOPS...BUT WITH WAA AND THE STRONG UVM...ENVIRONMENT IS NOT FAVORABLE FOR MIXING FULL MOMENTUM OF WINDS TO THE SURFACE. ON THE OTHER HAND...LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS DUE TO EMBEDDED CONVECTIVE MOMENTUM TRANSFER COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PSBL WIND DAMAGE. NO PUBLIC FLAGS ON THE MATTER WILL BE ISSUED AT THIS TIME...BUT WILL ADDRESS SITUATION IN HWO PRODUCT. ON THE HYDRO SCENE...HIGH THETA-E AIR WITH PW VALUES SURGING TO 1.5-2.0 WILL BE DRAWN NORTH AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND THERE WILL BE A DECENT SLUG OF RAIN OVERNIGHT WITH BANDS OF RA+ LIKELY BETWEEN 1 AM AND 7 AM ALONG THE LLJ NOSE AND RIGHT WITH THE FRONT. SYSTEM IS QUITE PROGRESSIVE WITH NO SIGNALS OF CELL TRAINING PRESENT...SO THIS WILL CUT DOWN ON EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. HIGH END 1.5 QPF AMOUNTS SHOULD BE WELL HANDLED BY THE RIVER SYSTEMS...AND EVEN THE TYPICAL FLASHIER CREEKS. VERY SLIGHT POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED DOWNPOUR TO PRODUCE MINOR FLOOD ISSUE...BUT AT THIS TIME WE WILL NOT BE ISSUING A FFA WITH SUCH A LOW PROBABILITY OF FLOODING. FRONT QUICKLY MOVES THRU RIGHT AROUND DAYBREAK TUESDAY WITH A PRONOUNCED DRY SLOT EXPECTED OVER THE REGION BY NOON. EXPECT A SHARP CUTOFF TO THE PRECIP WITH THE FROPA WHICH WILL BE THRU AREAS WEST OF I-81 BY 8 AM. WILL LINGER LIKELY POPS IN THE GRIDS FOR AN HOUR OR TWO TUESDAY MORNING EAST OF I-81...THEN LEAVE CHANCE POPS GOING FOR THE NY ZONES DURING THE REST OF THE DAY AS TRAILING ENERGY ASSOC WITH UPR TROF AND COLD POOL ALOFT COULD TRIGGER A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES DURING THE AFTN...ESPLY IF DRY SLOT CAN INDUCE ANY SFC BASED HEATING. SITUATION FINALLY QUIETS DOWN TUES NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE AREA...ALTHOUGH NORTHERN ZONES WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBILITY OF NOCTURNAL LAKE INDUCED RAIN SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES TUES NITE. BUFKIT PROFILES GENERATE SOME LAKE CAPES...BUT AT THIS POINT THERE IS SOME SHEARING AND TEMP DIFFERENTIALS ARE MARGINAL. ILL GO PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE NORTH AS A HEDGE...WITH OTHER AREAS MOSTLY CLEAR TUES NITE AND MOSTLY SUNNY WEDNESDAY. EXTENDED (WED NITE-MON)... COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH WESTERN ZONES LATE WED NIGHT WITH FROPA OVER CWA ON THURSDAY. SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND REMAINS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. ADVERTISED EASTERN TROF NOT AS DEEP WITH THIS SET OF MODEL RUNS...SO A DRY PERIOD BEFORE THE WEEKEND. ON SATURDAY...SFC LOW OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO IS FORECAST TO DRAG A WARM FRONT ACROSS THE REGION...FOLLOWED BY THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ON SUNDAY. SFC HIGH PRESSURE ON MONDAY SHOULD MAKE FOR A DRY DAY. AVIATION... VRF CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH AREAS OF MVFR OVER NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK DUE TO CLOUDS. OVERNIGHT AFT 06Z EXPECT WIDESPREAD MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS WITH LOW CEILINGS AND VIS REDUCTIONS IN MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. MID MORNING TUESDAY AFTER THE FRONT CLEARS THE REGION WIDESPREAD MVFR CONDITIONS DUE TO CIG. ALL ISC GRIDS UPDATED AND PUBLISHED. .BGM...NONE. JAB/RRM
NYZ005-009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040- 043-044-047-048-072-222200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 315 PM EDT MON SEP 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY BETWEEN 2 AM AND 7 AM. ISOLATED PONDING OF WATER OR MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE FROM ANY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE ON THE HILLTOPS OR ASSOCIATED WITH ANY EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THIS COULD CAUSE WEAKENED TREES TO BE UPROOTED AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. JAB
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew over a popup camper and several trees in the village of Penn Yan. The camper was turned upside down.
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