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 Sep 3, 8:01 AM EST, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 901 AM EDT WED SEP 3 2003 UPDATING TO REFINE THE CHARACTER OF THE PRECIP TODAY...AND ADD THE POSSIBILITY OF CONVECTION THIS MORNING SRN ZONES. WAA ADVECTION THIS MORNING HAS SPAWNED SOME ELEVATED CONVECTION ACROSS CENTRAL PA. RUC PUSHES THIS AREA OF WAA THROUGH DURING THIS MORNING. RADAR TRENDS INDICATING THAT SHRA/TSRA COVERAGE SHOULD AT LEAST REMAIN STEADY...IF NOT INCREASE...THUS WILL GO WITH SCT THIS AM. ALSO ADJUSTED AFT/EVE FORECAST TO GO WITH SHRA TO THE NORTH INSTEADY OF JUST STEADY RAIN. MJC ----- 340 AM DISCUSSION ----- SKIES ARE CLOUDY ACROSS THE AREA WITH SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN/DRIZZLE ACROSS CENTRAL/SRN ZONES. IT NOW APPEARS THAT THE REMNANTS OF T.S. GRACE WILL GO FURTHER SOUTH THAN MODELS INDICATED YESTERDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST QPF PROGGED TO OCCUR ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST. OUR AREA SHOULD STILL SEE RAIN...BUT THE FLOOD THREAT IS REDUCED. SRN ZONES WILL SEE RAIN THIS MORNING...WITH THE RAIN EXPANDING NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. QPF AMOUNTS TODAY SHOULD RANGE FROM AROUND .10 NORTH TO .50 SOUTH. TONIGHT..THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE...AND WILL BE HEAVIEST OVER NE PA WHERE THE MOISTURE/DYNAMICS WILL BE GREATEST. THE RAIN SHOULD BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE OVER NW ZONES AFTER MIDNIGHT. NW ZONES SHOULD SEE 0.25 OR LESS WITH AS MUCH AS 1-1.5 OVER SE ZONES. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL FALL OVER A 12 HR PERIOD...SO IF THERE ARE ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS AT ALL...THEY SHOULD BE ISOLATED AND BE THE URBAN/SMALL STREAM VARIETY. THURSDAY..A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...WITH RAIN ENDING FROM NW TO SE DURING THE DAY. NW ZONES SHOULD SEE SOME SUN DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL KEEPS SKIES CLOUDY OVER CENTRAL/SE ZONES. EXTENDED (THU NIGHT..TUE)..SKIES BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR THU NIGHT...AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SUN/SUN NIGHT...IT LOOKS AS IF THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL BE DRY AND SEASONABLY COOL WITH HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATING OUR WX. WORK ZONES OUT. ZONES SOON. .BGM...NONE. VAN AUSDALL
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-031000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 348 AM EDT WED SEP 3 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... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:07 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning hit a house on Rock Street in Pittston Township starting a fire in the attic. The fire left a hole in the roof. Water and smoke damage was reported throughout the house.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, September 2003
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: 5371965.