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NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 19, 2:25 PM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 325 PM EDT MON APR 19 2004 .SHORT TERM... BROKEN AREA OF PRE-FRONTAL SHOWERS MOVING THRU AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH VERY DRY LLVL AIRMASS AND MANY DWPTS IN THE MID-UPR 30S...EVEN 29 AT BGM. COMBO OF WIND/LOW RH AND PROBABLY FAIRLY DRY FINE FUELS PROMPTED RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA FOR NE PA. SVRL REPORTS OF GRASS FIRES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. NOT MUCH OF THE RAIN IS HOLDING TOGETHER OR REACHING THE GROUND RIGHT NOW...BUT WITH RIBBON OF HIGHER DEWPOINTS ADVECTING IN AHEAD OF COLD FRONT...THERE WILL BE A BETTER CHC FOR SHOWERS ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND ASSOCIATED WITH SUPPORTING S/WV THIS EVENING. FRONT CROSSES THE AREA 03Z-06Z AND WILL HAVE SCT SHOWERS THIS ENDING BY MIDNIGHT WITH THESE FEATURES. WITH HIGHER LVLS OF MOISTURE AND COOLER ADVECTION BEHIND THE FRONT...AM EXPECTING LOWER STRATOCU TO KEEP SKIES CLOUDY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY BEFORE STRONG SUBSIDENCE UNDER BUILDING HIGH DISSIPATES CLOUDS FOR A MOSTLY SUNNY AFTERNOON. MDLS STILL SHOW HIGH RETREATING TUESDAY NIGHT WITH WARM FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA AND ISENT LIFT TRIGGERING SOME RAIN BY WEDS MORNING. ETA TREND HAS SPED THIS PRECIPITATION UP FROM PREV RUNS...AND IT IS FASTER THAN GFS/NGM. ALL MDLS STILL DO GET SOME RAIN INTO THE AREA WITH THE FRONT LATE...SO WILL KEEP CHANCES GOING...AND MAYBE NUDGE UP BY A FEW HOURS. CONVECTIVE INDICES ARE STABLE SO DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE WF AND WILL ADJUST FCST TO REFLECT STRATIFORM RAIN. RAIN LINGERS IN THE MORNING...BEFORE ENDING WITH WF PASSAGE. THEN...BETTER CHC FOR SCT STORMS COMES INTO THE PICTURE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITHIN INCREASING INSTABILITY WITHIN WARM SECTOR. NOT MUCH OF A TRIGGER NOTED WEDS AFTERNOON...UNTIL COLD FRONT COMES IN WEDS NITE. CURRENT FCST AND MOS TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE IN THIS PERIOD...ALTHOUGH LEANED WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER GFS/ETA ON WEDS WITH CWA WELL INTO WARM SECTOR. .EXTENDED (WED NIGHT - TUE) UNSETTLED EXTENDED WITH TEMPS NEAR NORMAL. MODEL AGREEMENT AS USUAL GETS WORSE WITH TIME. FOR NOW THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS WHETHER HIGH PRESSURE FROM CANADA WILL MAKE IT FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO DRY OUT THE CWA THU NGT INTO SATURDAY. THE TREND HAS BEEN TO KEEP THE HIGH FURTHER N IN CANADA WITH SHOWERS EDGING N AND W. COLD FRONT WED NGT FOLLOWED BY LLINGERING SHOWERS THEN A WEAK SYSTEM SATURDAY. A MUCH STRONGER LOW WILL BRING RAIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. TRAILING COLD FRONT STALLS ON COAST WITH UL TROF MON AND TUE. && .AVIATION... PREFRONTAL LINE OF SHOWERS BREAKING UP AS IT MOVES EAST. SW WIND GUSTING INTO 20S NOW. VFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT AS FIRST BATCH OF SHOWERS RAINING OUT OF HIGH CIGS. WITH COLD FRONT SOME MORE SHOWERS POSSIBLE. SHOWERS COULD REDUCE VSBYS AND CIGS. NOT MUCH ON RADARS NOW BUT ANOTHER LINE WILL FROM AS FIRST LINE DIES ACROSS CWA. MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE BEHIND COLD FRONT. GUSTY WINDS TO DIE BEHIND FRONT TOIGHT. TOWARDS SUNRISE TUE DRIER AIR WILL BRING IN CLR TO SCT CLOUDS SO BACK TO VFR WITH WINDS AOB 10KTS. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NY...NONE. PA...RED FLAG WARNING ALL COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM. PUBLIC...BREWSTER EXTENDED/AVIATION...CHAMPNEY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 432 AM EDT MON APR 19 2004 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-PAZ038>040-192120- BRADFORD PA-BROOME NY-CHEMUNG NY-CHENANGO NY-CORTLAND NY-DELAWARE NY- MADISON NY-NORTHERN ONEIDA NY-NORTHERN WAYNE PA-ONONDAGA NY- OTSEGO NY-SCHUYLER NY-SENECA NY-SOUTHERN CAYUGA NY- SOUTHERN ONEIDA NY-STEUBEN NY-SUSQUEHANNA PA-TIOGA NY-TOMPKINS NY- YATES NY- 432 AM EDT MON APR 19 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY... A STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING, WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REGION. PLEASE SEE PRODUCT ALBNPWBGM FOR DETAILS. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT, AND THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH CONDITIONS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ARE MARGINAL, ANY STORMS THAT MANAGE TO FORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER, SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT WIND GUSTS, OR ANY OBSERVED DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WINDS. NYZ062-PAZ043-044-047-048-072-192120- LACKAWANNA PA-LUZERNE PA-PIKE PA-SOUTHERN WAYNE PA-SULLIVAN NY- WYOMING PA- 432 AM EDT MON APR 19 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY... A STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING, WITH GUSTS OF 40 THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE ISSUED LATER THIS MORNING IF WINDS INCREASE ABOVE FORECAST VALUES. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT, AND THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. RHB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
501 PM EDT MON APR 19 2004
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0143 PM TORNADO 3 ESE SCIPIO CENTER 42.77N 76.48W
04/18/2004 F0 CAYUGA NY NWS STORM SURVEY
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE SE CORNER OF THE TOWN OF
SCIPIO BETWEEN MATHERS ROAD AND OWASCO LAKE. NUMEROUS
TREES AND WIRES DOWM. MINOR DAMAGE TO 10 STRUCTURES.
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MJC/DJN/BWThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds brought down isolated trees and wires. Some of the affected towns were Camden, Verona, Westmoreland, Whitestown, and New Hartford. A farm wagon was flipped over in Camden. Between 500 and 1,000 customers lost power.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, April 2004
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: 5393890.