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NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 12, 10:30 AM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1130 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2004 .SHORT TERM (THIS AFTERNOON - FRIDAY)... FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO STRETCH NE TO SW ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM NEAR UCA-BGM-AVP. A BAND OF PERSISTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN HAS DEVELOPED JUST ON THE COLD SIDE OF THE FRONT. MEANWHILE... HEAVY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG AND ON THE WARM SIDE OF THE FRONT OVER NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND THE WESTERN CATSKILLS. NOT EXPECTING THE FRONT TO MOVE MUCH THIS AFTERNOON AS THE REMAINS OF BONNIE MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SRN GEORGIA INTO THE CAROLINAS. RADAR LOOPS SHOW THE STEADY RAIN OVER THE WESTERN CWA MAKING LITTLE EASTWARD PROGRESS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. BASED ON THIS EXPECT THE STEADY RAINS TO BE CONFINED TO THE FINGER LAKES AREA TODAY... WITH SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FARTHER EAST. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN 2/3 OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON... AS THE ENVIRONMENT BECOMES INCREASINGLY TROPICAL. MODELS IN AGREEMENT THAT THE BEST LOW-LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS EVENTUALLY SHIFTS EAST OVER THE EAST 1/2 OF THE CWA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AM... WITH THE REMAINS OF BONNIE MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT. RADAR LOOPS SHOWING A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN ORGANIZING OVER GEORGIA AND NORTH CAROLINA AND MOVING NORTHEAST... AND THIS SHOULD MOVE NORTH TO COVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. WILL KEEP THE FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK GOING LATE THIS MORNING... THEN MAKE FINAL DECISION ON ANY FLOOD WATCHES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. GOOD NEWS FROM BONNIE IS THAT SHE/S FAST. XPCT RAIN TO TAPER OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BEGINNING AS EARLY AS FRI NOON. ETA SEEMS TO HAVE MISPLACED CHARLEY. GFS HAS/EM AND TRACK IS FURTHER EAST THAN BONNIE AND WLD HAVE LESS OF AN INFLUENCE ON THE FCST AREA. PRVSLY MENTIONED NRN STREAM SHRT WV WORKS WITH BONNIE TO KICK THE TROF AXIS A BIT FURTHER EAST INFLUENCING THE TRACK OF CHARLEY. ATTM...WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY FLOOD WATCHES. WHILE A GOOD SOAKING SEEMS LIKELY...EXACT AREAS ARE UNDER THE GREATEST THREAT DFCLT TO DEFINE. WLD NOT LIKE TO ISSUE A BLANKET WATCH...AND WILL ALLOW THE DAY SHIFT TO REFINE THE AREA. AFTN ISSUANCE WILL STILL GIVE SVRL HRS ADVANCE NOTICE BEFORE ANY ACTUAL FLOODING WLD OCCUR. WILL CONT ESF. FLWD PRVS FCST CLOSELY MAKING ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS IN ALL GRIDS. .LONG TERM (FRI NITE-WEDS)... MED RANGE FCST PUNCTUATED BY TROPICAL SYSTEM DOUBLE WHAMMY IN THE FORM OF BONNIE AND CHARLEY. FOLLOWING TPC/NCEP/LATEST GFS SOLUTIONS WHICH TAPERS RAIN FROM BONNIE OFF EARLY IN THIS FCST PERIOD...BUT THEN BRINGS CHARLEY RAPIDLY NEWD THROUGH THE APPALACHIANS ON SAT NITE-EARLY SUNDAY...BASICALLY FOLLOWING A VERY SIMILAR TRACK TO ITS PREDECESSOR ALONG THE STALLED FRONT. TREND HAS BEEN TO SPEED THINGS UP...BUT IM GOING TO PLAY MOVMT A LITTLE BIT SLOWER IN ACCORDANCE WITH MORE OF A GFS ENSEMBLE SOLN AND LINGER A CHC SHRA INTO SUN AFTN...ESPLY FOR ERN SECTIONS. HIGH PRES MOVES IN FOR THE START OF NEXT WEEK WITH RETURN FLOW SETTING UP WEDS WITH NEXT CHC FOR A FEW SHOWERS. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDS WILL SLOWLY DROP TO IFR THIS MRNG AT MANY STATIONS AS LGT WINDS AND MOISTURE ALLOW LOW CLDS AND FOG TO FRM. RETURN VFR XPCTD BY MID MRNG AS MIXING ONCE AGAIN CLRS OUT THE LWR CONDS. SCT SHWRS AND ISLTD TRWS TODAY WILL AFFECT LOCAL CONDS...BUT A GENERAL RETURN TO LWRD CIGS AND VSBYS APRCHG IFR RANGE TNGT AS MORE WIDESPREAD PCPN MOVES IN. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NY...NONE. PA...NONE. && MORFORD/BREWSTER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 304 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2004 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-120903- BRADFORD PA-BROOME NY-CHEMUNG NY-CHENANGO NY-CORTLAND NY-DELAWARE NY- LACKAWANNA PA-LUZERNE PA-MADISON NY-NORTHERN ONEIDA NY- NORTHERN WAYNE PA-ONONDAGA NY-OTSEGO NY-PIKE PA-SCHUYLER NY- SENECA NY-SOUTHERN CAYUGA NY-SOUTHERN ONEIDA NY-SOUTHERN WAYNE PA- STEUBEN NY-SULLIVAN NY-SUSQUEHANNA PA-TIOGA NY-TOMPKINS NY- WYOMING PA-YATES NY- 304 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...HOWEVER THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AS THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-140200- HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1150 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2004 ...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN THROUGH FRIDAY... A STALLED FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WILL BE VERY ISOLATED IN NATURE... ASSOCIATED WITH A FEW OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT WILL BE OVER THE POCONOS AND WESTERN CATSKILLS. A MORE WIDESPREAD... HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE MOVE NORTH ALONG THE STALLED FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA WHEN THIS OCCURS... BUT HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY IN A FEW LOCATIONS. RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES WOULD LIKELY BE ENOUGH TO BEGIN FLOODING PROBLEMS. AT THIS TIME... SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE MAJOR RIVERS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... BUT FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER... LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS REMAINS A POSSIBILITY IN AREAS WHERE LOCALIZED HEAVIER RAINS DEVELOP. LOOKING AHEAD TO THIS WEEKEND...HURRICANE CHARLEY CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWEST OVER THE CARIBBEAN OCEAN...AND MAY MOVE NORTH ALONG THE SAME STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY. WITH THE APPROACH OF CHARLEY STILL A FEW DAYS AWAY... THE EXACT TRACK REMAINS VERY UNCERTAIN. HOWEVER... HEAVY RAINFALL WITH CHARLEY WOULD BE A SERIOUS THREAT IF CHARLEY TRACKS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE AREA. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL HOW MUCH RAIN WILL FALL FROM BOTH SYSTEMS. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING...PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WITH THESE TWO TROPICAL SYSTEMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES, OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV. MSE
WWUS81 KBGM 120657 RRA SPSBGM SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1216 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-122200- BRADFORD PA-BROOME NY-CHEMUNG NY-CHENANGO NY-CORTLAND NY-DELAWARE NY- LACKAWANNA PA-LUZERNE PA-MADISON NY-NORTHERN ONEIDA NY- NORTHERN WAYNE PA-ONONDAGA NY-OTSEGO NY-PIKE PA-SCHUYLER NY- SENECA NY-SOUTHERN CAYUGA NY-SOUTHERN ONEIDA NY-SOUTHERN WAYNE PA- STEUBEN NY-SULLIVAN NY-SUSQUEHANNA PA-TIOGA NY-TOMPKINS NY- WYOMING PA-YATES NY- 1216 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004 ...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN THROUGH FRIDAY... A STALLED FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WILL BE VERY ISOLATED IN NATURE... ASSOCIATED WITH A FEW OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT WILL BE OVER THE POCONOS AND WESTERN CATSKILLS. A MORE WIDESPREAD... HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE MOVE NORTH ALONG THE STALLED FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA WHEN THIS OCCURS... BUT HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY IN A FEW LOCATIONS. RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES WOULD LIKELY BE ENOUGH TO BEGIN FLOODING PROBLEMS. AT THIS TIME... SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE MAJOR RIVERS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... BUT FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER... LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS REMAINS A POSSIBILITY IN AREAS WHERE LOCALIZED HEAVIER RAINS DEVELOP. LOOKING AHEAD TO THIS WEEKEND...HURRICANE CHARLEY CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWEST OVER THE CARIBBEAN OCEAN...AND MAY MOVE NORTH ALONG THE SAME STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY. WITH THE APPROACH OF CHARLEY STILL A FEW DAYS AWAY... THE EXACT TRACK REMAINS VERY UNCERTAIN. HOWEVER... HEAVY RAINFALL WITH CHARLEY WOULD BE A SERIOUS THREAT IF CHARLEY TRACKS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE AREA. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL HOW MUCH RAIN WILL FALL FROM BOTH SYSTEMS. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING...PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WITH THESE TWO TROPICAL SYSTEMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES, OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV. MSE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1256 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004 NYZ062-PAZ040-072-121800- SULLIVAN NY-WAYNE PA- 1256 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA... AT 1254 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL... WERE OVER SOUTH CANAAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...WAYMART AT 105 PM...HONESDALE AT 110 PM...BETHANY AT 115 PM...BEACH LAKE AT 120 PM...CALKINS AT 125 PM...RILEYVILLE AT 130 PM. EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE PATH OF THE STORM. LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. GILT
The Albany radar (KENX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:13 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
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