1 lightning, 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 May 11, 1:51 AM EST, 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 251 AM EDT TUE MAY 11 2004 .DISCUSSION... BIG PICTURE...500 MB FLOW BECOMES MORE AMPLIFIED DURING THE MID-LATE WEEK AS RIDGE TAKES HOLD ACROSS ERN CONUS. GFS SUGGESTS A RETURN TO MORE ZONAL FLOW DURING THE WEEKEND. TODAY...COLD FRONT TRACKS ACROSS NRN AND CNTL ZONES THIS MORNING...THEN STALLS AND WASHES OUT OVER NRN PA. MODELS TILL SHOWING SOME PRECIP THIS MORNING ACROSS NRN ZONES...AND SEE NO REASON TO DOUBT THIS SINCE PRECIP IS CURRENTLY ONGOING ALONG AND AHEAD OF FRONT....WITH TSRA CONTINUING TO FIRE UP ON BOUNDARIES IN SRN CWA...SE NO REASON TO GO DRY THERE DURING THE MORNING. AS FRONT SHIFTS SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON...WILL KEEP THE NRN CWA DRY...AS RIDGING BUILDS IN BRIEFLY...AND KEEP CHC POPS GOING IN THE SOUTH. TONIGHT...WITH 500 MB RIDGING OCURRING...SHOULD SEE ANY PRECIP DIE OUT SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET...AND THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE GRIDS. WED...MODELS STILL POINTING TO LEFT OVER SFC BOUNDARY LINGERING IN THE VICINITY OF NY/PA BORDER...THOUGH WITH 500 MB RIDGE...AND NO DYNAMIC FORCING...WOULD ONLY EXPECT A FEW DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHRA/TSRA TO DEVELOP IN WEAK WEAK SFC CONVERGENCE NEAR THIS FEATURE. PLAN ON MAKING NO CHANGES BEYOND WED. && .EXTENDED (WED NITE-MON)... FIRST HALF OF THIS PERIOD WILL FIND FORECAST AREA UNDER THE PERIPHERY OF A STRONG BERMUDA RIDGE WITH ENERGY FROM THE WESTERLIES SHUNTED WELL TO OUR NORTH AND WEST. DAYTIME INSTABILITY WILL PROVIDE A NOMINAL CHC FOR SHRA/TSRA ON THURS... AND PERHAPS MOST OF THAT EVEN EARLY. LATER THURS AND ESPLY FRI...GFS HOLDS A LOT OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RIDGE...THEREFORE DVLPG AN ABUNDANCE OF CONVECTIVE PRECIP. INSTABILITY MAY BE REALIZED GIVEN EXPECTED SFC TEMPS...BUT WITHOUT INDICATION OF APPRECIABLE TRIGGER...MDL GENERATED PCP SEEMS OVERDONE. I SUSPECT THERE WILL BE SOME ISOLD AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT...BUT THIS FALLS INTO THE CLIMO NORM...SO AT THAT FCST RANGE...WILL GO PREDOMINANTLY DRY. RIDGE BREAKS DOWN FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE PERIOD...ALLOWING COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SUNDAY FOR NEXT GOOD CHC OF TSRA/SHRA. COOLER HIGH PRESSURE REPLACES THIS FEATURE FOR A RETURN TO RELATIVELY DRIER WEATHER AND MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES FOR DAYS 6 AND 7. && .AVIATION... TEMPO GROUPS FOR -TSRA ACRS THE SRN TIER AND NE PA EARLY THIS MRNG AS WEAKENING CONVECTIVE CLUSTER WRKS ACRS THE AREA, WITH SOME -SHRA AT SYR/UCA. CIGS GNRLY 6-8K BUT 3K IN THE TSTMS. PATCHY DENSE FOG NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION TWDS DAYBREAK AT ELM BUT GIVEN THE CLDS WONT PLAY THAT CARD YET. TMRW, VFR AT SYR AND UCA AS CDFNT XPCTD TO SLIDE SE OF THESE LOCATIONS. ACRS THE SRN TIER AND NE PA, TEMPO GROUPS FOR MVFR CIGS WITH GNRLY AFTN -TSRA. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NY...NONE. PA...NONE. SHORT TERM...CEMPA AVIATION...BRADY EXTENDED...JAB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 407 AM EDT MON MAY 10 2004 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-101030- 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- 407 AM EDT MON MAY 10 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY... A WARM FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION TODAY AND WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND FLASH FLOODING DUE TO VERY HEAVY RAIN...MAINLY FROM AROUND MIDDAY INTO LATE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 81 CORRIDOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. MJC
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1124 PM EDT MON MAY 10 2004
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0720 PM TSTM WND DMG HARFORD
05/10/2004 SUSQUEHANNA PA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
0650 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N SIDNEY CENTER 42.33N 75.25W
05/10/2004 DELAWARE NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN FRANKLIN
0642 PM TSTM WND DMG DEPOSIT 42.06N 75.42W
05/10/2004 DELAWARE NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
0625 PM TSTM WND DMG CONKLIN 42.03N 75.80W
05/10/2004 BROOME NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND WIRES DOWN...ALSO IN KIRKWOOD AND WINDSOR.PAZ048-110515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1209 AM EDT TUE MAY 11 2004 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL MOVING INTO THE AREA... AT 1205 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...NEAR STROUDSBURG....OR ABOUT OVER BUSHKILL....MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MILFORD AT 1230 AM. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/BGM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1244 AM EDT TUE MAY 11 2004 NYZ022-110515- STEUBEN NY- 1244 AM EDT TUE MAY 11 2004 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MOVING INTO THE AREA... AT 1240 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS NEAR CORNING....OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON MILLS....MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PAINTED POST AND GANG MILLS AT 100 AM. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV.
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 14 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:13 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck the roof of the Bates Troy Laundry and Cleaners on 151 Laurel Avenue. The lightning started a fire that was extinguished within 20 minutes. There was damage to the electrical and telephone systems, and minor water damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5415887.