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 Jul 8, 3:40 AM EST, 6 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 440 AM EDT THU JUL 8 2004 .SHORT TERM (TODAY - FRIDAY)... ALTHOUGH MOST OF LAST NIGHTS SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE EXITED THE REGION TO THE EAST AS OF THIS WRITING...PLENTY OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG COVER THE AREA IN THEIR WAKE. AREAS OF FOG SHOULD PERSIST UNTIL AROUND 9 AM...THEN BEGIN TO BREAK UP TO ALLOW SOME SUNSHINE TO DEVELOP. OUR ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO A SURFACE COLD FRONT AND THE NEXT UPPER TROUGH...BOTH LOCATED FROM SOUTHERN ONTARIO BACK ACROSS OHIO AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE FEATURES WILL BOTH PUSH EASTWARD TODAY...ULTIMATELY CROSSING MUCH OF CENTRAL NY BY LATE AFTERNOON...THEN THE CATSKILLS AND NORTHEAST PA EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE SHOULD STILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND LINGERING MOISTURE AROUND AT THAT TIME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS...HOWEVER...LOOKS MARGINAL AT BEST WITH SLOWLY LOWERING DEW POINTS ANTICIPATED DURING THE AFTERNOON TO COMPROMISE CAPE VALUES AND UPDRAFT STRENGTH. THE WIND FIELDS ALSO SEEM MARGINAL FROM THIS JUNCTURE WITH SOME SPEED SHEAR ALOFT...BUT RELATIVELY WEAK WINDS AT LOWER LEVELS. BY LATE TONIGHT...THE COLD FRONT WILL BE TO OUR SOUTHEAST...WITH COOLER AIR BUILDING IN AT LOWER LEVELS. SHORT RANGE MODEL GUIDANCE ALSO INDICATES THAT QUITE A BIT OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL LINGER BEHIND THE FRONT TO RESULT IN A LOW OVERCAST FOR A TIME FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY. SATELLITE IMAGERY DOES SHOW A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE LOW CLOUD DECK UPSTREAM THIS MORNING OVER MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN...SO THIS SCENARIO SEEMS QUITE PLAUSIBLE. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...ENOUGH DRYING SHOULD WORK INTO THE AREA TO ALLOW THE SUN TO MAKE A RETURN APPEARANCE. A COOLER AIR MASS AND EARLY CLOUDINESS WILL RESULT IN HIGH TEMPERATURES BEING A GOOD 5 TO 10 DEGREES LOWER ON FRIDAY THAN THEY WILL BE TODAY. .LONG TERM (FRI NIGHT - WED)... MODELS INDICATING 500 MB ZONAL FLOW REGIME BECOMING ESTABLISHED ACROSS US/CAN BORDER BY THE WEEKEND. LOOKS LIKE FLOW WILL HAVE MORE A WNW SLANT ATTM...AND WITH LOW PRESSURE ENTRENCHED IN VCINITY OF HUDSONS BAY...EXPECTED FLOW TO BE FAIRLY ENERGENTIC...PARTICUARLY AFTER THE WEEKEND. TATHER THAN TRY TO TIME FEATURES OR DETERMINE WHAT IS CONV FEEDBACK...HAVE OPTED TO JUST PAINT THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH CHC POPS. HAVE GONE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL WITH MAX TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD...ALTHOUGH 850 TEMPS ARE DOWN A BIT FROM PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS. && .AVIATION... LOTS OF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS IN LOW CLOUDS/FOG WILL PERSIST UNTIL 13Z-14Z. BY MID TO LATE MORNING...VFR WEATHER SHOULD RETURN. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON COULD BRIEFLY RESULT IN MVFR VISIBILITIES AND/OR CEILINGS IN HEAVIER RAIN. WINDS SWITCH AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT SWINGS THROUGH BY EARLY EVENING. THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL BRING AN END TO ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS...BUT SOME LOWER CLOUDS WITH MVFR CEILINGS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NY...NONE. PA...NONE. && SHORT TERM AND AVIATION...JUREWICZ LONG TERM...CEMPA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 425 AM EDT THU JUL 8 2004 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-081024- 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- 425 AM EDT THU JUL 8 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN COULD ACCOMPANY ANY OF THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a tree in North Towanda Township. A large section of the tree fell onto a yard. Another lightning strike struck a large pine tree sending debris onto Leisure Drive in Wysox Township
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