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 Jun 28, 1:56 PM EST, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 256 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 SHORT-TERM (TONIGHT-THU NIGHT)... TNT...ONLY SOME SCATTERED CONVECTION EXPECTED THIS EVENING...BUT AN INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE EXPECTED LATER TNT...MAINLY AFTER 06Z ACROSS THE S AND W...AND AFTER 09Z FURTHER N AND E...AS MID LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES FROM SW. REGION THUS FAR HAS BENEFITTED FROM SUBSIDENCE BEHIND DEPARTING TROPICAL ENTITY...AND STRENGTHENING MID LEVEL CAP. HOWEVER...EXPECT CONDITIONS TO BECOME MORE SYNOPTICALLY FAVORABLE LATER TNT...AND THUS INCREASED POPS ACCORDINGLY. WED...HIGH PWATS...IN COMBINATION WITH AFOREMENTIONED MID LEVEL TROUGH/COLD POOL SHOULD ENSURE RATHER WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND TSTMS FOR WED...ESP DURING AFTERNOON HOURS. THUS...INDICATED CHC POPS FOR THE AM...INCREASING TO LIKELIES FOR AFTN. AGAIN...ANY TSTMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH SUCH ABUNDANT MOISTURE PRESENT. AS FOR MAX TEMPS...GENERALLY WENT CLOSER TO MAV MOS. WED NT...LINGERING SHOWERS/TSTMS...SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE WITH LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING...THUS KEPT CHC POPS MOST AREAS. FOR MINS...WENT CLOSE TO MAV MOS. THU-THU NT...LOOKS LIKE REGION MAY BENEFIT YET AGAIN FROM SUBSIDENCE BEHIND DEPARTING MID LEVEL TROUGH...AND AHEAD OF AMPLIFYING GREAT LAKES TROUGH. IN ADDITION...WITH 850 TEMPS REACHING AT LEAST 16-18C...LOOKS LIKE WIDESPREAD UPPER 80S-LOWER 90S POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN. FOR NOW...WENT CLOSE TO MAV MOS OR A BIT WARMER...WITH MAXES NEAR 90 ACROSS MANY NW LOCALES...TAPERING TO LOWER 80S ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN OF FAR SE. AS FOR POPS...KEPT ONLY SLIGHT CHC DUE TO EXPECTED SUBSIDENCE AND STRONG MID LEVEL CAP...AND LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO REMOVE ALTOGETHER. HOWEVER...DID KEEP CHC POPS ACROSS FAR SE...WHERE MID LEVEL CAP SHOULD BE WEAKER...AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS MUCH DEEPER. KEPT CHC POPS IN FOR THU NT...WITH APPROACH OF FRONTAL SYSTEM (OR MORE LIKELY PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH). LONG-TERM (FRI-TUE NT)... FRI...STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO FORWARD SPEED OF ACTUAL COLD FRONT THROUGH CWA. AT THIS TIME...PLAN TO KEEP POPS THROUGH THE DAY...WITH HIGHEST EMPHASIS TO THE E AND S. AS FOR TEMPS...WENT CLOSE TO HPC GUIDANCE. THIS SHOULD YIELD MAXES GENERALLY IN THE 80-85 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS MOST VALLEY LOCALES...WITH SOME UPPER 70S ACROSS HIGHEST TERRAIN...AS WELL AS CLOSER TO LAKES. FRI NT-MON NT...EXPECT GENERALLY FAIR WX...WITH FAIRLY LARGE DIURNAL TEMP RANGE DUE TO FAIRLY LOW PWATS (00Z/28 MREF AND CMCS SHOWING PWAT ANOMALIES OF -1 TO -2 SD). THIS COULD LEAD TO SOME MINS IN THE 40S ON SUN AM. ONLY OTHER POSSIBLE FLAW IN WEEKEND FORECAST WILL BE FROM UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSING THROUGH SOMETIME SAT. COLD POOL ALOFT WILL LIKELY LEAD TO INCREASED AFTERNOON CLOUDS...WITH A FEW SPRINKLES/SHOWERS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. AT THIS TIME...WL NOT INCLUDE POPS...BUT THIS MAY NEED TO BE CHANGED AS WE APPROACH THE WEEKEND. OTHERWISE...EXPECT MAX TEMPS ON SAT MAINLY IN THE 70S...PERHAPS EVEN SOME LOWER 70S IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF CATSKILLS. MAX TEMPS ON SUN SHOULD RANGE FROM UPPER 70S ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN...TO LOWER/MID 80S ACROSS VALLEY LOCALES. A FEW DEGREES WARMER FOR MON MAXES...AS 850 TEMPS REACH +16 OR SO...ESP ACROSS THE W. THIS SHOULD YIELD TO MAXES IN THE MID/UPPER 80S ACROSS SOME VALLEYS OF THE N AND W...TO 80-85 MOST OTHER PLACES. TUE-TUE NT...SMALL CHC POPS LATE TUE AS NEXT FRONT APPROACHES FROM NW. WL CONFINE MAINLY TO N/W...AND FOR LATE IN THE DAY. TEMPS SHOULD REACH WELL INTO THE 80S MOST PLACES...ESP N AND W. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NY...NONE. .PA...NONE. && KL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 500 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-290857- 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- 500 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DOT THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ONCE AGAIN...STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... FORMAL SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...RAINFALL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN THEIR REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON. MJ
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:59 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
7 cows were killed when struck by lightning. Time is estimated.
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