1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Aug 3, 2:15 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 315 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - FRIDAY)... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON... MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN PA... WESTERN NY AND EASTERN NY... IN AN ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZED BY A WEAK CAP... LOTS OF LOW LEVEL HEAT AND HUMIDITY... WEAK WIND FIELDS... AND LITTLE IF ANY LARGE SCALE FORCING. EXPECT THESE ISOLATED STORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING... ENDING BY MIDNIGHT. GRIDDED POP FORECASTS THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 PERCENT. ANOTHER HOT DAY IN STORE FOR THE AREA ON THURSDAY. MODELS INDICATE THAT THURSDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE CURRENT HEAT WAVE... WITH 850 MB TEMPERATURES RISING TO NEAR OR JUST ABOVE 20 DEGREES C. THE RESULT WILL BE HIGHS GENERALLY 2 TO 4 DEGREES WARMER THAN TODAY. THE BIGGEST CHANGE FROM TODAY MAY BE IN THE SYR AREA WHERE A MORE SOUTHWESTERLY WIND (AS OPPOSED TO THE NORTHWEST WIND DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS) WILL RESULT IN DOWNSLOPING AND HIGHS AT LEAST IN THE MID 90S ON THURSDAY. STILL CANT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED STORM ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON... AS CAPPING WILL BE WEAK... BUT WITH LOTS OF MID-LEVEL DRY AIR AND NO LARGE SCALE TRIGGER COVERAGE SHOULD BE LESS THAN 20 PERCENT OF THE AREA AND WILL NOT MENTION ANY THUNDERSTORMS FOR NOW. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ACCOMPANIED BY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. CURRENT EXPECTED TIMING DURING THE MORNING FRIDAY IS NOT FAVORABLE FOR MUCH OF A SEVERE THREAT WITH THIS SYSTEM... HOWEVER IF THE FRONT IS A BIT SLOWER THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY PROGGED THERE COULD BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR AT LEAST A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FRIDAY AFTERNOON. - MSE && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT - WEDNESDAY)... COLD FRONT SLIDES SE OF FORECAST AREA FRI NIGHT WITH HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER REGION SUN. HI MOVES OFF THE COAST MON. GRADUAL RETURN OF HUMIDITY AROUND W SIDE OF BERMUDA HIGH. TEMPERATURES REMAIN A BIT ABOVE NORMAL. SHORT WAVES MAY TRIGGER ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUDERSTORMS THROUGH WED. BMW && .AVIATION (03/18Z - 04/18Z)... SCT TO BKN CU ACRS AREA FM 18Z TO 01Z. CU SHOULD BEGIN DYING OFF AFTER SUNSET. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH 00Z. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE GUSTY WINDS. LOCAL AREAS OF VALLEY FOG OVERNIGHT. CLEAR SKIES AFTER 15Z. BMW .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NY...NONE. .PA...NONE. && MSE/BMW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 407 AM EDT WED AUG 3 2005 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-040815- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND- CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD- SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE- SOUTHERN WAYNE- 407 AM EDT WED AUG 3 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER NOT EXPECTED. RECORD HEAT POSSIBLE AT A FEW LOCATIONS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY RECORD HEAT POSSIBLE REGIONWIDE THURSDAY. HEAT INDICES MAY BE NEAR 100 DEGREES AT TIMES THURSDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY URBANIZED AREAS. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. JAB
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:10 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees.
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