Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, November 6, 2005

Name: Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, November 6, 2005
Start: 2005-11-06T18:04
End: 2005-11-06T18:04
Location: Pennsylvania

November 6, 2005 · NWS BGM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

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 Nov 6, 2:45 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 6, 2:45 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
245 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - TUESDAY)...
VERY ACTIVE OVER THE NEAR TERM...WITH SQUALL LINE GETTING READY TO
ENTER OUR WESTERN ZONES AS OF THIS WRITING.  LINES OF
CONVECTION...SOME OF IT SEVERE...WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY
EVENING...ALONG AND AHEAD OF INCOMING COLD FRONT.

LATER TONIGHT...FOCUS WILL SHIFT TO MORE SYNOPTIC-SCALE GUSTY WINDS
ACROSS OUR NORTHERN / WESTERN ZONES...AS THE SOUTHERN FRINGES OF
GOOD ISALLOBARIC FORCING AFFECT THIS REGION.  AS A RESULT...WEVE
DECIDED TO HOIST A WIND ADVISORY OVERNIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
FINGER LAKES REGION...THE MOHAWK VALLEY...AND THE SOUTHERN TUG
HILL.  ELSEWHERE...THINGS WILL DRY OUT OVERNIGHT...WITH FAIRLY
BREEZY CONDITIONS.

MONDAY...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH...AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE REGION.  OTHER THAN PERHAPS A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS OR
SPRINKLES DOWNWIND OF LAKE ONTARIO IN THE FAR NORTH...IT LOOKS DRY
WITH INTERVALS OF SUNSHINE.

BY TUESDAY...A WEAK COOL FRONT IS PROGGED TO SLIP SOUTHEASTWARD
ACROSS NY AND PA.  WE SHOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS WITH THIS
FEATURE...BUT LITTLE OR NO SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED.  -MJ

&&

.LONG TERM (TUE NGT-SUN)...
FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE AND 12Z GFS THRU THE PERIOD. UPPER LEVEL
PATTERN WILL TREND TWD RIDGING THRU THE PERIOD WITH BRIEF POST
FRONTAL TROFINESS AT THE END OF THE WEEK. LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES
WELL WEST AND NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA AROUND MID WEEK, WHICH WILL
SPREAD A CHC FOR SHRA ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH
THE ASSOCIATED FRONTS. LATEST GFS BUILDS LARGE SFC HIGH INTO THE
EAST WITH DRY WEATHER FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY. -JL

&&

.AVIATION (06/18Z - 07/18Z)...
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE THRU THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST FROM MID AFTERNOON THRU EARLY
EVENING...ROUGHLY 20Z-00Z. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON UP TO 25
KTS WILL INCREASE AND MAY GUST TO 40KTS OR GREATER AS THE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THRU. AFTER THE STORMS PASS, WINDS WILL CONTINUE
TO GUST FROM THE WEST UP TO 35 KTS. THE WINDS WILL TAPER OFF SOME
DURING THE OVERNIGHT THRU MORNING, WITH RANGES OF 15-25KTS EXPECTED.
VFR CEILINGS THIS AFTN WILL LOWER TO MVFR WITH THE LINE OF SHOWERS
AND STORMS...BRIEF IFR IS POSSIBLE DURING HEAVY RAIN WITH THE
STORMS. PERIODS OF BKN-OVC MVFR THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT BEFORE
IMPROVING TO SCT-BKN VFR EARLY MONDAY.  -JL

&&

.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NY...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 6 PM EST FOR
STEUBEN...YATES...CHEMUNG...TIOGA...TOMPKINS...SCHUYLER...CAYUGA...
SENECA...CORTLAND...AND ONONDAGA COUNTIES.  ALSO A WIND ADVISORY IN
EFFECT FROM 9 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY...FOR
STEUBEN...YATES...SCHUYLER...TOMPKINS...SENECA...CAYUGA...ONONDAGA...
CORTLAND...MADISON...AND ONEIDA COUNTIES.
.PA...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST FOR BRADFORD COUNTY.

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 6, 2:39 AM EST, 15 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
239 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-070745-
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-
239 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW
YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
REGION TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE THROUGH NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PADAVONA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 6, 3:26 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
326 PM EST SUN NOV 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0312 PM     HAIL             JASPER                  42.12N 77.50W
11/06/2005  0.75 INCH        STEUBEN            NY   AMATEUR RADIO

            ALSO IN CANISTEO

0322 PM     HAIL             BATH                    42.34N 77.32W
11/06/2005  0.75 INCH        STEUBEN            NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

MJC

Local storm report, Nov 6, 3:45 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
345 PM EST SUN NOV 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0325 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BATH                    42.34N 77.32W
11/06/2005                   STEUBEN            NY   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN

0335 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ADDISON                 42.11N 77.23W
11/06/2005                   STEUBEN            NY   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN

&&

MJC

Local storm report, Nov 6, 4:14 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
414 PM EST SUN NOV 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WATKINS GLEN            42.38N 76.87W
11/06/2005                   SCHUYLER           NY   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.

0348 PM     HAIL             ADDISON                 42.11N 77.23W
11/06/2005  0.75 INCH        STEUBEN            NY   AMATEUR RADIO

0350 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LODI                    42.61N 76.82W
11/06/2005                   SENECA             NY   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN

&&

MJC

Local storm report, Nov 6, 4:23 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
423 PM EST SUN NOV 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0410 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MECKLENBURG             42.47N 76.70W
11/06/2005                   SCHUYLER           NY   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN

0410 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 N HORSEHEADS          42.21N 76.83W
11/06/2005  60 MPH           CHEMUNG            NY   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

MJC

Local storm report, Nov 6, 5:03 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
503 PM EST SUN NOV 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0335 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DUNDEE                  42.52N 76.98W
11/06/2005                   YATES              NY   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN

0410 PM     HAIL             LOCKE                   42.67N 76.42W
11/06/2005  0.75 INCH        CAYUGA             NY   AMATEUR RADIO

0412 PM     TSTM WND GST     LOCKE                   42.67N 76.42W
11/06/2005  58 MPH           CAYUGA             NY   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN

0430 PM     HAIL             5 W POMPEY              42.90N 76.12W
11/06/2005  1.75 INCH        ONONDAGA           NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN LAFAYETTE

0440 PM     TSTM WND GST     SYRACUSE                43.04N 76.14W
11/06/2005  69 MPH           ONONDAGA           NY   ASOS

            ASOS AT SYRACUSE HANCOCK AIRPORT

0445 PM     HAIL             TULLY                   42.80N 76.11W
11/06/2005  0.75 INCH        ONONDAGA           NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MJC

Local storm report, Nov 6, 5:54 PM EST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
554 PM EST SUN NOV 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TROY                    41.78N 76.79W
11/06/2005                   BRADFORD           PA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN.

0435 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HOMER                   42.64N 76.18W
11/06/2005                   CORTLAND           NY   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREEAS AND WIRES DOWN

0450 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NICHOLS                 42.02N 76.37W
11/06/2005                   TIOGA              NY   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CINCINNATUS             42.53N 75.88W
11/06/2005                   CORTLAND           NY   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ENDICOTT                42.10N 76.06W
11/06/2005                   BROOME             NY   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN.

0525 PM     HAIL             GREENE                  42.33N 75.77W
11/06/2005  0.75 INCH        CHENANGO           NY   AMATEUR RADIO

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHENANGO BRIDGE         42.17N 75.87W
11/06/2005                   BROOME             NY   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TREES DOWN.

&&

MJC

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:04 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Luzerne

When: November 6, 6:04 PM EST
Where: Luzerne County, Ashley
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 41.217, -75.900

Report from a mesonet site.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Pennsylvania, November 2005

Sources

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: 5484853.