A low pressure system tracked northeast through the Great lakes, dragging a cold front through the region. Isolated storms across north-central New York produced wind damage.
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A low pressure system tracked northeast through the Great lakes, dragging a cold front through the region. Isolated storms across north-central New York produced wind damage.
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 Apr 11, 9:03 PM EST, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1003 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT AND BRING ROUNDS OF SHOWERS WITH A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR REGION. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SWEEP A COLD FRONT THROUGH NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING AND USHER IN COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND. FAIR WEATHER WILL RETURN BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... SFC WARM FRONT LOOKS TO HV MADE INTO INTO PORTIONS OF THE FINGER LAKES AND CNTRL SRN TIER AS OF 01Z WITH ELMIRA CURRENTLY SITTING AT 62/53. SHOWERS AND SCTD THUNDERSTORMS HV POPPED OVR WRN NY IN THE PAST HOUR...MAINLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH UL JET STREAK MOVING THRU SRN CANADA AND INCREASING DIVERGENCE. H8 LLJ ALSO BEGINNING TO CRANK AS INDICATED BY KBUF AND KPBZ VWPS THIS EVNG AND RUC INDICATES 50-60KTS WILL MV INTO FINGER LKS AFTR MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION...ALL MODELS (NAM/GFS/RUC) STILL INDICATE AN AREA OF INSTABILITY AFTER 04Z SPREADING EASTWARD ALONG WITH SOME STEEPENING OF THE MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES. THIS WILL LIKELY HELP SUSTAIN CONVECTION TONIGHT. LATEST BUFKIT PROFILES INDICATE MOSTLY ELEVATED INSTABILITY TONIGHT. GFS MUCH MORE BULLISH WITH CAPES > 1000J AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY OVERDONE. NAM/RUC MUCH MORE BELIEVABLE ON THE ORDER OF A FEW HUNDRED JOULES. BEST FACTOR STORMS HV GOING FOR THEM IS DEEP LAYER SHEAR THAT IS PRESENT. GIVEN ALL THIS...EXPECT TO SEE SCTD STORMS MOST OF THE OVRNGT UNTIL CDFNT SWEEPS THRU BTWN 09Z-12Z. HOWEVER...FURTHER EAST STORMS GO THE LESS CHC THEY WILL HV OF MAINTAINING THEMSELVES AS WARM SECTOR WILL HV A HARD TIME MOVING IN. CUD SEE SOME LOCALLY HVY RAINFALL WITH STORMS BUT NOT SEEING MUCH IN THE WAY OF TRAINING STORMS AT THE MOMENT AS CDFNT IS MAKING VRY STEADY PROGRESS ACROSS OH VLY THIS EVNG. ALL IN ALL..EXPECT WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDER. SVR THREAT LOOKS VERY SLIM BUT MAY SEE A FEW STRONG STORMS ACRS THE WEST LATER ON. ALL IN ALL...NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHGS TO ONGOING FCSTS. ONLY A FEW TWEAKS TO TEMPS AND POPS TO ALIGN MORE WITH CURRENT CONDS. UPDATED GRIDS AND TEXT PRODUCTS HAVE HIT THE STREET. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY/... COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AND REGION FALLS UNDER THE DRY SLOT. THIS SHUD CURB THE PRECIP THREAT SAT MORNING. BY LATER IN THE DAY SATURDAY AND INTO SAT EVE...BNDRY LAYER HEATING FROM THE DAY WILL COMBINE WITH CAA ALOFT TO INCREASE CHC/S FOR SHRA BY AFTN AND EVE. CAA CONTS THRU SAT NGT INTO SUN WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES BETWEEN 900 AND 700 MB. THIS WILL CONT TO SUPPORT CLD FORMATION AND SCT SHRA MIXED WITH SN AT NGT AND IN THE MORNING SUN. LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACC/S ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. FROM DAY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...SOME RESIDUAL MOISTURE, NRLY FLOW AND CLDS WILL HANG ARND ESP IN C NY/FAR NRN PA WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES FROM THE SFC TO 750 MB OR SO DURG DAY. THIS WILL KEEP CHC/S FOR SHRA IN THE AREA MIXED WITH SNOW AT NGT. AGAIN SNOW LITTLE ACC/S EXPECTED. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... JUST MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO CURRENT GRIDS WITH GMOS. UPPER LEVEL TROF MOVING OFF EAST COAST WHILE SFC HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE CWA WITH 500 MB RIDGING UPSTREAM. TUESDAY TO THURSDAY LOOKS DRY AND SUNNY WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES. A COASTAL STORM LOOKS TO BE FAR ENOUGH EAST TO HAVE LITTLE EFFECT WEDNESDAY TO THURSDAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WITH LIMITED MOISTURE BREAKS DOWN THE RIDGE FRIDAY. FLOW GOES BACK TO ZONAL LATE IN THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /02Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SCATTERED SHOWERS PUSHING ACROSS THE AREA IN ASSOCIATION WITH WARM FRONT. AS FRONT MOVES THROUGH...WINDS SHIFTING TO S/SWLY AT ELM, ITH AND BGM...WHILE SELY WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT SYR AND RME. THE SHOWERS ARE LIGHT, AND PREVAILING VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING. AFTER MIDNIGHT, THERE COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST, AND THERE IS THE CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THRU THE TAF SITES. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SWLY AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY. BEHIND THE FRONT, EXPECT CLEARING TO VFR BEFORE WRAP AROUND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND CHC FOR SHRA RETURNS TO THE TAF SITES FROM NW TO SE...BRINING MVFR CEILINGS TO SYR, RME, AND ITH AROUND MID MORNING...THEN INTO ELM, BGM AND AVP DURING THE AFTERNOON. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KTS WILL BECOME GUSTY TO ABOUT 22 KTS. OUTLOOK... SATURDAY NGT.....CHC FOR RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS MVFR CONDITIONS CONTINUE. SUNDAY...LEFT OVER MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS AND BEST CHC FOR RESTRICTIONS IN THE MORNING...FOLLOWED BY IMPROVEMENT IN THE LATE AFTN OR EVENING. MONDAY...STILL CHC FOR A FEW SHRA AND MVFR...MAINLY AT RME, BUT OVERALL VFR EXPECTED. MONDAY NIGHT TO WEDNESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE AND VFR. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR NYZ009-037. && SYNOPSIS...DJN NEAR TERM...PVB SHORT TERM...DJN LONG TERM...TAC AVIATION...JML/TAC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1008 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008 NYZ009-037-130215- NORTHERN ONEIDA-SOUTHERN ONEIDA- 1008 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA BY SUNRISE SATURDAY. SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ORGANIZE AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE...URBAN AND LOW- LYING AREAS. THE RAIN WILL NOT BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO IMPACT AREA RIVERS IN THE AREA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG AND COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER THIS EVENING. REMEMBER YOUR COUNTY IS AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED FOR SKYWARN IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. NYZ015>018-022>025-036-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047- 048-072-130215- YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG- TOMPKINS-MADISON-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE- SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA- LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 1008 PM EDT FRI APR 11 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA BY SUNRISE SATURDAY. SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ORGANIZE AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE...URBAN AND LOW- LYING AREAS. THE RAIN WILL NOT BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO IMPACT AREA RIVERS IN THE AREA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG AND COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER THIS EVENING. REMEMBER YOUR COUNTY IS AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED FOR SKYWARN IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. PB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 204 AM EDT SAT APR 12 2008 NYZ015>018-022-120645- CAYUGA NY-ONONDAGA NY-SENECA NY-STEUBEN NY-YATES NY- 204 AM EDT SAT APR 12 2008 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 201 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST OF MONTEZUMA TO NORTHWEST OF WATERLOO TO NORTHWEST OF RUSHVILLE TO WAYLAND TO SOUTHWEST OF DANSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... WAYLAND AND SOUTH DANSVILLE AT 210 AM EDT... VINE VALLEY AND ATLANTA AT 220 AM EDT... RUSHVILLE AND MIDDLESEX AT 225 AM EDT... POTTER AT 230 AM EDT... FERGUSON CORNERS AND DUBLIN AT 235 AM EDT... PACKWOOD CORNERS AND MAGEE AT 240 AM EDT... ROSE HILL AND MONTEZUMA AT 245 AM EDT... THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. MJ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 245 AM EDT SAT APR 12 2008 NYZ009-015>018-036-037-120730- CAYUGA NY-MADISON NY-ONEIDA NY-ONONDAGA NY-SENECA NY-YATES NY- 245 AM EDT SAT APR 12 2008 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN SENECA...CENTRAL CAYUGA...NORTHERN ONONDAGA...AND NORTHERN ONEIDA COUNTIES... * AT 242 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST OF BREWERTON TO LYSANDER TO PLAINVILLE TO MONTEZUMA TO WATERLOO...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... FOSTERVILLE AND CAYUGA AT 250 AM EDT... UNION SPRINGS AND THROOPSVILLE AT 255 AM EDT... VILLAGE GREEN AND VAN BUREN AT 300 AM EDT... WARNERS AND SKANEATELES AT 305 AM EDT... WOODARD AND MARIETTA AT 310 AM EDT... TAUNTON AND WESTVALE AT 315 AM EDT... SYRACUSE AND ONONDAGA AT 320 AM EDT... MINOA AND LYNDON AT 325 AM EDT... THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. MJ
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:18 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A gas grill was blown several feet by strong thunderstorm winds. A shed across the street from the residence was blown over, with the shed roof lying on a chain link fence.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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