Low pressure moved out to the northeast of the region, pulling a cold front into New England. Meanwhile, low pressure in the upper atmosphere kept unsettled weather across upstate New York.
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The episode as NWS BGM wrote it up.
Low pressure moved out to the northeast of the region, pulling a cold front into New England. Meanwhile, low pressure in the upper atmosphere kept unsettled weather across upstate New York. Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed, producing a few reports of flooding and high winds.
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 24, 8:30 AM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 930 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN NY WILL PULL OUT OF THE REGION TODAY, KICKING OFF ADDITIONAL SHOWER ACTIVITY AS IT PULLS A COLD FRONT INTO NEW ENGLAND. LOW PRESSURE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN FIXED OVER THE NORTHEAST THIS WEEKEND, KEEPING THE WEATHER UNSETTLED. && .NEAR TERM /TODAY/... SURFACE COLD FRONT BISECTING THE CWA ATTM WITH DEEP TROPICAL PLUME SLOWLY SLIDING EAST...BUT CONTINUING TO DROP SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER OUR EASTERN ZONES. FLS WAS ISSUED EARLIER TO COVER RAINFALL TOTALS THAT HAVE REACHED AROUND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES. WEST OF THE FRONT...TEMPS ALOFT ARE COOLING SIGNIFICANTLY AS THE UPPER LOW NEARS FROM THE WEST...AND ALTHOUGH CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING IS QUITE EXTENSIVE...DO EXPECT SOME DESTABILIZATION WITH SHRA/TSRA INCREASING IN COVERAGE AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON. WE ALSO HAVE UPPER FORCING FOR ASCENT AS A SPOKE OF VORTICITY IS CURRENTLY ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED TROUGH...WHICH SHOULD ALSO HELP GET THINGS GOING. CAN/T RULE OUT SVR IF WE DO GET SOME INSTABILITY...AS FREEZING LEVELS ARE DROPPING...AND SOME DRY AIR ALOFT MAY HELP ENHANCE THE HAIL/WIND THREATS...RESPECTIVELY. UPDATED GRIDS/PRODUCTS ARE OUT. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... HEIGHTS WILL BRIEFLY RIDGE ON FRIDAY AS A SHARP SHORTWAVE TROF DIGS INTO UPPER MICHIGAN. THIS WILL YIELD A FAIRLY WARM DAY, WITH TEMPS REBOUNDING INTO THE LOWER 80S. THE TROF WILL SWING EASTWARD THIS WEEKEND, BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BACK TO NY AND NORTHERN PA. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... LITTLE TO NO CHANGE IN THINKING FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD...ONCE AGAIN. MODEL CONSENSUS KEEPS UPPER-LEVEL TROUGHINESS OVER THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. RIGHT INTO NEXT WEEK...WITH ONLY A GRADUAL TENDENCY FOR THE TROUGH AXIS TO LIFT NORTHWARD OVER TIME. THUS...ALMOST DAILY CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON/EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST...WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL NORMS. && .AVIATION /13Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... MVFR CONDS WILL PERSIST THRU LATE MRNG BFR IMPRVG TO VFR AT ALL TERMINALS. OCNL SHOWERS STILL POSSIBLE FOR A TIME THIS MRNG AT ELM/RME/AVP. ALTHO CONDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE PREDOMINANTLY VFR...CUD SEE SCTD SHOWERS THIS AFTN. LOCATION OF SHOWERS HARD TO PIN DOWN...THUS WILL NOT TEMPO IN ANY PCPN AT THIS TIME AS THEY WILL BE PRETTY HIT AND MISS. CUD SEE CB CLDS FOR MOST OF THE AFTN. SKIES BEGIN TO CLR LATE THIS EVNG...WITH POSSIBLE IFR RESTRICTIONS AT ELM LATE. WINDS EXPECTED TO INCRS TO 5-10KTS OUT OF THE SW TODAY...BCMG LGT/VRB OVRNGT. OUTLOOK... THU NIGHT THROUGH MON...MAINLY VFR CONDS. FOG POSSIBLE EACH MORNING WITH POTENTIAL IFR RESTRICTIONS...ESPECIALLY AT ELM. BRIEF RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE IN SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS AS UL SYSTEM HANGS OVR THE REGION. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY FOR PAZ048. NY...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY FOR NYZ046-057-062. && SYNOPSIS...DJP NEAR TERM...JMA SHORT TERM...DJP LONG TERM...JMA/MLJ AVIATION...PVB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 510 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 NYZ046-057-062-PAZ048-250915- OTSEGO-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-PIKE- 510 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044-045-055-056-PAZ038>040-043-044- 047-072-250915- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO- TIOGA-BROOME-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA- LUZERNE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 510 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Albany radar (KENX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:31 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A spotter reported 2.14 inches of rain in 24 hours ending at 7 a.m., then another 2 inches from 7 a.m. to 930 a.m. Parts of a roadway were washed away below this location.
A bridge was closed due to flooding and debris on State Route 21 from the intersection of Sawdust Road to State Route 371. State Route 63 between Whiteman Gully and County Route 90 was also closed.
Numerous trees and wires were blown down.
There were numerous reports of trees and wires blown down.
A tree was blown down across the road in the village of West Leyden.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, July 2008
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: 125679, 128883, 127267, 127270, 127273, 127274.