An persistent upper level low pressure system brought scattered showers and thunderstorms to the region. Isolated storms produced large hail and damaging wind gusts.
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An persistent upper level low pressure system brought scattered showers and thunderstorms to the region. Isolated storms produced large hail and damaging wind gusts.
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 Jun 22, 1:59 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 259 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 .SYNOPSIS... UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE THROUGH CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT...BRINGING ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH MONDAY...FOLLOWED BY LOW PRESSURE ON TUESDAY WILL KEEP THE BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK UNSETTLED WITH MAINLY DAYTIME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES WILL BE FEATURED WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S TO NEAR 80...AND LOWS IN THE 50S AND 60S. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... CNTRL NY/NEPA PLACED INTO SVR WATCH 596 THIS AFTERNOON AS ATMOS HAS DESTABILIZED TO 1000-1500 J/KG SFC BASED CAPE AS OF MID AFTERNOON AND WILL REMAIN MODERATELY UNSTABLE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. A COUPLE IMPULSES NOTED ON THE WATER VAPOR LOOP ARE FCST TO ROTATE AROUND MAIN UPR LOW POSITIONED OVER LK SUPERIOR. THIS MAY BE A LATER IN THE WATCH SHOW FOR US AS WE AWAIT THE STRONGER UL IMPULSE OVER OH/WV TO ARRIVE. WE DO EXPECT ISOLD CONVECTION TO INCRS IN COVERAGE/INTENSITY DURG THE LATE AFTN HRS AS WAVE ROTATES NE PROMOTING BROAD SCALE LIFT. NO GOOD SYNOPTIC SFC FEATURE TO FOCUS TSTM ACTIVITY ON...HOWEVER SVRL MESO BNDRYS EXIST INCLUDING LAKE BREEZES AND TERRAIN INDUCED FEATURES. POSSIBLY ALSO A LEFTOVER BNDRY AROUND THE CATSKILLS/POCONOS FROM MORNING STORMS. A SECONDARY IMPULSE BACK ACROSS WI THEN ROTATES IN FOR LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. NAM/GFS/RUC ALL SEEM TO HINT THAT SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO A DEGREE ALL NIGHT...BUT COVERAGE AND TIMING IS NOT OUR BEST CONFIDENCE TODAY. THERE WILL PROBABLY BE A FAIR AMOUNT OF STORM FREE TIME FOR SOME AREAS BETWEEN THESE WAVES. ALL MDL SUITES ARE LEANING WITH THE BETTER CHANCES OVER OUR EASTERN AREAS FROM THESE WAVES...SO WILL PRETTY MUCH GO WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT WITH NO SET TIMING IN PLACE DUE TO UNCERTAINTY. WILL BUY THE MODEL HINTS AND PUT A LITTLE HIGHER PROB OVER THE CATSKILLS AND NEPA. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MORE OF THE SAME IS EXPECTED MONDAY AS THE MAIN TROF BEGINS TO LIFT OUT AND MOVE EAST...GENERATING A WEAK LOW PRESSURE AREA AND PUSHING A SFC TROF/WEAK FRONT ACROSS CNY/NEPA BY MON EVENING. MODELS HAVE A DISTINCT SHIFT IN WIND TO THE NW MONDAY AFTERNOON HINTING AT THIS FEATURE. AGAIN...WE SHOULD SEE HIGH CHANCES FOR SHOWER/TSTM ACTIVITY AS THESE ENTITIES PROVIDE LIFT IN OUR AREA...BUT TIMING AND COVERAGE IS AGAIN IN QUESTION. I THINK COVERAGE MAY NOT BE AS MUCH AS TONIGHT...SO FOR NOW WILL JUST FOLLOW CLOSE TO A MOS POP BLEND WHICH WINDS UP IN THE CHC CATEGORY. WILL USE THE SCT TERMINOLOGY TO INDICATE THAT THERE WILL BE SHOWERS/STORMS ABOUT THE REGION...BUT CERTAINTY AT ANY ONE SPOT IS UP IN THE AIR. ON MONDAY NIGHT...DIURNAL STABILITY INCREASES WITH SOME CAA AND DRYING AS THOSE LLVL WINDS COME AROUND TO THE NW. EXPECT THAT AFTER ANY EARLY EVENING STORMS...WE SHOULD BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY AS THE TROF AXIS APROACHES BUT LOSE HEATING. NOT ENOUGH LIFT OR MOISTURE AT NIGHT FOR SHOWERS SO WILL MAKE THAT A DRY PERIOD OVERNIGHT. ON TUESDAY...COLD POOL ASSOCIATED WITH TROF WILL SWING OVERHEAD AND SCATTERED SHOWERS SEEM A REASONABLE BET WITH TEMPS CLIMBING INTO THE 70S AND H5 TEMPS AROUND -15C. NUDGED CHANCES UP A BIT FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...FINALLY LOOKS TO BE A DRY PERIOD AS FLOW SHIFTS TO THE NORTHWEST AND RIDGES A BIT. NAM/GFS DO HINT AT A WEAK OPEN WAVE BY LATE WEDNESDAY...BUT ATTM THINK IT IS A BIT TOO DRY FOR MUCH IN THE WAY OF SHRA TO DEVELOP. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE AND HAVE UPDATED GRIDS EARLY IN ANTICIPATION OF AFTERNOON SEVERE WEATHER. EXTENDED RANGE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH A NORTHWESTERLY FLOW PATTERN OVER OUR AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH A MORE POTENT TROUGH POISED TO ARRIVE IN OUR AREA THIS WEEKEND. QUITE A FEW DISTURBANCES IN THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL KEEP THINGS UNSETTLED. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD...RANGING FROM THE UPPER 70S OVER THE HILLTOPS TO THE LOWER 80S IN THE VALLEYS. CAN/T RULE OUT SHRA/TSRA ON THURSDAY...BUT BETTER CHANCES WILL COME FRIDAY AND ESPECIALLY OVER THE WEEKEND AS ONE WAVE PUSHES THROUGH LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AHEAD OF THE MAIN TROUGH WHICH WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SHRA/TSRA ON SUNDAY. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... VFR ATTM ALL SITES WITH CU AND TCU DEVELOPING. EXPECT SHRA/TSRA TO GET GOING BY AROUND 18Z...WITH ALL SITES POSSIBLY SEEING A STORM THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON. STILL...GIVEN UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHERE STORMS WILL FIRST GET GOING...HAVE ONLY INCLUDED FOUR HOUR CB TEMPO GROUPS AT THIS TIME. WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO TSRA TEMPOS ONCE WE HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON THE DEVELOPING CONVECTION. STRONG WINDS/HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS THAT DEVELOP. THIS EVENING...CONVECTION WILL WANE...WITH FOG AND SOME SHRA REDEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. CANNOT RULE OUT THUNDER AS WELL...SO HAVE INCLUDED PROB30 CB GROUPS TO HIGHLIGHT THIS POTENTIAL AFTER 6Z. FOR THE MORNING MONDAY...EXPECT IMPROVEMENT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WITH MVFR SHRA PERSISTING UP NORTH...BUT IMPROVEMENT TO VFR AT ALL OTHER SITES. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS 10G15KTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING TO SOUTHERLY 5KTS THIS EVENING. SOUTWHESTERLY WINDS 5-10KTS WILL REDEVELOP MONDAY MORNING. OUTLOOK... MON AFTERNOON/TUE...CHC MAINLY AFTERNOON SHRA/TSRA WITH MVFR POSSIBLE. WED...VFR. THU...VFR WITH POSSIBLE AFTERNOON SHRA/TSRA WITH MVFR POSSIBLE. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JAB NEAR TERM...JAB SHORT TERM...JAB LONG TERM...JMA AVIATION...JMA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 310 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-231915- 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- 310 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 596 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 231 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 NYZ062-221930- SULLIVAN NY- 231 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 226 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH FALLSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WOODRIDGE AT 240 PM EDT... MOUNTAIN DALE AND MT VERNON AT 245 PM EDT... MT VERNON AT 250 PM EDT... PHILLIPSPORT AT 255 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. MSE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 234 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 NYZ018-221900- ONONDAGA NY- 234 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHERN ONONDAGA COUNTY... * AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLAY... AND MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BREWERTON AND CICERO AT 245 PM EDT... LOWER SOUTH BAY AT 250 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. ARNOTT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 330 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 NYZ062-PAZ048-222015- PIKE PA-SULLIVAN NY- 330 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREELEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 22 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MILFORD AND GLEN SPEY AT 340 PM EDT... MILLRIFT AT 350 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. MSE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 356 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 NYZ016>018-222045- CAYUGA NY-ONONDAGA NY-SENECA NY- 356 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 352 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAYUGA...AND MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... THROOPSVILLE AT 405 PM EDT... AUBURN AT 410 PM EDT... WYCKOFF AT 415 PM EDT... OWASCO AT 420 PM EDT... SKANEATELES AT 425 PM EDT... MARCELLUS AT 435 PM EDT... CAMILLUS AT 440 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. MSE
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:17 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and wires were downed in the southeast corner of the city. Penny size hail was also reported.
Penny size hail was also reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 114223, 114224.