A weak surface trough produced scattered showers and thunderstorms across the region. A few storms became severe, producing large hail and damaging winds across the Finger Lakes region.
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A weak surface trough produced scattered showers and thunderstorms across the region. A few storms became severe, producing large hail and damaging winds across the Finger Lakes region.
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 27, 12:59 PM EST, 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 159 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK SURFACE TROF WILL KEEP THE CHANCE FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION TODAY. A STRONGER CYCLONE PUSHING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES WILL BRING MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS MOVG THROUGH THIS MORNING. WITH HEATING SOME TS POSSIBLE THIS AFTN. UPDATED TO BUMP UP POPS AND SKY COVER. ISOLATED SEVERE STILL POSSIBLE BUT WITH TIMING OF SHORT WAVE IN PA PROBABLY WILL BE AFTER 18Z. MAX TEMPS AND WINDS ARE CLOSE TO PREVIOUS. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... OVERNIGHT CONVECTION CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE AS IT MOVES ACROSS FA, WHERE AMPLE CONVECTIVE INHIBITION IS IN PLACE. TODAY HAVE OPTED TO LEAN TOWARD MORE REASONABLE FWC POPS, AS THE MAV AND MET POPS HAVE BEEN FAR TOO HIGH THE PAST FEW DAYS. CURRENT SAT AND RADAR DEPICTION SHOWS ACTIVITY IS SCATTERED AT BEST, AND MODELS ARE OVERDOING WAVE STRENGTH AND SUFFERING FROM CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR A FEW STRONG STORMS THIS AFTERNOON, MAINLY OVER NORTHEASTERN PA AND THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NY. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... STACKED UPPER LEVEL AND SURFACE CYCLONE COMBO WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION ON SATURDAY, INCREASING LIKELIHOOD FOR WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. STAYED BELOW MOS POP GUIDANCE THROUGH THE PERIOD, BUT DID GO LIKELY FOR SUNDAY AS MULTIPLE WAVES ROTATE THROUGH THE TROF BASE INTO NY/PA. PARTICULARLY MOIST THIS PERIOD TOO, SO WE COULD PICK UP 0.50-1.00 INCHES OF QPF IN PERSISTENT PRECIP AREAS. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... MED RANGE MODEL SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO SHOW REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. UNSETTLED AS CUTOFF LOW OVER MICHIGAN SLOWLY MOVES EAST AND FILLS...SO BY END OF NEXT WEEK MAY GET A DRY WARM DAY. SFC COLD FRONT ON COAST SUN NGT INTO MONDAY WITH CUTOFF WELL WEST SO A RELATIVE LULL. SECONDARY COLD FRONT AND UL TROF TUESDAY. SLOW IMPROVEMENT WED TO THU AS UL TROF MOVES INTO NEW ENGLAND AND SFC HIGH BUILDS INTO OHIO VALLEY. MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SHOWERS WILL BE AFTERNOONS EARLY IN THE WEEK WITH DAYTIME HEATING CAUSING SHOWERS WITH COLD AIR ALOFT. && .AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... WEAK SFC TROF AND DIURNAL INSTABILITY RESPONSIBLE FOR WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION. ACTIVITY LIKELY TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS THEN DIMINISH QUICKLY THIS EVENING. INCLUDED 2-3 HOUR TEMPO GROUP IN ALL TAFS BUT KAVP FOR SHOWERS WITH MVFR CONDITIONS AND CB IN CLOUD GROUP TO IMPLY POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS. OVERNIGHT, MID/HIGH CLOUDS MAY KEEP FOG RESTRICTIONS IN MVFR CATEGORY. FOR NOW INCLUDED FOUR HOUR TEMPO GROUP 3-5SM BR TOWARD DAYBREAK WITH THIS CONDITION BEING PREVAILING AT KELM/KRME DUE TO RECENT HISTORY. ON SATURDAY, WRM FNT WILL BE IN THE VCNTY WITH PLENTY OF LOW/MID CLOUDS BUT STILL VFR. AFTERNOON CONVECTION LIKELY BUT NOT INCLUDED THROUGH 18Z. OUTLOOK... SAT AFT THRU TUE...OCNL MVFR/IFR IN TSRA/SHRA...ESPECIALLY SAT NIGHT AND SUNDAY. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DJP NEAR TERM...DJP/TAC SHORT TERM...DJP LONG TERM...JAB AVIATION...RRM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 312 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-280715- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO- OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE- 312 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NYZ062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-280715- SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA- LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 312 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD MAKE IT INTO NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS, AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PADAVONA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 216 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 NYZ022>025-055-271900- CHEMUNG NY-SCHUYLER NY-STEUBEN NY-TIOGA NY-TOMPKINS NY- 216 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 211 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 MONTEREY...AND MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MORELAND AND WEDGEWOOD AT 225 PM EDT... MONTOUR FALLS AND TOMPKINS CORNERS AT 230 PM EDT... ODESSA AND MILLPORT AT 235 PM EDT... CATHARINE AND HORSEHEADS NORTH AT 240 PM EDT... ALPINE AT 245 PM EDT... CAYUTA AT 250 PM EDT... ERIN AT 255 PM EDT... SWARTWOOD AND NORTH SPENCER AT 300 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:40 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and wires were also blown down in the town of Ulysses.
Trees fell on houses, and trees and wires were blown down in Genoa and Locke.
A spotter reported that a tree fell on a house in the Harris Hill Road area in the town of Locke.
Trees and wires were blown down in Summer Hill.
Trees and wires were blown down. Small hail was also reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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