Scattered thunderstorms developed in a hot and humid airmass in place across the region. Isolated storms produced large hail and damaging winds.
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The episode as NWS BGM wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed in a hot and humid airmass in place across the region. Isolated storms produced large hail and damaging 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 Jun 7, 3:18 PM EST, 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 418 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008 .SYNOPSIS... HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. THERE IS THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY WITH THIS CHANCE DIMINISHING ON MONDAY. A BREAK FROM THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS LIKELY ON TUESDAY...WHEN A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... ISOLATED CONVECTION ACROSS SE PTN OF FA CONTINUES PULSE LIKE NATURE DUE TO WEAKENING SHEAR. ACTIVITY WEAKLY FORCED DUE TO MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE AND WEAK SFC TROF. A FEW CELLS HAVE APPROACHED SEVERE LIMITS BUT NOTHING REPORTED YET. THIS ACTIVITY MAY LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE DISSIPATING. KEPT ISOLATED TSRA IN SE ZONES. FURTHER WEST, WEAKER RETURNS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER WESTERN NY DURING THE PAST HOUR. HERE INSTABILITY MUCH WEAKER DUE TO LOWER DEW POINTS. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH SOON WITH LOSS OF MAX HEATING. REST OF OVERNIGHT PERIOD WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY AND MUGGY WITH LOWS IN THE MID/UPR 60S. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/... SUNDAY...BOTH GFS/NAM INDICATE A SERIES OF WEAK SHORT WAVES WILL OVERRIDE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. AGAIN LIKE TODAY FORCING RATHER WEAK. INDICES ARE BETTER THAN TODAY WITH DEW POINTS INCREASING TO AROUND 70. BULK SHEAR VALUES ALSO RESPECTABLE WITH NO DECREASE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. WITH DIFFICULTY IN TIMING WEAK SHORT WAVES MOVING INTO AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUED WITH LOW CHC POPS FOR MOST OF SUNDAY. TEMPS WILL BE SIMILAR TO TODAY WITH T85 AROUND 19C. SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY...BOTH NAM/GFS HINTING AT MCS DEVELOPMENT LATE SUNDAY NIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE MOVING FROM GEORGIAN BAY AREA EAST ACROSS NY/CANADIAN BORDER. DUE TO THIS FEATURE INCLUDED LOW CHC POPS AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO MID MORNING MONDAY FOR NRN CWA. ONCE THIS MOVES THROUGH CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL LOOKS WEAK WITH MID/UPR LEVEL HEIGHTS RISING IN RESPONSE TO UPPER LEVEL TROF MOVING INTO THE UPR GREAT LAKES ALONG WITH WEAKER SHEAR VALUES. ALSO MOS GUIDANCE INDICATING SLIGHTLY LOWER DEW POINTS IT WILL LIKELY BE THE HOTTEST DAY OF THIS FIRST HEAT WAVE WITH T85 APPROACHING 20/21C. MAXES WILL GENERALLY RANGE IN THE LOW/MID 90S. MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY...NAM FASTER WITH FROPA THAN GFS/ECMWF. LEANED TOWARD THE NAM SOLUTION WITH FROPA DURING THE LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON PERIOD. FOR NOW CONTINUED WITH JUST CHC POPS, ONCE TIMING BECOMES MORE CERTAIN POPS WILL PROBABLY BE INCREASED TO LIKELY. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... USED A BLEND OF HPC AND GFS GUIDANCE THIS PERIOD. MODEL CONSENSUS BRINGS A COOL FRONT THROUGH THE AREA LATE TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SLIGHTLY COOLER DRIER AIR FOLLOWS FOR WEDNESDAY. LATER IN THE WEEK...IT STILL APPEARS THAT A LARGE-SCALE RIDGE WILL REBUILD OVER THE EASTERN U.S...WITH HEAT AND HUMIDITY LIKELY RETURNING. THE NEXT SERIES OF UPPER-LEVEL WAVES...AND A SURFACE COLD FRONT...COULD APPROACH BY THE END OF THE WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEKEND...WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS INDICATED IN THE FORECAST AT THAT TIME. && .AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... FOR THE MOST PART...VFR CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF KBGM AND KAVP LATE THIS AFTERNOON...SO HAVE INCLUDED A CB GROUP THROUGH ABOUT 21Z. ALSO...ONCE AGAIN...A FEW HOURS OF MVFR VISIBILITIES IN EARLY MORNING FOG/HAZE CAN BE ANTICIPATED ON SUNDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MAY FIRE BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING...BUT UNCERTAIN COVERAGE/TIMING PRECLUDES THEIR MENTION IN THE TERMINALS AT THIS TIME. WEST TO NORTHWEST SURFACE WINDS 10-20 KT THIS AFTERNOON...WILL BECOME LIGHT TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST OR WEST TO 10-20 KT BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. OUTLOOK... SUN NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...MOSTLY VFR. BRIEF RESTRICTIONS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY EACH MORNING...IN FOG/HAZE...AND DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...RRM NEAR TERM...RRM SHORT TERM...RRM LONG TERM...MLJ AVIATION...MLJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 322 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-080730- 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- 322 AM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE FACTOR ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...AS HIGH TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO NEAR 90 ON SUNDAY...AND INTO THE LOWER 90S ON MONDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BRING HEAT INDICES INTO THE 90S...AND POTENTIALLY CLOSE TO 100 DEGREES SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOONS. USE CAUTION IF OUTDOORS IN THE SUNSHINE THIS WEEKEND AND ON MONDAY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND SEEK A COOL PLACE IF SIGNS OF HEAT STRESS DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL-HAZARDS OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BINGHAMTON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. ARNOTT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1230 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008 NYZ022>025-055-071715- CHEMUNG NY-SCHUYLER NY-STEUBEN NY-TIOGA NY-TOMPKINS NY- 1230 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 1222 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH CORNING... AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ELMIRA HEIGHTS AND ELMIRA AT 1240 PM EDT... ERIN AND CAYUTA AT 1250 PM EDT... LOCKWOOD AND VAN ETTEN AT 100 PM EDT... SPENCER AND LITCHFIELD AT 105 PM EDT... ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS SCHUYLER COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 40 MPH WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL. MSE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 139 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008 NYZ046-071830- OTSEGO NY- 139 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 135 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 NORTHWEST OF HARTWICK...AND MOVING EAST AT 41 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HYDE PARK AND INDEX AT 145 PM EDT... BOWERSTOWN AND WESTVILLE AT 150 PM EDT... MIDDLEFIELD AND ELK CREEK AT 155 PM EDT... WESTFORD AND CHERRY VALLEY AT 200 PM EDT... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THIS STATION FOR MORE UPDATES ON THIS STORM. MSE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 223 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008 PAZ038-039-071930- BRADFORD PA-SUSQUEHANNA PA- 223 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 217 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 LE RAYSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BIRCHARDVILLE AT 230 PM EDT... WYOANNA AT 235 PM EDT... MONTROSE AT 240 PM EDT... ALFORD AND NEW MILFORD AT 250 PM EDT... HARFORD AND LAKESIDE AT 255 PM EDT... GIBSON AND LAKEVIEW AT 300 PM EDT... JACKSON AT 305 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 248 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008 NYZ045-046-057-071915- CHENANGO NY-DELAWARE NY-OTSEGO NY- 248 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN CHENANGO... SOUTHWESTERN OTSEGO...AND NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTIES... * AT 247 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 SIDNEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MASONVILLE AT 255 PM EDT... YOUNGS AND UNADILLA AT 300 PM EDT... WELLS BRIDGE AT 305 PM EDT... SIDNEY CENTER AND EAST SIDNEY AT 310 PM EDT... FRANKLIN AND LOOMIS AT 315 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. MJ
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:21 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees fell on a recreational vehicle at Countryside Family Campground Northwest of Honesdale.
Wind damage occurred north of Milford.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, June 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: 114512, 114513.