A strong cold front pushed east across central New York during the afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms accompanied the front, with several storms producing damaging wind gusts.
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A strong cold front pushed east across central New York during the afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms accompanied the front, with several storms producing 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 Sep 8, 8:27 AM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 927 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 .SYNOPSIS... OUR MAIN WEATHER CONCERN IS FOR A POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK TODAY. A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE OHIO VALLEY NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN CANADA BY SATURDAY EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL PUSH A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION FROM THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY PRIMARILY ALONG THE COLD FRONT. ON SUNDAY...UNSETTLED AND MUCH COOLER WEATHER WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN WITH DRY AND SEASONABLE WEATHER FOR MONDAY TO THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... 4 AM UPDATE... THIS WILL BE THE MOST ACTIVE PERIOD OF THE WEEK. A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE SLOWLY EAST AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT IN SE ONTARIO THEN SW INTO OHIO. CONTINUE TO BE IN A SPC MODERATE RISK. BIGGEST THREAT DAMAGING WINDS BUT HAIL AND TORNADOES ALSO POSSIBLE. FACTORS COMING TOGETHER AS EXPECTED. WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE LINE WITH STRENGTHENING WINDS AT ALL LEVELS. SFC WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 25 WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE LOW LEVEL JET IS AROUND 50 KTS WHILE THE UPPER LEVEL JET IS OVER 100 KTS. THE AREA WILL FALL INTO THE RIGHT REAR QUAD HELPING WITH UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AND LIFT. DEW POINTS IN THE LOW AND MID 60S NOW WILL RISE A FEW DEGREES MORE. MILD TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE TIME BEFORE THE ONSET OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO RISE INTO THE UPPER 70S. LOW CLOUDS WILL BURN OFF AND MOVE AWAY THIS MORNING LEAVING ONLY SOME HIGH CLOUDS TO INHIBIT MAX HEATING. WITH THE LINE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES AROUND NOON...TEMPERATURES WILL BE SUPPRESSED LEADING TO LESS LIFT. THE THUNDERSTORM LINE WILL MOVE TO THE I81 CORRIDOR MID AFTERNOON SO MORE HEATING WILL TAKE PLACE. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT THE FAR EASTERN ZONES BY 8 PM. PWATS BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES SO THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE HEAVY RAIN. WITH THE STRONG WINDS THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING BUT WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR TRAINING. A FEW ISOLATED TSTORMS COULD FORM AHEAD OF THE LINE ADDING TO THE RAINFALL. THESE STORMS COULD BE SPINNING WITH THE MOST SHEAR AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE. BEHIND THE FRONT DRY AND COLD AIR ADVECTION. SHOULD BE A BREAK BETWEEN THE LAKE EFFECT AND THE COLD FRONTAL PRECIP DURING THE EVENING. A SECOND SHORT WAVE...SURFACE COLD FRONT AND THE UPPER LEVEL TROF WILL APPROACH LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL START RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... 4 AM UPDATE... SUNDAY TO SUNDAY NIGHT A COLD NW FLOW AND UPPER LEVEL TROF WILL START UP THE LAKE EFFECT MACHINE. RAIN SHOWERS WILL OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL NY THIS PERIOD...AND PROBABLY INTO NE PA SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH DIURNAL HEATING ADDING TO THE MODERATE LAKE INSTABILITY. 850MB TEMPS FALL TO AROUND PLUS 4 AT SYR WHILE LAKE ONTARIO SFC TEMPS ARE IN THE LOW 70S. WITH THE CLOUDS AND SHOWERS TEMPERATURES MOST OF THE DAY WILL BE IN THE 60S WITH HIGHS IN THE U60S AND L70S. A LARGE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE FROM SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA BUILDS INTO THE REGION MONDAY ON. IT WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE AREA TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING DRY AIR WEAKENING ANY LINGERING LAKE EFFECT EARLY MONDAY. EARLY MONDAY THE UPPER LEVEL TROF IS STILL OVER THE AREA WITH COLD AIR AND A WEAK NW LOW LEVEL FLOW. MAY NEED TO PUT IN SOME POPS FOR MONDAY MORNING BUT FOR NOW HAVE KEPT IT DRY WHICH IS IN LINE WITH MOST SURROUNDING OFFICES. LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT RISING UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS AND RISING 850MB TEMPS WILL CUT ANY LAKE EFFECT CLOUDS. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... 9 AM UPDATE...WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED TODAY AND A QUIET LONG TERM PERIOD...NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE LONG TERM FORECAST. THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION IS BELOW. 4 AM SAT UPDATE... STEADY AS SHE GOES FOR THE MED RANGE...AS MODEL CONSENSUS CONTS TO DEPICT A DRY WEEK ACRS NY/PA...WITH SPRAWLING HIGH PRES AT THE SFC IN CONTROL OVER THE ERN U.S. READINGS WILL START OUT COOL EARLY IN THE WEEK (HIGHS 70-75)...BUT WILL MODIFY WITH TIME...AND MAX TEMPS SHOULD CLIMB BACK TWDS 80 DEGS...IF NOT IN THE 80S...BY WEEK'S END. PREV DISC... MODELS IN REMARKABLY GOOD AGREEMENT THRU THE LONG TERM PD BRINGING A HIGHER CONFIDENCE FCST. PD BEGINS WITH A SHARP TROF OVER NEW ENG AND A RDG BLDG OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THRU THE PD...SFC AND UPR RDGS SLOWLY SLIDE EAST BRINGING VERY DRY AIR IN INTO THE REGION WITH LTL CHANCE OF PCPN. HWVR...BY THU...RDG BREAKDOWN...ESP ON THE ECMWF...COULD ALLOW SOME LGT SHWRS ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK SFC COLD FNT DROPPING IN FROM CANADA. MODEL TEMPS AND HPC GUID WERE ALSO IN GOOD AGREEMENT SO I SAW LTL REASON TO DEVIATE FROM HPC. && .AVIATION /14Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... 12Z SAT UPDATE... THE MAIN STORIES TDY WILL BE THE INCREASINGLY STG GUSTY WINDS...AND ALSO POTENTIAL SVR TSRA THIS AFTN. LTR THIS MRNG INTO THE AFTN (14-20Z)...SFC WINDS WILL LIKELY MAXIMIZE...WITH 35-40 KT GUSTS FROM THE S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. MAINLY VFR ANTICIPATED TIL LTR THIS AFTN...WITH PERHAPS SOME BRIEF MVFR CIGS THROUGH ABT 14Z AT KELM/KITH/KBGM/KAVP. A LN OF INTENSE TSRA SHOULD RACE ACRS THE RGN LATE THIS AFTN (20-23Z)...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 40-50 KT WIND GUSTS AND BRIEF RESTRICTIONS. THIS EVE...CONDS SHOULD RETURN TO VFR POST-FROPA AT KITH/KELM/KBGM/KAVP. HOWEVER...AT KSYR/KRME...A PD OF MVFR CIGS SEEMS LIKELY. OUTLOOK... SUN...MVFR CIGS/SCTD -SHRA PSBL...SPCLY KSYR/KRME. MON THRU WED...VFR...WITH PSBL EARLY AM RESTRICTIONS IN FOG...SPCLY KELM. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...TAC NEAR TERM...TAC SHORT TERM...TAC LONG TERM...DGM/MLJ AVIATION...HEDEN/MLJ/SLI
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1005 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 NYZ009-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072- 091415- NORTHERN ONEIDA-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO- TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE- WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 1005 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM TORONTO INTO EASTERN CANADA THIS EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL PUSH A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AN INTENSE LINE OF CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE BUT DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE LARGEST THREAT TODAY. IN ADDITION, AHEAD OF THIS FRONT AND LINE OF CONVECTION, SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP WITH A FEW HAVING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. NYZ015>018-022>025-091415- YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG- TOMPKINS- 1005 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 634 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM TORONTO INTO EASTERN CANADA THIS EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL PUSH A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AN INTENSE LINE OF CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE BUT DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE LARGEST THREAT TODAY. IN ADDITION, AHEAD OF THIS FRONT AND LINE OF CONVECTION, SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP WITH A FEW HAVING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1145 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
NYZ015-016-022-023-081645-
SCHUYLER NY-SENECA NY-STEUBEN NY-YATES NY-
1145 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN SENECA...
STEUBEN...WESTERN SCHUYLER AND YATES COUNTIES...
* AT 1140 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF VINE VALLEY TO 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GREENWOOD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WEST GREENWOOD AND HASKINVILLE AT 1150 AM EDT...
CANISTEO AT 1155 AM EDT...
WILLEYVILLE AND HOWARD AT NOON EDT...
VINE VALLEY AND YOUNG HICKORY AT 1205 PM EDT...
RUSHVILLE AND MIDDLESEX AT 1210 PM EDT...
ITALY AT 1215 PM EDT...
POTTER AND ITALY HILL AT 1220 PM EDT...
FRIEND AND WOODHULL AT 1225 PM EDT...
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
LAT...LON 4228 7774 4258 7758 4258 7737 4271 7736
4277 7731 4277 7699 4302 7697 4303 7683
4200 7709 4199 7774
RRMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1155 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 NYZ045-055>057-PAZ038-039-081700- BRADFORD PA-BROOME NY-CHENANGO NY-DELAWARE NY-SUSQUEHANNA PA-TIOGA NY- 1155 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BROOME...EXTREME WEST CENTRAL DELAWARE...NORTHEASTERN BRADFORD...NORTHWESTERN SUSQUEHANNA... SOUTHEASTERN TIOGA AND SOUTHWESTERN CHENANGO COUNTIES... * AT 1153 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROME...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ORWELL AND HERRICKVILLE AT NOON EDT... WEST WARREN AND WINDHAM AT 1205 PM EDT... LITTLE MEADOWS AND WARREN CENTER AT 1210 PM EDT... TIOGA TERRACE AND FRIENDSVILLE AT 1215 PM EDT... VESTAL CENTER AND VESTAL AT 1220 PM EDT... JOHNSON CITY AND ENDWELL AT 1225 PM EDT... BINGHAMTON AND PORT DICKINSON AT 1230 PM EDT... SANITARIA SPGS AND PORT CRANE AT 1235 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. LAT...LON 4247 7571 4211 7536 4169 7639 4189 7653 HEDEN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1214 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
NYZ009-015>018-022-023-025-036-044-081715-
CAYUGA NY-CORTLAND NY-MADISON NY-ONEIDA NY-ONONDAGA NY-SCHUYLER
NY-SENECA NY-STEUBEN NY-TOMPKINS NY-YATES NY-
1214 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CAYUGA...EASTERN YATES...
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ONEIDA...NORTHEASTERN STEUBEN...NORTHERN
SCHUYLER...NORTHERN TOMPKINS...NORTHWESTERN MADISON...ONONDAGA...
SENECA AND WESTERN CORTLAND COUNTIES...
* AT 1210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY
WINDS TO 45 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES WEST OF LYSANDER TO
PULTENEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
LEHIGH VLY JCT AND MONTEZUMA AT 1220 PM EDT...
LYSANDER AND UNION SPRINGS AT 1225 PM EDT...
SENNETT AND LEVANNA AT 1230 PM EDT...
WILLETS AND MERRIFIELD AT 1235 PM EDT...
WYCKOFF AND VENICE CENTER AT 1240 PM EDT...
SHERWOOD AND NILES AT 1245 PM EDT...
NEW HOPE AND MORAVIA AT 1250 PM EDT...
SEMPRONIUS AND DRESSERVILLE AT 1255 PM EDT...
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
LAT...LON 4277 7709 4277 7699 4295 7697 4302 7692
4303 7650 4323 7647 4324 7631 4321 7627
4324 7627 4321 7623 4323 7620 4321 7604
4316 7592 4317 7589 4319 7588 4318 7582
4246 7605 4247 7728
RRMThe Binghamton radar (KBGM), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:36 UTC.
14 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A barn was damaged in Lodi on Keady Road. A 40 x 200 foot tin roof was blown off the barn and landed in the road. A house was damaged due to numerous trees that fell on it.
Numerous trees and wires were blown down.
A few trees were blown down.
A tree was blown down.
Six trees were snapped off along Birch Road in Lakeland. A portion of a tree fell on a house. Also, large limbs were blown down throughout the area.
A tree was blown down at Willows Apartments on 7th North Street.
A tree fell against a house at Hamilton Road and Kennedy Lane.
A tree and power lines were taken down on Nelson Road, just south of Canastota.
Numerous trees were blown down.
Metal roofing was blown off a house and a tree was uprooted.
One foot diameter branches were blown down.
Trees were blown down, blocking a roadway.
Numerous trees were blown down all over town.
Several trees were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, September 2012
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: 408606, 408620, 408604, 408618, 408616, 408614, 408607, 408617, 408608, 408609, 408610, 408611, 408612, 408613.