A weak upper level disturbance triggered isolated, slow moving thunderstorms across the region.
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The episode as NWS BGM wrote it up.
A weak upper level disturbance triggered isolated, slow moving thunderstorms across the 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 Aug 28, 6:01 AM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 701 AM EDT WED AUG 28 2013 .SYNOPSIS... WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL BRING THE CHANCE FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA TODAY. FAIR AND WARM WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... 620 AM UPDATE... SCT -SHRA CONTINUE ACRS PORTIONS OF THE FINGER LAKES/CNTRL SRN TIER INTO NE PA. LCLY +RA IN SRN SENECA WHERE RDR ESTIMATES OVER 1.5 INCHES BUT AREA DRIFTING NWD AND NO PRBLMS XPCTD. ISOLD -SHRA HAVE ALSO DVPLD IN MADISON CNTY. JUST MINOR TWEEKS IN SHORT TERM GRIDS...MAIN ADJUSTMENT WAS TO REMOVE MENTION OF THUNDER FROM THE MRNG PD. PREV BLO... SCT -SHRA AND A FEW TSRA CRNTLY ACRS WRN PORTIONS OF THE FINGER LAKES AND CNTRL SRN TIER...WITH A FEW CELLS DVLPNG OVER NE PA. A COUPLE OF S/WV'S...BEST SEEN IN THE 700 MB WINDS...ARE NOTED EARLY THIS MRNG. ONE IS OVER SW NY MOVG SEWD...WITH ANOTHER NEAR GEORGIAN BAY. THE LATTER FEATURE WILL PASS THRU THIS AFTN. ISEN FCSTS SHOW BEST UPGLIDE ASSCD WITH WAA WILL BE ACRS WRN AND CNTRL PA THIS MRNG AS SFC LOW PRES DROPS SEWD. 00Z MDLS RUNS DVLPD CONVECTION THIS AFTN MAINLY ACRS NE PA...BUT MDL CVRG AND POPS LOOK SOMEWHAT OVERDONE. XPCT SHRA/TSRA TO BE SCT IN NATURE HERE...AND WENT CHC POPS FOR THIS AFTN...WITH SLGT CHC FURTHER TO THE N ACRS SRN NY. ANOTHER WARM DAY WITH MAXES GETTING BACK INTO THE 80-85 RNG MOST AREAS. LINGERING SCT ACTIVITY XPCTD TO DSPT EARLY THIS EVNG ACRS SE ZONES WITH PC TO MAINLY CLEAR SKIES TNGT. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... MAINLY FAIR WEATHER THIS PD. HIGH PRES CNTRD OVER THE CNTRL GTLAKES WILL BUILD SEWD WITH FAIR WX FOR THU AND THU NGT. AFTER THIS TIME MDLS DIVERGE A BIT. FCST AREA REMAINS IN NWLY FLOW ALOFT WITH WEAK DISTURBANCES. GFS...AND TO A LESSER XTNT THE GEM...HINT AT PSBLTY OF SCT CONVECTION ON FRI AFTN. ON FRI NGT...THE NAM AND EURO SUGGEST POTNL FOR MCS MOVG EWD OUT OF THE GTLAKES. FOR NOW JUST RAISED POPS TO SLGT CHC TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. TEMPS REMAINING ON WARM SIDE. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... 345 AM WED UPDATE... LTL CHG MADE TO THE EXTENDED FCST ATTM...AS EC/GFS PROGS CONTINUE TO SHOW A DVLPG ERN CANADIAN/NERN CONUS TROUGH NEXT WEEK...IN BETWEEN A WRN PLAINS/ROCKIES FRONT RANGE RIDGE...AND ANOTHER LARGE UPR RIDGE OVER THE WRN ATLANTIC. IN GENERAL...THIS TRANSLATES TO INCREASINGLY UNSETTLED CONDS FROM LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPS LIKELY ON THE WAY FROM TUE ONWARD. AS FOR THE DAILY SENSIBLE WX...CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND...AS SOME NWP GUIDANCE HAS BEEN INDICATING POTENTIAL SHWR/TSTM DVLPMT ACRS PA/SRN NY BY SAT...WITH SVRL UPR-LVL S/WVS DROPPING DOWN IN THE NW FLOW PATN ALOFT...AND A SFC WARM FRNT SLOWLY APPROACHING FROM THE S AND W. CURRENT SCHC POPS LOOK OK FOR NOW...CONSIDERING ALL THE NWP DISCREPANCIES. PROSPECTS FOR SHWRS/TSTMS SHOULD INCREASE WITH TIME SUN-MON...AS THE ABV MENTIONED WARM FRNT MOVES INTO THE FA SUN...FOLLOWED BY A STG COLD FRNT BY LTR MON/MON NGT. LINGERING SCHC/CHC POPS IN OUR NRN ZNS FOR TUE SEEM QUITE REASONABLE...AS WE COULD SEE SOME SORT OF LAKE RESPONSE...DEPENDING ON JUST HOW COOL/MOIST THE INCOMING AMS IS BY THAT TIME. FAIRLY WARM TEMPS SAT-MON (HIGHS FROM THE UPR 70S-MID 80S)...SHOULD TREND DOWNWARD STARING TUE (MAX TEMPS LWRG TO THE 60S AND LWR 70S). PREV DISC... 225 PM UPDATE... MED RANGE MODELS CONSISTENTLY INDICATING THAT WRN RIDGE BCMS SQUASHED OVR THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES FOR THE WEEKEND. THIS WL LEAD TO TROFFING ACRS THE EAST COAST TAKING OVR. BY 12Z SUNDAY, 12Z GFS AND 00Z EURO INDICATE TROF DIGGING INTO ONTARIO PROVINCE WITH 590 RIDGE CNTRD NEAR THE 4-CORNERS REGION. SOME UNDULATIONS WITH THIS TROF OCCUR LATE IN EXTNDD WITH AN ULTIMATE PLACEMENT OF H5 LOW ACRS NERN QUEBEC BY 12Z TUESDAY. AT THE SFC, MED RANGE MODELS BRINGING SFC LOW THRU ERN CANADIAN PROVINCES ON SUNDAY WITH CDFNT EXTENDING BACK THRU THE UPPER MIDWEST AND WM FRONTAL BNDRY THRU THE MID-ATLANTIC. THUS HV SHOWN A SLOW INCRS IN POPS FM THE SOUTH SAT NGT INTO SUNDAY WITH MAX CVRG (I.E. 50 POPS) AHD OF FRONTAL BNDRY IN TSTMS ON MONDAY AFTN. LATEST GFS IS ABOUT 6 HOURS SLOWER THAN 00Z EC AND WL TREND TWD SLOWER GFS AS MAJORITY OF GFS ENSEMBLES ALSO INDICATE THIS SLOWER PROGRESS. CAA EXPECTED TO FOLLOW BHND FRONTAL BNDRY ON MONDAY WITH H8 TEMPS DROPPING TO NR +5C ON TUESDAY. HV STARTED TREND DOWN ON MAX TEMPS WITH HIGHS ONLY EXPECTED TO BE IN THE U60S BY MID-WEEK. WL CONTINUE WITH PERSISTENT OF SLGT CHC/CHC POPS FOR END OF THE PD WITH LK EFFECT RESPONSE EXPECTED. && .AVIATION /12Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... 12Z WED UPDATE... A BKN BAND OF SHWRS/ISOLD THUNDER CONTINUES TO DRIFT VERY SLOWLY EWD THIS MRNG INTO CNY/NE PA. OVERALL...WE EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO EXHIBIT A WEAKENING TREND BY LATE MRNG/EARLY AFTN...AS DRIER AIR STARTS TO FUNNEL DOWN FROM THE NE. IN THE MEANTIME...THOUGH...IF ANY OF THESE CELLS DRIFT OVER A TERMINAL SITE...THEY COULD EASILY PRODUCE AT LEAST BRIEF RESTRICTIONS. THUS...FOR NOW...WE'VE INDICATED THE POTENTIAL FOR MVFR CONDS THIS MRNG AT KELM/KITH/KBGM/KAVP. WE'VE OPTED NOT TO INCLUDE ANY TSRA ATTM...WITH LIMITED LIGHTNING ACTIVITY NOTED THUS FAR. TSRA CAN BE INSERTED FOR INDIVIDUAL SITES AND SMALLER TIME WINDOWS...ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS. BY MID TO LATE AFTN...WE SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE IMPROVEMENT WITH THE ABV MENTIONED DRIER N TO NELY FLOW...SO VFR WAS INDICATED AREA-WIDE BY 18-21Z. TNT...WITH DRIER AIR CONTINUING TO MOVE IN...MOSTLY SKC ARE EXPECTED. THE DEGREES OF BOTH LOW-LVL DRY ADVECTION...AND A BREEZE NEAR THE SFC...ARE EXPECTED CUT DOWN ON FOG DVLPMT OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY THU. THERE IS STILL SOME POTENTIAL FOR RADIATION FOG TWDS DAYBREAK AT KELM...AND WE'VE INTRODUCED MVFR RESTRICTIONS ARND 09Z. OUTLOOK... THU...AFTER PSBL EARLY AM RESTRICTIONS IN FOG AT KELM...VFR. FRI THROUGH SUNDAY...MAINLY VFR. LATE NGT/EARLY AM FOG PSBL...PRIMARILY AT KELM. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM... SHORT TERM... LONG TERM...MLJ/PVN AVIATION...MLJ/RRM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 338 AM EDT WED AUG 28 2013 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-290745- 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- 338 AM EDT WED AUG 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:56 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Oquaga Lake Road was washing out due to rapidly flowing water over the road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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