A cold front brought thunderstorms to northeast Pennsylvania during the morning hours, resulting in wind damage.
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A cold front brought thunderstorms to northeast Pennsylvania during the morning hours, resulting in wind damage.
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 Jul 28, 9:21 AM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1021 AM EDT SUN JUL 28 2013 .SYNOPSIS... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES, WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON, BEFORE ENDING TONIGHT WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER WILL BUILD INTO MOST OF THE REGION ON MONDAY. HOWEVER AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING LAKE EFFECT SHOWERS TO PORTIONS OF UPSTATE NEW YORK THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... 1010 AM UPDATE... QUICK UPDATE WITH ONGOING HEAVY RAIN AND POTENTIAL FOR WIND IN THE NEXT HOUR. MAIN COLD FRONT IS NEAR OR JUST WEST OF A ROCHESTER TO OLEAN NY LINE. AN AREA OF HEAVIER RAIN HAS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE MAIN FRONT ALONG A PREFRONTAL TROF EXTENDING SOUTH OUT OF CNY INTO THE NORTHERN TIER OF PA. ACTIVITY IS LIKELY BEING ENHANCED WITH A PRONOUNCED PUNCH OF DRIER AIR NOW MOVING INTO WESTERN NY AND WEST CENTRAL PA. MAIN THREATS THUS FAR HAVE BEEN HEAVY RAIN. A QUICK LOOK AT THE MESO ANALYSIS FROM SPC SHOWS ANOTHER CLASSIC LOW CAPE (500 J/KG) HIGH SHEAR (0-6 BULK SHEAR 40-45 KT) EVENT. BASED ON THE 45 KT WIND GUST OBSERVATION AT WILLIAMSPORT WITHIN THE PAST HOUR...CAREFULLY WILL WATCH THE CONVECTION NEAR LAPORTE FOR WIND POTENTIAL AS IT MOVES NORTH AND EAST NEXT FEW HOURS. FIRST UP WILL BE BRADFORD...WYOMING...LUZERNE COUNTIES. HEAVY RAIN THREAT ALSO EXISTS AND EVEN THOUGH THE LINES ARE AGAIN TAKING ON A SOUTH TO NORTH ORIENTATION...IT APPEARS THEY ARE MOVING JUST ENOUGH TO THE EAST TO PREVENT WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS. WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE WIND AND HEAVY RAIN THREAT IN THE HWO THIS TIME NEAR I-81 CORRIDOR NEXT FEW HOURS BUT SLIDING EAST OF I-81 THIS AFTERNOON. THE PREVIOUS AFD IS BELOW... 630 AM UPDATE... JUST A QUICK TOUCH-UP TO FRESHEN T/TD GRIDS. ALL THINGS APPEAR TO BE ON TRACK WITH AREA OF SHOWERS HEADING THRU WRN PA AT THIS TIME AND TIMING OF IT LOOKS TO MV INTO CWA BTWN 11Z AND 12Z WHEN POPS GO TO LKLY. LKLY POPS ALSO ACRS SERN ZONES AS S/WV ENTERING FM THE DELMARVA, THUS ALL THINGS LOOK TO BE COOPERATING WITH FCST AT THIS TIME. 240 AM UPDATE... H5 LOW IS ESSENTIALLY SPINNING OVR THE SAME PLACE AS LAST NGT. CWA CONTS TO EXPERIENCE SRLY FLOW, SUPPLYING AXIS OF 1.6 INCH PW VALUES PER BLENDED TPW SATELLITE PRODUCT. IN ADDITION, WV AFT WV CONTS TO SPREAD SHOWERS AND OCCASIONALLY EMBEDDED THUNDER INTO FA. LINE OF SHOWERS THRU CENTER PART OF CWA IS ASSOC'D WITH ELONGATED WV ROTATING THRU MID-ATLANTIC STATES. EXPECT MAIN CORE OF THIS S/WV TO SPARK OFF WIDESPREAD RAIN ACRS SERN ZONES ARND 08Z THIS MRNG. THIS AREA OF RAIN LOOKS AS THO IT WL GO JUST TO THE EAST OF HVY CORE OF RAIN FM LAST EVENING SO AS NOT TO POSE A FLOOD THREAT, BUT WL HV TO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS EVOLVING SITUATION. BASED ON MVMNT OF PCPN DOWN NR D.C. AND ALL MODEL SOLNS THIS AXIS APPEARS AS THO IT WL AFFECT AREAS EAST OF I-81 AND SOUTH OF I-88. SFC LOW LOCATED OVR CNTRL GREAT LKS WL HEAD NORTH THIS AFTN TWD HUDSON BAY. AS IT DOES SO THIS SFC LOW WL WRAP UP AND BCM OCCLUDED WITH MAIN FNTL BNDRY MVG THRU TONIGHT. CONVECTION EXPECTED TO DVLP AHD OF FRONT THIS AFTN WITH WRN ZONES ONLY EXPERIENCING SCTD CONVECTION WITH LKLY FURTHER TO THE EAST. AS FOR SVR POTENTIAL THIS AFTN CHCS LOOK TO BE MARGINAL AT BEST. AREA WL BE SOCKED IN WITH CLDS AND EXTENSIVE MOISTURE WITH CAPES BARELY TOPPING 400 J/KG AND WK LAPSE RATES. HWVR, WIND SHEAR INCREASES THRU THE DAY AND UL JET STREAK OF 100KTS+ AT 250MB MVS INTO WRN NY BY 12Z THIS MRNG WITH MOST OF CWA IN RRQ, FAVORABLE FOR UL DIVERGENCE. OVERALL, EXPECT SVR CHCS LOOK TO BE ISOLD BUT WL MENTION IN HWO JUST AS A HEADS-UP. BIGGEST THREAT LOOKS TO BE LOCALLY HVY RAINFALL WITH SHOWERS MVG FM SOUTH TO NORTH IN SRLY FLOW. STORM TOTALS FM YDA'S RAIN WAS GNRLY ARND ONE-QUARTER TO ONE-HALF INCH AREAWIDE WITH A FEW STRIPES OF 1-2 INCH AMNTS OVR PARTS OF THE REGION. AS FOR MAX TEMPS TDA, ONLY EXPECTING M/U 70S AT THIS TIME DUE TO SATD ENVIRONMENT AND VRY LITTLE SOLAR INSOLATION. SHOWERS WL SLOWLY WIND DOWN THIS EVNG. FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CLR CWA BY 06Z WITH SHOWERS COMING TO AN END BY MIDNIGHT FOR AREAS WEST OF I-81. HWVR, UL LOW WL CONT TO LURK IN THE VICINITY, LDG TO PCLDY CONDS LATE SUN NGT AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLD SHOWER OR TWO. HWVR AM NOT CONFIDENT ENUF TO INCLUDE IN GRIDS AT THIS TIME. MAIN S/WV TROF BEING FLUNG ARND BY H5 LOW EXPECTED TO LIFT THRU CWA BTWN 06Z AND 12Z MON, POSSIBLY BRINGING PCPN TO A SHORT END IN SUBSIDENCE BHND WV. HWVR, ALL BETS ARE OFF FOR MON AFTN WITH REGARD TO PCPN. LWR DWPTS WL SPREAD IN BHND FRONT WITH TD'S DROPPING DOWN INTO THE 50S. THIS WL BRING SUN NGT MINS INTO THE MID-50S. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... 240 AM UPDATE... UL LOW WL BE OVR SRN CANADA ON MONDAY WITH COLD H5 TEMPS ALOFT LDG TO SHOWERS DVLPNG OFF AND ON THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THINKING IS THAT BEST CHC FOR SHOWERS WL BE NORTH OF THE STATE BORDER BUT ONLY 30-40% AT MOST. LK EFFECT RAIN SHOWERS EXPECTED ON MON NGT AS H8 TEMPS DROP TO ARND +8C AND LK TEMPS IN THE LWR 20S. THIS WL KEEP MOCLDY CONDS IN FOR AREAS NORTH OF THE NY THRUWAY THRU 12Z TUESDAY. SFC HIPRES BUILDS IN FM THE WEST ON TUESDAY WITH ZONAL PATTERN DVLPNG ALOFT AS TROF LIFTS OFF INTO CANADIAN MARITIMES. PCPN WL COME TO AND END ON TUESDAY WITH TUE NGT RMN MOSTLY DRY BARRING ANY UNFORESEEN WVS ROTATING THRU. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... TUESDAY NIGHT AND WED LOOK LIKE GOOD WEATHER DAYS. CLOUDS AND A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWER BY LATE DAY. COLD FRONT MOVES INTO GREAT LAKE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT. POSSIBLE WARM FRONTAL WAVE TO OUR SOUTH. INCREASING CLOUDS AND POPS MOVING INTO THURSDAY. FRONT PROGRESSES THROUGH THE REGION THURS AND THURS NIGHT. FRIDAY LOOKING AT NW FLOW. SOME LAKE ENHANCE CLOUDS AND MAYBE A LIGHT SHOWER OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN DOWN WIND. CLEARING CONDITION BY EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT BUT NOW WE ARE IN A FAST WESTERLY FLOW PATTERN ALOFT AND THE NEXT SYSTEM IS ALREADY ADVANCING CLOUDS BY MORNING WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. && .AVIATION /14Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... HIGHLY VARIABLE CONDITIONS THIS MRNG BUT OVERALL TREND IS XPCTD TO BE THE LIFTING OF IFR/MVFR CIGS OVER NE PA AND THE SRN TIER OF NY TO VFR. HOWEVER...SCT SHRA THIS MRNG WILL PRODUCE PDS OF MVFR. THIS AFTN ANOTHER ROUND OF SHRA/TSRA IS LIKELY...SPCLY FROM THE I-81 CORRIDOR EWD WHERE MVFR IS LIKELY. THERE MAY ALSO BE A PERIOD OF POST-FNTL MVFR CIGS THIS EVNG/TNGT. WINDS GNRLY S TO SE 5-10 KTS THIS MRNG...INCRSNG TO 10-15 KTS THIS AFTN...WITH FLOW BECMG WRLY 5-10 KTS TNGT. .OUTLOOK... MON...VFR. TUE/WED...VFR. SOME MORNING IFR FOG IN VALLEYS. THU...MAINLY VFR BECOMING MVFR. LOCAL IFR IN TSRA. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...PVN NEAR TERM...HEDEN/PVN SHORT TERM...PVN LONG TERM...BMW AVIATION...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 315 AM EDT SUN JUL 28 2013 NYZ009-018-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048- 072-290715- NORTHERN ONEIDA-ONONDAGA-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO- OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA- NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 315 AM EDT SUN JUL 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS TRACK OVER THE SAME AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NYZ015>017-022>025-290715- YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS- 315 AM EDT SUN JUL 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
856 AM EDT SUN JUL 28 2013
NYZ016-023>025-PAZ038-281400-
BRADFORD PA-CHEMUNG NY-SCHUYLER NY-SENECA NY-TOMPKINS NY-
856 AM EDT SUN JUL 28 2013
...LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT CHEMUNG...EASTERN SCHUYLER...
SOUTHEASTERN SENECA...TOMPKINS AND WESTERN BRADFORD COUNTIES...
* AT 851 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF CHEMUNG...EASTERN
SCHUYLER... TOMPKINS AND WESTERN BRADFORD COUNTIES...MOVING SLOWLY
NORTH AND EAST.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE ITHACA...ODESSA...ELMIRA...
CANTON AND TROY.
A LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS WAS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES IN
EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR OVER MUCH OF CHEMUNG COUNTY INCLUDING
ELMIRA. THIS AREA OF RAIN WILL MOVE NORTH INTO ITHACA BY 9:30 AM.
EXPECT QUICK DOWNBURSTS OF RAIN ALONG WITH MINOR STREET FLOODING
AND PONDING OF WATER.
VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND MAY CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4212 7697 4261 7669 4261 7628 4227 7647
4228 7653 4216 7653 4215 7656 4212 7655
4186 7670 4159 7685 4159 7687 4199 7693
4200 7697
JABSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
947 AM EDT SUN JUL 28 2013
NYZ017-018-025-044-055-281445-
CAYUGA NY-CORTLAND NY-ONONDAGA NY-TIOGA NY-TOMPKINS NY-
947 AM EDT SUN JUL 28 2013
...POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CORTLAND...EASTERN
TOMPKINS...NORTH CENTRAL TIOGA...ONONDAGA AND SOUTHEASTERN CAYUGA
COUNTIES...
* AT 943 AM EDT...HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS TOMPKINS COUNTY WAS MOVING
NORTH AND EAST. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
ACROSS PARTS OF CORTLAND...EASTERN TOMPKINS...NORTH CENTRAL
TIOGA...ONONDAGA AND SOUTHEASTERN CAYUGA COUNTIES THROUGH NOON.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE CORTLAND...METRO SYRACUSE
AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
AN AREA OF SHOWERS PRODUCING INTENSE DOWNPOURS OF HEAVY RAIN WAS
MOVING THROUGH THE ITHACA AREA...AND TRACKING TO THE NORTHEAST. RAIN
RATES WERE EXCEEDING 1 INCH PER HOUR IN SOME OF THE STRONGER
SHOWERS. THIS RAIN WILL BE SLIDING INTO CORTLAND AND SYRACUSE BY
10:30 AM.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS THIS MORNING.
LAT...LON 4321 7608 4319 7600 4313 7595 4309 7597
4309 7592 4270 7590 4241 7609 4241 7613
4236 7612 4231 7616 4232 7650 4322 7630
4321 7627 4325 7627 4321 7622 4327 7620
JABSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1054 AM EDT SUN JUL 28 2013
NYZ009-018-025-036-044-045-281545-
CHENANGO NY-CORTLAND NY-MADISON NY-ONEIDA NY-ONONDAGA NY-TOMPKINS NY-
1054 AM EDT SUN JUL 28 2013
...LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT CORTLAND...EASTERN ONONDAGA...
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ONEIDA...NORTHEASTERN TOMPKINS...NORTHWESTERN
CHENANGO AND WESTERN MADISON COUNTIES...
* AT 1049 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF CORTLAND AND EASTERN
ONONDAGA. THIS AREA OF RAIN WILL MOVE INTO MADISON...NORTHWESTERN
CHENANGO COUNTY AND SOUTHERN ONEIDA COUNTY BETWEEN 11 AM AND NOON.
EXPECT BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR
AS THIS AREA OF RAIN MOVES THROUGH. THIS COULD CAUSE MINOR STREET
FLOODING AND TRAVEL PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE CORTLAND...ONEIDA AND
SYRACUSE.
VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND MAY CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4323 7609 4321 7608 4318 7598 4319 7596
4316 7592 4317 7589 4321 7588 4318 7574
4316 7575 4316 7572 4310 7564 4251 7577
4252 7629 4325 7616
JABThe Binghamton radar (KBGM), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:23 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down across State Route 706.
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