Drought persisted and became worse over parts of the Finger Lakes region and Central Southern Tier of New York during August. Rainfall since the late Spring was only recording up to 50 to 80 percent of normal.
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The episode as NWS BGM wrote it up.
Drought persisted and became worse over parts of the Finger Lakes region and Central Southern Tier of New York during August. Rainfall since the late Spring was only recording up to 50 to 80 percent of normal. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, portions of the area deteriorated from severe to extreme drought. Agricultural interests reported significant stress to non-irrigated crops, and several communities began to place voluntary and mandatory water restrictions on their residents.
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 31, 7:39 PM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Binghamton NY 839 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2016 .SYNOPSIS... An upper level area of low pressure will keep unsettled weather over the area into the first part of the work week with clouds and scattered showers, especially east of Interstate 81. Drier air and sunshine will return for midweek. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/... 830 PM EDT Update... The uppr lvl trough slowly moves east along with a weak low over the region. A few rain showers are still lingering around and overcast skies continue to dominate. The Low will result in moisture being advected back into the region tonight. This advection have already started to occur. A very low stratus deck is pushing westward across central ny and far NEPA. Expect the low lvl stratus deck to continue to develop through the overnight, along with fog, since most locations across the area currently have nearly 100% RH and the winds aloft are weak. Moisture is expected to remain trapped over the region through the night. Overall the previous forecast is in great shape and made very minor changes to the previous forecast. For more information please read the previous forecast discussion below. Previous forecast discussion... Plenty of moisture arnd but ltl upper support for pcpn, xcpt over the far sern zones where there's still a bit of a ll inflow jet. Also, hier terrain of the wrn Cats and Poconos will provide a bit of lift. So, best chance of shwrs will remain over the east with a limited psblty of thunder. To the west, some clrg over wrn NY has allowed some htg and conv to form. That pcpn is already showing signs of weakening as it tries to advance ewrd. Will keep some low chance pops over the wrn zones for that pcpn. Only otr item ovrngt is the psblty of fog with the wet gnd, lgt wind, and stable ll sndg. Best chance will be over the hier terrain but with lgt winds fog psbl just abyu anywhere. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... Upr trof still over NY and PA on Mon with another weak wv swinging thru. Once again, best chance for pcpn will be along and east of I81 where the trof deepens and terrain helps fgenerate a bit of lift. Still the old H8 low hanging out as well. Upper trof deepens over xtrm ern NY Mon ngt and Tue but by then rdgg is beginning to bld at H* and the sfc over wrn NY so that by Tue mrng, really only chance for shwrs will be in the mrng and over the east with drier air mvg in the west. Late Tue into early Wed rdgg conts to bld but ltr in the day Wed NAM shows a deepening wv swing thru srn Ontario and dvlpg a line of conv over the area. Seems like NAM is again overdoing things and perhaps even suffering a bit of conv feedback. Much weaker system on the EURO might generate some lgt pcpn. For now, have kept Wed dry but a chance of a shwr or tstm cannot be ruled out. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... Medium range models continue to show excellent agreement through the extended period which brings higher confidence to the forecast. A broad flat upper level ridge will persist across much of the country through late week while surface high pressure remains anchored off the New England coast. Friday afternoon through Saturday morning, an upper level trof and associated surface cold front will cross the area. Will continue with chance pops through the period with the highest chances Friday night when cold frontal passage looks most likely. Saturday night through Sunday, dry weather will return following the front. Thursday and Friday high temperatures will run 5 to 10 degrees above normal then return to more seasonal levels on Saturday and Sunday following the front. && .AVIATION /01Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... Abundant low level moisture, weak lift and easterly flow will keep restrictions across the terminals until late Monday morning. Through early evening MVFR/VFR conditions will persist across the terminals with light showers also at KRME. Overnight cigs/vsbys will lower during the 03Z-06Z period and generally range from IFR to Alt Min through mid morning Monday. Slow improvement is expected to MVFR/VFR late morning through early afternoon as a northwest flow develops. By early afternoon all TAF sites will improve to VFR. Scattered convection is possible but not included due to limited coverage. Light easterly flow through early evening then light and variable becoming west/northwest late morning Monday around 5-8 knots. OUTLOOK... Monday night...MVFR/IFR restrictions possible in fog/stratus. Tuesday - Thursday night...Primarily VFR. Friday...Restrictions possible during the afternoon in scattered showers and thunderstorms. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...None. NY...None. && SYNOPSIS...DGM NEAR TERM...DGM/KAH SHORT TERM...DGM LONG TERM...RRM AVIATION...RRM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 324 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2016 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-011930- 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- 324 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, conditions deteriorated from moderate to severe drought over western portions of the county.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, conditions deteriorated from severe to extreme drought over western portions of the county.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, conditions remained in moderate to severe drought across the county.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, conditions remained in moderate to severe drought across the county.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, conditions in the county deteriorated from severe to extreme drought.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, conditions in the county remained in severe drought this month.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, conditions in the county remained in severe drought this month.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, conditions deteriorated from severe to extreme drought over the northwest portion of the county.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, conditions deteriorated from severe to extreme drought across the county.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, conditions deteriorated from severe to extreme drought across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 657243, 657244, 657245, 657246, 657248, 657249, 657250, 657251, 657252, 657253.