A frontal boundary caused showers and thunderstorms to develop during the afternoon of the 22nd across Northeastern Pennsylvania. One of these thunderstorms became severe, causing mainly tree and power line damage in the Lords Valley and Pecks Pond areas in Pike County.
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A frontal boundary caused showers and thunderstorms to develop during the afternoon of the 22nd across Northeastern Pennsylvania. One of these thunderstorms became severe, causing mainly tree and power line damage in the Lords Valley and Pecks Pond areas in Pike County.
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 22, 12:16 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Binghamton NY 116 PM EDT Mon Jul 22 2019 .SYNOPSIS... Low pressure will move into the region along a frontal boundary bringing showers today. This front will depart the region on Tuesday. High pressure will then build into the region for the remainder of the weak. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... 1030 am update... No major changes made to the forecast this morning. Only adjustments made were timing and location of the band of steady rain moving through...and just a slightly quicker exit east out of the area later tonight. Still may see a few thunderstorms over ne PA and portions of the srn Catskills in NY later today, which could trigger some heavier downpours. Previous Discussion... With the sunrise update confidence has increased with the forecast as modeling is coming around to a more accurate initial depiction of the showers and thunderstorms. The major changes with this update include bringing more QPF further northwest as it appears that the entire region should get in on decent shower activity today. Rest of discussion below. Today: Low pressure across the Ohio valley will track northeast along a stationary boundary to our south. Jet dynamics along with isentropic lift along the boundary look favorable for the development of widespread showers this morning. The WRF-ARW and WRF-NMM appear to have the best handle on the evolution so this forecast is primarily weighted with those models. The showers should develop across the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes this morning before shifting south and east throughout the day. With plenty of deep moisture around (PW values 2 inches) these showers will be heavy at times particularly across NE PA into the Southern Catskills. Some limited instability is likely to be transported into these regions along with the potential for the front to slow down some this evening and extend the duration of any showers. With that said, we have issued a flash flood watch for Scranton/ Wilkes Barre region northeast to Sullivan county NY. Modeled QPF is from 1-2 inches in this area. While, FFG is slightly higher than this. Locally higher amounts of QPF will likely occur in a few locations. Some of these locations also has several rounds of thunderstorms yesterday as well. Any strong to severe thunderstorms at this point looks more isolated than the last couple of days and confined to the areas where weak instability is present. Some gusty winds would be the main threat with any strong to severe thunderstorms. Temperatures will be quite the reversal of the past few days today. A cooler airmass will continue into the region behind the front. This will be coupled with clouds and rain. Both of these factors will keep temperatures down in the 60's and 70's today. Tonight: The cold front will slowly depart the region taking the last round of showers with it across NE PA and the Southern Catskills in the evening. However, low clouds will be rather stubborn behind the front given weak northwest flow. However, many spots could see upper 50's for lows. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... 425 AM Update... Fairly quiet period is anticipated through midweek with temperatures actually slightly below normal. Quite a change from recent weather. Models have trended slightly faster on the exit of the front. Deeper moisture and thus showers may linger initially early Tuesday morning mainly east of I-81 in Northeast PA and to the Catskills of NY, but a fresh dry air mass will be advecting in. Clouds will take longer to leave compared to showers, yet gradual clearing will occur from west to east Tuesday afternoon through evening. This will lead to a quiet night with valley fog formation, which could be locally thick thanks to moisture of prior rainfall. Upper trough axis will take its time swinging through Wednesday into Thursday. With the resulting cool air aloft, diurnally- forced instability will pop up a minor cumulus field on otherwise mostly sunny days. There could even be isolated afternoon showers in parts of Central NY but vast majority of the area and time will be dry because of a lack of moisture. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... 425 AM Update... With at least flat upper ridging, and gradual warm air advection, temperatures will skew back to slightly above normal as we head into next weekend. However, dewpoints will only slowly creep up thanks to persistent high pressure with a surface ridge from New England down the Appalachians. This will keep our weather dry, though an isolated shower or storm cannot be ruled out Sunday. Better chances wait until after the weekend. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... Flight conditions will vary between MVFR and IFR through at least 00Z as low clouds and rain move slowly across the area associated with a eastward progressing cold front. There is a small chance of TS at KAVP this afternoon with all other terminals remaining too stable for TS. Most of the rain should end this evening with conditions becoming VFR at KRME and KSYR just after 06Z as the drier air works in from the north. Fuel alternate or IFR conditions will likely persist from KITH south through at least 12Z...and eventually improve to MVFR or VFR after 14-15Z. Winds will remain light and variable today and tonight before becoming predominantly northerly around 5-7kt late Tue morning. Outlook... Tuesday...Mainly VFR outside the chances for valley fog for KELM Tuesday night. Wednesday and Thursday...VFR with afternoon/evening chances for showers and storms. Friday and Saturday...Mainly VFR. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...Flash Flood Watch through late tonight for PAZ044-047-048-072. NY...Flash Flood Watch through late tonight for NYZ062. && SYNOPSIS...MWG NEAR TERM...BJT/MWG SHORT TERM...MDP LONG TERM...DGM/MDP AVIATION...BJT/MWG
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Binghamton NY 418 AM EDT Mon Jul 22 2019 NYZ009-015>018-022-023-025-036-037-044-230830- Northern Oneida-Yates-Seneca-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Steuben- Schuyler-Tompkins-Madison-Southern Oneida-Cortland- 418 AM EDT Mon Jul 22 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NYZ024-045-046-055>057-PAZ038>040-043-230830- Chemung-Chenango-Otsego-Tioga-Broome-Delaware-Bradford-Susquehanna- Northern Wayne-Wyoming- 418 AM EDT Mon Jul 22 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York and northeast Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Showers and thunderstorms through tonight have the potential to produce locally heavy downpours. Any heavy rainfall could result in ponding of water on roadways along with quick rises on streams and creeks. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NYZ062-PAZ044-047-048-072-230830- Sullivan-Lackawanna-Luzerne-Pike-Southern Wayne- 418 AM EDT Mon Jul 22 2019 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York and northeast Pennsylvania. .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. Flash Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:31 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a few trees in a yard. A tent also collapsed.
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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: 842654, 842655, 842657.