A strong cold front currently crossing the Great Plains and moving into the Ohio Valley is producing severe thunderstorms. this evening in Illinois and Indiana. As this weather system moves to the east, an active day is in the forecast for Central New York for Saturday. The cold front will approach the area during the day. At the same time, warm and slightly humid (at least for this time of year) air will move into the local area on southwesterly winds.
Saturday will start with at least a few peeks of sunshine. But any sunshine will help to fuel and destabilize the atmosphere. The cold front, with widespread showers and thunderstorms, will cross the area late in the day and into the early portion of Saturday Night - but any thunderstorms that pop up in the relatively unstable air mass preceding this front have the potential to become severe with wind gusts over 60 mph, heavy rainfall, hail and frequent lightning.
Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has placed portions of Central New York in a "slight risk" for severe weather. The SPC is generally conservative with their severe weather forecasts. One thing that makes this potential event possibly noteworthy is that a strong upper level jet streak, pictured in dark blue (see link below in comment 1) is being depicted by the computer models. A *Jet streak* is a localized region of very fast winds embedded within the jet stream, at an altitude of about 9-10 km above ground level. The picture shows upper level winds moving quickly from southwest to northeast on the 12z run of the GFS model forecast at the 300 mb pressure level by 8 PM Saturday evening. As this locally enhanced area of upper level winds moves from Michigan into Ontario, areas to the right of the flow will be in a prime location for enhanced upward motion or lift. This has the potential to give thunderstorms a bit of extra 'oomph' as they push eastward from the lower Great Lakes tomorrow afternoon and evening.
A mitigating factor for widesread severe weather tomorrow is that the air mass will only become relatively unstable. Still, we do expect some thunderstorms to develop and some of them could reach strong to severe limits. We'll keep a close eye on this all throughout Saturday.
The cold front will cross the area and much cooler temperatures will temporarily arrive for Sunday.
Comments
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Adam Musyt:
GFS model jet streak forecast for Saturday evening
Posted May 15th at 9:27 PM
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Adam Musyt:
Everything you always wanted to know (and more) about jet streaks
Posted May 15th at 9:31 PM
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teri deerfield:
is this shower adn cloudiness going to ruin chances of thunderstorms later?
Posted May 16th at 8:44 AM
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randy Vitullo :
Any signs of a long term dry spell with warmer temperatures; say 70 or above?
Posted May 16th at 8:55 AM
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Adam Musyt:
Teri,
It doesn’t look that way. This little batch of showers looks to lift to the northeast and we should see another round of peek-a-boo sunshine.
Randy,
Later this week there have been signs of a warmup. The computer models were gung ho about it on Thursday, backed off on that idea big time yesterday, and now reverted to a less pronounced warmup on this morning’s 12z run. An Atlantic ridge is trying to establish itself on the computer runs. It is just a matter of time until it gets it’s act together. Either late this week or sometime next week we ought to have at least a few dry days in a row with 70+.
Posted May 16th at 9:16 AM
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Rob (Whitesboro):
Still stuck at 60 degrees here. The warm front seems to be moving a bit slow. CAPE values are going over 1000 in WNY. I guess that’s a good sign.
Posted May 16th at 11:08 AM
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Adam Musyt:
It’s all going to depend on the sunshine. Dews are above 60 to the west of I-81 and there are some breaks of sun over West-Central NY. Watertown is up to 68 degrees already too.
Posted May 16th at 11:39 AM
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Adam Musyt:
Healthy looking storm has fired in the more unstable air over Wayne County (where there was some extra sun this morning). Our StormTracker 2 Doppler Radar is showing the potential of 1” hail with this thunderstorm.
Posted May 16th at 12:06 PM
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Adam Musyt:
Visible satellte imagery shows some breakup of the overcast now over Onondaga County – and I still expect some peeks of sun here over the next hour or two.
Posted May 16th at 12:08 PM
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Adam Musyt:
75 degrees at noon in Syracuse.
Posted May 16th at 12:18 PM
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Rob (Whitesboro):
I just shot up 10 degrees to 70 here in just over an hour. It’s 74 in Westmo already.
Posted May 16th at 12:25 PM
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Rob (Whitesboro):
SPS just issued for the increasing severe threat. SPC is monitoring for a possible Watch Box.
Posted May 16th at 12:31 PM
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Kenny (South utica):
Looks like a nice line already forming in the western finger lakes…and it has definately warmed up out, windy as well, and humid too.
Posted May 16th at 12:36 PM
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Adam Musyt:
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1238 PM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
- UNTIL 145 PM EDT
- AT 1237 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
- THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.Posted May 16th at 12:43 PM
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Kenny (South utica):
Looks like a watch is now up until 8pm…the action commence.
Posted May 16th at 1:00 PM
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Adam Musyt:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
109 PM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009NYC007-015-017-023-025-053-065-067-077-097-099-101-107-109-123-
PAC015-069-079-115-127-131-170000-
/O.NEW.KBGM.SV.A.0311.090516T1709Z-090517T0000Z/THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
311 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREASIN NEW YORK THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
BROOME CHEMUNG CHENANGO
CORTLAND DELAWARE MADISON
ONEIDA ONONDAGA OTSEGO
SCHUYLER SENECA STEUBEN
TIOGA TOMPKINS YATESIN PENNSYLVANIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
BRADFORD LACKAWANNA LUZERNE
SUSQUEHANNA WAYNE WYOMINGTHIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…BINGHAMTON...COOPERSTOWN...
CORNING...CORTLAND...DELHI...ELMIRA...HAZLETON...HONESDALE...
HORNELL...ITHACA...MONTROSE...NORWICH...ONEIDA...ONEONTA...
OWEGO...PENN YAN...ROME...SAYRE...SCRANTON...SENECA FALLS...
SYRACUSE...TOWANDA...TUNKHANNOCK...UTICA...WALTON...
WATKINS GLEN AND WILKES-BARRE.Posted May 16th at 1:13 PM
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Matt S. (Deerfield):
Bring on the storms!
Posted May 16th at 1:14 PM
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Jeff H (Sherburne Hills):
humid and warm out right now. Sun has been out most the day. Looks like the action is definately starting up out west, lets get some good ones today!
Posted May 16th at 1:20 PM
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Adam Musyt:
In-house Doppler is showing weak rotation with the thunderstorm in Central Oswego County.
Sun is popping out here at the tv studio.
Posted May 16th at 1:22 PM
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Rob (Whitesboro):
Yeah I noticed that too on Nexrad. EHI levels are around 4 in the Finfer Lakes. That’s pretty decent for this area.
Posted May 16th at 1:26 PM
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Adam Musyt:
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
145 PM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
- UNTIL 245 PM EDT
- AT 144 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
MILES SOUTHWEST OF REDFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.- THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.Posted May 16th at 1:49 PM
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Adam Musyt:
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
155 PM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
- UNTIL 245 PM EDT
- AT 153 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
- THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772…OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORTNOAA.GOV.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.Posted May 16th at 2:01 PM
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Adam Musyt:
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
208 PM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009NYC065-161845-
/O.CON.KBGM.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090516T1845Z/
ONEIDA NY-
208 PM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN ONEIDA COUNTY...AT 206 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
FLORENCE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... AVA BY 215 PM EDT... BOONVILLE BY 225 PM EDT... HAWKINSVILLE BY 230 PM EDT... FORESTPORT BY 235 PM EDT... WOODGATE BY 240 PM EDT...
A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS FOLLOWING IMMEDIATELY BEHIND. THIS
STORM WILL BE NEAR... WESTDALE AT 211 PM EDT... POINT ROCK AT 221 PM EDT...PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772…OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.Posted May 16th at 2:11 PM
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Adam Musyt:
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
225 PM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
- UNTIL 300 PM EDT
- AT 223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
- THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772…OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORTNOAA.GOV.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!Posted May 16th at 2:29 PM
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Adam Musyt:
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
241 PM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
- UNTIL 300 PM EDT
- AT 240 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
- THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772…OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!Posted May 16th at 2:45 PM
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Adam Musyt:
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
251 PM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A
- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
- UNTIL 345 PM EDT
- AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
- SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.PLEASE REPORT HAIL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS AND REPORTS OF TREES DOWN TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.Posted May 16th at 2:58 PM
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Adam :
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
253 PM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
- UNTIL 400 PM EDT
- AT 253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
- THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772…OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!Posted May 16th at 3:00 PM
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Kenny (South utica):
Best storm on radar looks to be on a b-line for the uitca area….almost looks like a loner storm or supercell….and is showing 3/4 inch hail.
Posted May 16th at 3:22 PM
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Rob (Whitesboro):
I’m surprised that storm is holding its own with all that rain cooled air out ahead of it. Had a brief shower here. Haven’t heard any thunder.
Posted May 16th at 3:39 PM
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Eddie the Eagle:
What storm?
Posted May 16th at 4:04 PM
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Matt S. (Deerfield):
WOW, Tornado Warning down in Madison County!
Posted May 16th at 4:27 PM
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WINTER (Forestport):
Tornado Warning for Oneida County, NY
until 4:45 pm EDT, Sat., May. 16, 2009Issued by The National Weather Service
Binghamton, NY
4:20 pm EDT, Sat., May. 16, 2009THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
- TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CHENANGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK... NORTHEASTERN CORTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK... SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK... SOUTH CENTRAL ONEIDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ONONDAGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
- UNTIL 445 PM EDT
- AT 419 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CUYLER... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
- THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GEORGETOWN AND OTSELIC BY 435 PM EDT... SOUTH LEBANON AND ERIEVILLE BY 440 PM EDT... LEBANON... PIERCEVILLE AND HAMILTON BY 445 PM EDT...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL... OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772… OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR... IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND... OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM... MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING... DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
Posted May 16th at 4:40 PM
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Rob (Whitesboro):
There does appear to be some weak rotation with that storm. The circulation is just south of Hamilton in Madison county.
Posted May 16th at 4:45 PM
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Matt S. (Deerfield):
Another Tornado Warning just issued near Binghamton.
Posted May 16th at 4:55 PM
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Rob (Whitesboro):
Possible Tornado just hit Georgetown in Madison County. There is quite a bit of structural damage being reported.
Posted May 16th at 5:02 PM
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Bill Kardas:
Damage and a potential tornado spotted in Lebanon shortly after 4:30PM this afternoon. We’re sending a crew down there now.
Posted May 16th at 5:03 PM
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Rob (Whitesboro):
Sounds pretty bad. The report I saw said there were structures totaly collapsed with injuries.
Posted May 16th at 5:05 PM
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Matt S. (Deerfield):
Dang, Thats crazy!
Posted May 16th at 5:08 PM
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Bill Kardas:
Nasty cell moving through Central Chenango County. This one is another rotater. Could provoke another tornado warning? We’ll watch closely.
Posted May 16th at 5:35 PM
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Chris ( HP ):
Had a gully washer up here around 3:30 or so.. Over 1 inch of rain in a short time.. Watching storms approach the area closely
Posted May 16th at 5:43 PM
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jessie:
i think your guys radar is not working right
Posted May 16th at 5:47 PM
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Michael- (Dolgeville):
The damage from the Tioga County storm has been confirmed to be from a Tornado by a NWS employee. NWS BGM will probably send a team up to Georgetown in Madison County tomorrow to determine whether or not a Tornado touched down.
Posted May 16th at 7:37 PM
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Rob (Whitesboro):
It also appears they’ll have to ivestigate damage in Chemung and Cortland counties for possible tornado damage. Witnesses reporting funnel clouds there as well. If we had full sunshine this morning this would of been a disaster of a day.
Posted May 16th at 9:29 PM
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Michael- (Dolgeville):
It is going to be interesting to see what the NWS says tomorrow. From watching the video posted on WKTV’s main page it looks like damage from straight line winds. At 1:07 in the video, look at the angle and direction the metal roofing was torn off. It is peeled off the roof in the same direction the spruce tree is pointing indicating the wind was moving in a straight line at the time. Also check out the trees at 0.34 in the video. Both are lying in the same direction again. In a Tornado usually everything is twisted and trees are lying in all different directions. BGM did issue a Tornado Warning and radar did indicate rotation so it is entirely possible there was a touchdown.
Posted May 16th at 10:37 PM
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Michael- (Dolgeville):
Now on the Chemung/Tioga county Tornado, there is no doubt in my mind that a Tornado touched down just from looking at radar. There was a red/green couplet along with at one point a 65dbz return on radar. A NWS employee confirmed this was definitely a Tornado.
Posted May 16th at 10:46 PM
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Rob (Whitesboro):
From the way the intial report sounded, I thought it was in a more populated area. The roof was partially still there. In my mind I had other ideas. Even if it wasn’t a tornado, the winds were definitely in excess of 70mph.
Posted May 16th at 10:53 PM
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Michael- (Dolgeville):
Rob, there is a comment on WSYR from someone who claims they actually saw the Tornado pass right in front of them. I wish there was an actual ground report from a skywarn spotter at the time though. Yeah, those winds were definitely over 70mph and probably will be estimated by the NWS to be between 85-100mph. Look at the distance some of those cinder blocks were blown!
Posted May 16th at 11:36 PM
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Matt (Utica):
Crazy weather today… tornadoes in May? For NY… thats odd. Especially considering the injuries and damage. I got the txt at work (from the weather channel) and it said Tornado Warning… and i had to check it twice. I definitely want to know what happened and how many there were, what strength, etc.
Posted May 17th at 12:09 AM
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Bill Kardas:
The jury is still out on this one. From what I gathered from our photographer that was down there, he didn’t see the classic tornado damage path, with circulating wind destruction. However, we’ll leave it to the experts at the National Weather Service to determine whether or not a tornado did indeed touchdown. Either way, there was considerable damage and it certainly warranted the alarm.
Posted May 17th at 11:37 AM
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Rob (Whitesboro):
Looks like we’re in for a killer frost tonight. Even in the valley. Sounds like we’re going to dip into the 20’s by tomorrow morning!
Posted May 17th at 12:07 PM
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Jill Reale (Utica):
Boy did I pick the wrong day to take a day off! I am back in town and was looking at last May and ironically, May 17th last year we had an F0 tornado in Camden.
Posted May 17th at 4:29 PM
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Jill Reale (Utica):
NWS has confirmed that there was a tornado in Georgetown, Madison County
Posted May 17th at 5:58 PM
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Jill Reale (Utica):
EF 2 has been confirmed
Posted May 17th at 6:37 PM
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Rob (Whitesboro):
Wow…That’s very impressive. I was thinking it would of been an EF 0 if it was even delcared a tornado. That means wind speeds were 111-135mph!
Posted May 17th at 6:45 PM
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Rob (Whitesboro):
That’s weird they even called the Tioga county storm a tornado. They said winds were around 60mph. The EF scale doesn’t even start that low!
Posted May 17th at 6:59 PM
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Jill Reale:
NOUS41 KBGM 172322
PNSBGM
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-180900-PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
720 PM EDT SUN MAY 17 2009...TORNADOES CONFIRMED IN CORTLAND AND MADISON COUNTIES...
LOCATION...GEORGETOWN...MADISON COUNTY NY
DATE...MAY 16TH 2009
ESTIMATED TIME...434 TO 447 PM
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF2
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 TO 120 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...150 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...6.5 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...42.75N / 75.77W
ENDING LAT/LON...42.77N / 75.67W *INJURIES...1*NOTE THESE NUMBERS COULD CHANGE AFTER ISSUANCE OF THIS PRODUCT.
...SUMMARY...
MOST OF THE DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH WAS TO TREES. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE VILLAGE OF GEORGETOWN. A
LARGE BARN WAS DESTROYED...A ROOF WAS TORN OFF A HOUSE AND SEVERAL
OUTBUILDINGS AND SHEDS WERE DESTROYED. ELECTRICAL POLES WERE
SNAPPED. THIS LOCATION IS WHERE THE INJURY OCCURRED. A SECOND FARM
ON UPHAM ROAD WAS HIT...DESTROYING A LARGE BARN...SILO AND A COUPLE
SHEDS. SOME LIVESTOCK WAS LOST AT THIS LOCATION. A FARMSTEAD NEAR
NILES ROAD ALSO RECEIVED DAMAGE TO A SILO...AND DAMAGE TO THE HOME
ROOF AND SIDING.Posted May 17th at 7:41 PM
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randy Vitullo :
The flooding on our property resembled the June 06 flood. During the 06 flood, we had two bridges moved by the torrent. Our garden was under a rushing torrent. Yesterday resulted in a similar fate. Two bridges lifted from their moorings and washed 100 yards downstream. The garden was under water, almost as much as it was with the June 06 flood. I suspect we received 3 or 4 inches of rain in a three hour period on Saturday. Locations to our north and east must have been clobbered. The stream rose three feet in 45 minutes. All ten bridges were invisible as water poured over them. Two succumbed; eight survived. Trail work begins again.
Posted May 17th at 7:57 PM
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Rob (Whitesboro):
Another interesting note is that the Madison tornado was on the ground for 13 minutes with a 6.5 mile track! You don’t see that too often around here.
Posted May 17th at 8:15 PM
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Jill Reale:
I am working on a new blog entry about May Tornadoes in NY. It will either be posted tonight or tomorrow
Posted May 17th at 9:10 PM
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Brick Tamland:
Rob, I was on Rt49 picking up up my boat today and I couldn’t believe the amount of water in Fish Creek. Earlier in the day I was looking at the Sauquoit Creek and it seemed very low for this time of year. Quite a difference in 25 miles.
Posted May 17th at 9:37 PM
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Jill Reale (Utica):
New entry is up
Posted May 17th at 9:55 PM
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