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Binghamton Press and Sun Bulletin


    PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS


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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
854 AM EDT MON AUG 03 2009

.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0135 PM TORNADO KIRKWOOD 42.03N 75.78W 
08/02/2009 BROOME NY NWS STORM SURVEY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON, NY HAS 
CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR KIRKWOOD IN BROOME COUNTY NEW 
YORK ON 8/2/2009. THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN AT THE 
BOTTOM A HILL BEHIND A STRAND OF TREES...IN WHICH THREE 
WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED WITH LARGE LIMBS 2 TO 5 INCHES IN 
DIAMETER AND AVERAGING AROUND 15 FEET LONG. TORNADO MOVED
NORTHEAST FOR ABOUT 175 YARDS AND THEN LIFTED. 

&&
LOCATION...KIRKWOOD IN BROOME COUNTY NEW YORK
DATE...8/2/2009
ESTIMATED TIME...1:35 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...75 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH... 50 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...175 YARDS 
BEGINNING LAT/LON...42.036389/-75.76875
ENDING LAT/LON...42.037556/-75.768278
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0

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DJN


    OUTLOOKS / STATEMENTS / WATCHES / WARNINGS


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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
145 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2009

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-021745-
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-
145 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW 
YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

A WARM FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION SUNDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A
WEAK COLD FRONT BY EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO
DEVELOP BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE MAJORITY OF THESE STORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO STAY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...ISOLATED STORMS MAY
BECOME SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA. STRONG WINDS AND HAIL WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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MJ