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Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service Binghamton NY

1234 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2026

 

NYZ016-017-023-025-231715-

Southern Cayuga NY-Seneca NY-Schuyler NY-Tompkins NY-

1234 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2026



...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN SENECA...CENTRAL

SCHUYLER...SOUTHWESTERN CAYUGA AND NORTHWESTERN TOMPKINS COUNTIES

THROUGH 115 PM EDT...



At 1232 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over

Watkins Glen, moving northeast at 40 mph.



HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.



SOURCE...Radar indicated.



IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 

         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is 

         possible.



Locations impacted include...

Hector, Lansing, Enfield, Covert, Ledyard, Watkins Glen, Trumansburg,

Montour Falls, Interlaken, and Burdett.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 



If on or near Seneca or Cayuga Lake, get out of the water and move 

indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 

10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you 

are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter 

now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.



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LAT...LON 4246 7693 4247 7689 4248 7690 4273 7661

      4253 7638 4231 7694 4240 7700

TIME...MOT...LOC 1632Z 230DEG 36KT 4239 7689 



MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN

MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH



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