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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 15, 1992Columbia County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 1992, 2:48 PM EDT for Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1992, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1992, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Columbia County, PA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 15, 2:55 PM EDTHail 2Columbia, PA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 240 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Atlantic City In, NJ at 12:00Z on 1992-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1693 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Atlantic City In, NJ at 12:00Z on 1992-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1693 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1217 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KAVP 151850
TORAVP
PAC037-151945-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA
248 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILKES BARRE SCRANTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...COLUMBIA COUNTY
 
AT 2:45 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO ON THE MONTOUR/COLUMBIA COUNTY LINE
BETWEEN DANVILLE AND BUCKHORN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT
ABOUT 30 MPH. THE TOWN OF BLOOMSBURG IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADhO...MOVE TO A BELOW GROUND SHELTER IF AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE
GO TO A SMALL CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.
ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PAZ007-008-010--152300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA
130 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 625 IS IN EFFECT FOR
COLUMBIA...SUSQUEHANNA...WYOMING...LACKAWANNA...LUZERNE
COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA...UNTIL 7 PM EDT...

AT 130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRE COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STATE CAMP.

A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
COVERS MUCH OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.  THE LEADING EDGE
OF THIS AREA EXTENDS FROM ELMIRA NEW YORK SOUTHWEST TO NEAR
PITTSBURGH.

ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
REMEMBER...PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA RADIO FOR ANY UPDATES CONCERNING
THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

HENSON/WI:LKES-BARRE SCRANTON
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 1:50 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
PAZ007-008-010-016-160100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA
130 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 625 IS IN EFFECT FOR
COLUMBIA...SUSQUEHANNA...WYOMING...LACKAWANNA...LUZERNE
COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA...UNTIL 7 PM EDT...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 626 IS IN EFFECT FOR WAYNE COUNTY
UNTIL 9 PM EDT...

AT 130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRE COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STATE CAMP.

A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
COVERS MUCH OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.  THE LEADING EDGE
OF THIS AREA EXTENDS FROM ELMIRA NEW YORK SOUTH=WEST TO NEAR
PITTSBURGH.
LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA RADIO FOR ANY UPDATES CONCERNING
THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

HENSON/WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMColumbia66 min
Jul 15, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLuzerne60 min
Jul 15, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLackawanna49 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.