Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Binghamton, NY
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2:55 PM EDT | Hail 2 | Columbia, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Columbia | 66 min |
| Jul 15, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna | 49 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.