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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 2, 1998Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1998, 10:15 PM EDT for Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 45 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: Jun 2, 1998, 10:15 PM EDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 1998, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Whole counties

County Lackawanna County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 2, 10:40 PM EDT	Tornado F1	La Plume, PA	The same tornadic cell that devastated parts of Wyoming county moved eastward and crossed into northern Lackawanna county. It remained tornadic as it affected La Plume township around 1040 pm EDT. Significant tree damage occurred on the campus of Keystone Ju

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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 2, 5:15 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 280 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 462 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

776 
WFUS1 KBGM 030216 RRA
TORBGM
PAC069-030300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1015 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LACKAWANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 1012 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO NEAR FACTORYVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  FLEETVILLE AT 1020 PM
  TOMPKINSVILLE AT 1030 PM
  CARBONDALE AT 1045 PM

SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORT THIS STORM PRODUCED A TORNADO JUST SOUTHEAST
OF SPRINGVILLE IN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY AROUND 1000 PM.

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

WALDSTREICHER


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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.

NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 2, 2:20 PM EDT, 7 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:20 PM EDT, 7 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
220 PM TUE JUN 2 1998

STILL IN WAIT AND SEE MODE REGARDING CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL THIS EVENING.
WARM FRONT MOVING THRU I-81 CORRIDOR AT THIS TIME. DEW POINTS ARE
QUICKLY JUMPING INTO THE LOW TO MID 50S...HOWEVER THE NOONTIME CLOUD
COVER HAS TEMPS ONLY IN THE LOW TO MID 60S ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS
(STILL IN THE 50S ACROSS THE EAST). TEMPS HAVE COME UP INTO THE MID 70S
ACROSS WRN NY AND NW PA. THE REAL JUICY AIR IS ASSOCIATED WITH A
SURFACE TROUGH MOVING INTO ERN OH ATTM. TEMPS BEHIND THIS FEATURE ARE
IN THE LOW 80S WITH DEW POINTS WELL INTO THE 60S WITH EVEN SOME 70 DEG
READINGS IN SRN OH. MEANWHILE...THE COLD FRONT IS APPCHG ERN MI.
PROBABLT THE KEY AREA TO WATCH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WILL BE NW PA
WHERE THE COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY INTERSECT THE SURFACE TROUGH.

IF ANYTHING HAPPENS IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS...IT WILL BE A LATE SHOW.
AFTER 6 PM MOST AREAS...LATER EAST OF I-81. THE QUESTION WILL BE WHAT
HAPPENS AFTER SUNSET. ON SUNDAY THERE WAS ENOUGH ENERGY TO KEEP THINGS
GOING WELL AFTER SUNSET. IM NOT SO SURE ABOUT TODAY WITH THE LIMITED
MOISTURE. GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FROM THE RT 17 CORRIDOR SOUTHWARD.
NOTE...WITH THE LARGE AMOUNT OF WEAKENED TREES AND STRUCTURES...IT
MIGHT NOT TAKE VERY STRONG WINDS TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.  FLYING
DEBRIS (FROM SUNDAYS ACTIVITY) IS ALSO A THREAT.

THE COLD FRONT SWINGS THROUGH OVERNIGHT BRINGING AN UNUSUALLY COLD AIR
MASS. SC SHOULD BE ABUNDANT TOMORROW.  WILL GO PARTLY SUNNY WITH HIGHS
NOT MAKINING MUCH ABOVE 60.

BIG DIFFERENCE IN RH FIELDS BETWEEN NGM AND AVN/ETA. NGM BRINGS
MOISTURE MUCH FURTHER NORTH WED NT WITH FWCS GIVING CHC POPS ALL THE
WAY TO SYR. WITH NW FLOW...NO ISENTROPIC LIFT AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY WELL
TO THE SOUTH...I JUST DONT SEE IT. ON THE OTHER HAND...WITH CYCLONIC
FLOW AND NO STRONG SURFACE HIGH I DONT SEE A STRONG MECHANISM TO CLEAR
US OUT EITHER. JUST MORE SC.  WILL PLAY A DRY FORECAST WITH PARTLY
SUNNY DAYS AND MOSTLY CLOUDY WED NT.  FORTUNATELY THE CLOUDS...AND THE
FACT THAT THE WINDS SHOULD STAYUP A LITTLE WED NT PRECLUDES A FORST
THREAT.

.BGM...NONE.

WALDSTREICHER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 2, 8:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NEW YORK
810 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0630 PM    SHELDRAKE                 NY   TORNADO
06/02/98   SENECA                         UNCONFIRMED TORNADO ON THE
                                          GROUND

0632 PM    CAYUGA                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   CAYUGA                         TREES AND WIRES DOWN
                                          COUNTY WIDE

0635 PM    AURORA                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   CAYUGA                         TREES DOWN

0635 PM    MORAVIA                   NY   1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   CAYUGA                         HAIL TWO INCHES DEEP
                                          COVERING GROUND

0640 PM    MORAVIA                   NY   1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   CAYUGA

0645 PM    KINGS FERRY               NY   1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   CAYUGA

0713 PM    TRUMANSBURG               NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   TOMPKINS                       TREES AND WIRES DOWN

0715 PM    NILES                     NY   TORNADO
06/02/98   CAYUGA                         TWO TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS
                                          REPORTED BY THE CAYUGA
                                          COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT

0735 PM    TAYLOR                    NY   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   CORTLAND

0753 PM    CINCINNATUS               NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   CORTLAND                       WIRES DOWN

0753 PM    PITCHER                   NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   CHENANGO                       TREES DOWN ROOFS OFF
                                          HOUSES AT RTE 23 AND
                                          BENTLEY ROAD

0753 PM    CINCINNATUS               NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   CORTLAND                       TREES DOWN

Local storm report, Jun 2, 8:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NEW YORK
810 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0630 PM    SHELDRAKE                 NY   TORNADO
06/02/98   SENECA                         UNCONFIRMED TORNADO ON THE
                                          GROUND

0632 PM    CAYUGA                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   CAYUGA                         TREES AND WIRES DOWN
                                          COUNTY WIDE

0635 PM    AURORA                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   CAYUGA                         TREES DOWN

0635 PM    MORAVIA                   NY   1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   CAYUGA                         HAIL TWO INCHES DEEP
                                          COVERING GROUND

0640 PM    MORAVIA                   NY   1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   CAYUGA

0645 PM    KINGS FERRY               NY   1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   CAYUGA

0713 PM    TRUMANSBURG               NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   TOMPKINS                       TREES AND WIRES DOWN

0715 PM    NILES                     NY   TORNADO
06/02/98   CAYUGA                         TWO TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS
                                          REPORTED BY THE CAYUGA
                                          COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT

0735 PM    TAYLOR                    NY   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   CORTLAND

0753 PM    CINCINNATUS               NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   CORTLAND                       WIRES DOWN

0753 PM    PITCHER                   NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   CHENANGO                       TREES DOWN ROOFS OFF
                                          HOUSES AT RTE 23 AND
                                          BENTLEY ROAD

0753 PM    CINCINNATUS               NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   CORTLAND                       TREES DOWN

Local storm report, Jun 2, 8:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NEW YORK...CORRECTED
824 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0630 PM    SHELDRAKE                 NY   TORNADO
06/02/98   SENECA                         UNCONFIRMED TORNADO ON THE
                                          GROUND

0632 PM    CAYUGA                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   CAYUGA                         TREES AND WIRES DOWN
                                          COUNTY WIDE

0635 PM    AURORA                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   CAYUGA                         TREES DOWN

0635 PM    MORAVIA                   NY   1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   CAYUGA                         HAIL TWO INCHES DEEP
                                          COVERING GROUND

0640 PM    MORAVIA                   NY   1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   CAYUGA

0645 PM    KINGS FERRY               NY   1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   CAYUGA

0713 PM    TRUMANSBURG               NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   TOMPKINS                       TREES AND WIRES DOWN

0715 PM    NILES                     NY   TORNADO
06/02/98   CAYUGA                         TWO UNCONFIRMED TORNADOES
                                          REPORTED BY THE CAYUGA
                                          COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPT

0735 PM    TAYLOR                    NY   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   CORTLAND

0753 PM    CINCINNATUS               NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   CORTLAND                       WIRES DOWN

0753 PM    PITCHER                   NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   CHENANGO                       TREES DOWN ROOFS OFF
                                          HOUSES AT RTE 23 AND
                                          BENTLEY ROAD

0753 PM    CINCINNATUS               NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   CORTLAND                       TREES DOWN

Local storm report, Jun 2, 8:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NEW YORK...CORRECTED
824 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0630 PM    SHELDRAKE                 NY   TORNADO
06/02/98   SENECA                         UNCONFIRMED TORNADO ON THE
                                          GROUND

0632 PM    CAYUGA                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   CAYUGA                         TREES AND WIRES DOWN
                                          COUNTY WIDE

0635 PM    AURORA                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   CAYUGA                         TREES DOWN

0635 PM    MORAVIA                   NY   1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   CAYUGA                         HAIL TWO INCHES DEEP
                                          COVERING GROUND

0640 PM    MORAVIA                   NY   1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   CAYUGA

0645 PM    KINGS FERRY               NY   1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   CAYUGA

0713 PM    TRUMANSBURG               NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   TOMPKINS                       TREES AND WIRES DOWN

0715 PM    NILES                     NY   TORNADO
06/02/98   CAYUGA                         TWO UNCONFIRMED TORNADOES
                                          REPORTED BY THE CAYUGA
                                          COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPT

0735 PM    TAYLOR                    NY   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   CORTLAND

0753 PM    CINCINNATUS               NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   CORTLAND                       WIRES DOWN

0753 PM    PITCHER                   NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   CHENANGO                       TREES DOWN ROOFS OFF
                                          HOUSES AT RTE 23 AND
                                          BENTLEY ROAD

0753 PM    CINCINNATUS               NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   CORTLAND                       TREES DOWN

Local storm report, Jun 2, 10:00 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NEW YORK
1000 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0635 PM    KING FERRY                NY   1.5 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   CAYUGA

0720 PM    WELLSBORO                 PA   TORNADO
06/02/98   TIOGA                          UNCONFIRMED TORNADO NORTH
                                          OF WELLSBORO

0801 PM    ITHACA                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   TOMPKINS                       TREES DOWN

0828 PM    LITCHFIELD                PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   BRADFORD                       TREES DOWN

0857 PM    ONEONTA                   NY   TORNADO
06/02/98   OTSEGO                         UNCONFIRMED TORNADO FROM
                                          ONEONTA TO DAVENPORT

0900 PM    ONEONTA                   NY   TORNADO
06/02/98   OTSEGO                         UNCONFIRMED TORNADO ON
                                          CHESTNUT STREET

0900 PM    DAVENPORT                 NY   1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   DELAWARE

0906 PM    DAVENPORT                 NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   DELAWARE                       TREES AND WIRES DOWN

0926 PM    MILFORD                   NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   OTSEGO                         TREES AND WIRES DOWN

0930 PM    MILFORD                   NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   OTSEGO                         TREES AND LIVE WIRES ON
                                          THE GROUND. TREES ON HOUSE

Local storm report, Jun 2, 10:00 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NEW YORK
1000 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0635 PM    KING FERRY                NY   1.5 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   CAYUGA

0720 PM    WELLSBORO                 PA   TORNADO
06/02/98   TIOGA                          UNCONFIRMED TORNADO NORTH
                                          OF WELLSBORO

0801 PM    ITHACA                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   TOMPKINS                       TREES DOWN

0828 PM    LITCHFIELD                PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   BRADFORD                       TREES DOWN

0857 PM    ONEONTA                   NY   TORNADO
06/02/98   OTSEGO                         UNCONFIRMED TORNADO FROM
                                          ONEONTA TO DAVENPORT

0900 PM    ONEONTA                   NY   TORNADO
06/02/98   OTSEGO                         UNCONFIRMED TORNADO ON
                                          CHESTNUT STREET

0900 PM    DAVENPORT                 NY   1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98   DELAWARE

0906 PM    DAVENPORT                 NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   DELAWARE                       TREES AND WIRES DOWN

0926 PM    MILFORD                   NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   OTSEGO                         TREES AND WIRES DOWN

0930 PM    MILFORD                   NY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/98   OTSEGO                         TREES AND LIVE WIRES ON
                                          THE GROUND. TREES ON HOUSE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Susquehanna	94 min
Jun 2, 8:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Susquehanna, Wyoming	61 min
Jun 2, 9:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Lackawanna	50 min
Jun 2, 9:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Wayne	46 min
Jun 2, 9:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Bradford	48 min
Jun 2, 9:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Wyoming	65 min
Jun 2, 9:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Susquehanna	62 min
Jun 2, 10:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Wyoming	32 min
Jun 2, 10:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Wayne	50 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1998 Every tornado warning in 1998 Tornadoes in 1998

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.