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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 29, 20004 counties in New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2000, 7:15 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports 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 29, 2000, 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2000, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chemung County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 7:30 PM EDTHail 1Newfield, NYA storm spotter reported 1 inch diameter hail 2 miles south of Newfield.
Jun 29, 8:10 PM EDTHail 1Candor, NY1 inch diameter hail was reported by storm spotters in Candor, with some accumulation noted. Local newspaper reports also noted many trees and wires down with 100 residents left without power from Candor to Catatonk.

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 nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2000-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 378 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2000-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KBGM 292316
TORBGM
NYC015-097-107-109-300015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
715 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN TOMPKINS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.
  SOUTHEAST SCHUYLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.
  TIOGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.
  NORTHEAST CHEMUNG COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.

* AT 714 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO...NEAR CATHARINE...OR ABOUT
  3 MILES EAST OF MONTOUR FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ELMIRA HEIGHTS AND ELMIRA AROUND 720 PM EDT.
  ALPINE AND SOUTHPORT AROUND 725 PM EDT.
  BREESPORT AND CAYUTA AROUND 730 PM EDT.
  ERIN AND LOWMAN AROUND 735 PM EDT.
  NEWFIELD HAMLET AND NEWFIELD AROUND 740 PM EDT.

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

$$

HOLMES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSchuyler, Tompkins27 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.