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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 31, 2002Broome County, Tioga County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2002, 3:37 PM EDT for Broome County, Tioga County, New York. It was in force for 38 min. 3 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: May 31, 2002, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2002, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Broome County, NY, Tioga County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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
May 31, 3:45 PM EDT	Tornado F1	Owego, NY	The tornado first touched down about a mile and a half northeast of the village of Owego, along Carmichael Road. As the tornado passed over a ridge toward Beecher Hill Road, the most extensive damage occurred. Along with major tree damage, two mobile homes w
May 31, 3:55 PM EDT	Tornado F0	Endicott, NY	A tornado briefly touched down on Bean Hill Road northwest of Endicott. The damage was consistent with F0 and about 60 MPH winds. The damage was entirely to small to moderate sized trees which were twisted and downed in several different directions. An eyewitn
May 31, 4:10 PM EDT	Tornado F0	Deposit, NY	The tornado initially touched down close to a campground off of H. Decker Road. The tornado then traveled northeast across a small lake. Minor tree damage was observed. An eyewitness reported seeing a swirling mass of debris which was mainly composed of lea

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
May 31, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 192 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: 59 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 835 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 141 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.

302 
WFUS51 KBGM 311937
TORBGM
NYC007-107-312015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
336 PM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BROOME COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  TIOGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT.

* AT 331 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A     
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO NORTH OF             
  OWEGO...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE DEVELOPING TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO 
  BE NEAR...
  ENDWELL AND ENDICOTT AT 340 PM.
  JOHNSON CITY AND BINGHAMTON AT 345 PM.
  CHENANGO BRIDGE AND CHENANGO FORKS AT 350 PM.
  SANITARIA SPGS AT 355 PM.
  WINDSOR AT 400 PM.
  HARPURSVILLE AT 405 PM.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION FROM THE DAMAGING WINDS OF A TORNADO...GO TO A
BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR
BUSINESS.

$$

LAT...LON 4224 7621 4206 7623 4201 7543 4224 7544
NICOSIA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 11:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cayuga, Onondaga	51 min
May 31, 12:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Madison	44 min
May 31, 12:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Oneida	36 min
May 31, 12:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cortland	51 min
May 31, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Tioga	35 min
May 31, 2:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome	46 min
May 31, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Delaware, Otsego	50 min
May 31, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Delaware	61 min
May 31, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Sullivan	54 min
May 31, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Tioga	65 min
May 31, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Madison, Onondaga	47 min
May 31, 3:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Sullivan	37 min
May 31, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Delaware, Tioga	64 min
May 31, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Otsego	62 min
May 31, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Delaware	59 min
May 31, 4:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Delaware, Sullivan	33 min

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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.