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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 24, 2004Broome County, Delaware County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2004, 5:22 PM EDT for Broome County, Delaware County, New York. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2004, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2004, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Broome County, NY, Delaware County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 250 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2004-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2004-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-444 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

617 
WFUS51 KBGM 242122
TORBGM
NYC007-025-242215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
522 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL BROOME COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT.

* AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SANFORD...
  OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEPOSIT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SANFORD AT 525 PM EDT
  DEPOSIT AT 530 PM EDT
  HARVARD AND EAST BRANCH AT 555 PM EDT
  CORBETT AND DOWNSVILLE AT 605 PM EDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 4224 7566 4211 7572 4194 7495 4209 7479

$$

VAN AUSDALL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOnondaga44 min
May 23, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOneida42 min
May 23, 11:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMOneida3 hr
May 23, 11:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMMadison, Onondaga3 hr
May 24, 2:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMOneida6 hr
May 24, 2:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMMadison, Onondaga4 hr
May 24, 8:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung, Tioga34 min
May 24, 9:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Tioga46 min
May 24, 9:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Otsego39 min
May 24, 10:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware44 min
May 24, 11:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan46 min
May 24, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida45 min
May 24, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOneida39 min
May 24, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome44 min
May 24, 4:37 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMOneida23 min
May 24, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOneida30 min
May 24, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome33 min
May 24, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware56 min
May 24, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware43 min
May 24, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware31 min
May 24, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware62 min
May 24, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego46 min
May 24, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.