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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 22, 2004Schuyler County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2004, 7:52 PM EDT for Schuyler 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 22, 2004, 7:52 PM EDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2004, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Schuyler County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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 22, 5:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2004-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2004-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 259 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
259 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 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.

728 
WFUS51 KBGM 222352
TORBGM
NYC097-230045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
750 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SCHUYLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 748 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TYRONE...OR
  ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUNDEE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS
  TYRONE AND WESTON AT 755 PM EDT
  READING CENTER AT 805 PM EDT
  WATKINS GLEN AND WEDGEWOOD AT 810 PM EDT
  MONTOUR FALLS AND BURDETT AT 815 PM EDT
  CATHARINE AND ODESSA AT 820 PM EDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4251 7721 4233 7724 4229 7680 4245 7672

$$

VAN AUSDALL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben61 min
May 22, 7:31 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMSteuben29 min
May 22, 7:36 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMSteuben24 min
May 22, 7:56 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMSchuyler49 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.