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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 12, 2005Sullivan County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 12, 2005, 6:12 PM EDT for Sullivan County, New York. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 12, 2005, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired: Aug 12, 2005, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sullivan County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Aug 12, 6:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Ellenville, NY	TREE DOWN ON ROUTE 209.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 12, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1257 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 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.

000 
WFUS51 KBGM 122213
TORBGM
NYC105-122245-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0003.050812T2212Z-050812T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
612 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL SULLIVAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 609 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  HURLEYVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR MONTICELLO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WOODRIDGE AND ROCK HILL AT 620 PM EDT
  PHILLIPSPORT AND WURTSBORO AT 630 PM EDT
  HIGHVIEW AND BLOOMINGBURG AT 635 PM EDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE 
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4182 7474 4165 7482 4147 7424 4169 7414

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KBGM 122236
SVSBGM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
634 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2005

NYC105-122245-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050812T2245Z/
SULLIVAN NY-
634 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
SULLIVAN COUNTY...

AT 631 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PHILLIPSPORT...OR 
ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. IT WILL 
EXIT THE COUNTY NEAR PHILLIPSPORT BY 645 PM.

THE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO PRODUCE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS 
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTY. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4182 7474 4165 7482 4147 7424 4169 7414

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 12, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Steuben	56 min
Aug 12, 2:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Steuben	31 min
Aug 12, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chemung, Tioga	72 min
Aug 12, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Tioga	31 min
Aug 12, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Sullivan	65 min
Aug 12, 5:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Sullivan	28 min
Aug 12, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Sullivan	30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.