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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 29, 2006Onondaga County, New York; Pike County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 29, 2006, 4:01 PM EDT for Onondaga County, New York; Pike County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 125 days. 7 reports 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: Jul 29, 2006, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired: Dec 1, 2006, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 125 days
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Onondaga County, NY, Pike County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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
Jul 29, 4:05 PM EDT	TORNADO	Marcellus, NY	STORM SURVEY INDICATED F0 DAMAGE MOSTLY TO TREES ON EAST SIDE OF VILLAGE. APPROX WIDTH 75 YARDS. EYEWITNESS OBSERVED TORNADO FROM MARCELLUS PARK...TRACKING SE APPROX 3 MILES OUTSIDE OF VILLAGE. SPORADIC F0 STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE EXTENDS UP TO 10 MILES SE AL
Aug 2, 2:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Syracuse, NY	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
Aug 2, 3:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Syracuse, NY	DOZEN TREES BLOWN DOWN BY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS NEAR CRAWFORD AVENUE.
Oct 29, 9:44 AM EST	NON-TSTM WND DMG	Syracuse, NY	FEW TREES DOWN ACROSS ONONDAGA COUNTY.
Nov 16, 3:50 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Syracuse, NY	74 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT THE ROOF OF THE CARRIER DOME IN SYRACUSE.
Nov 16, 4:05 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Syracuse, NY	TREES ON ROOFS IN THE CITY OF SYRACUSE. TREES AND WIRES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
Dec 1, 3:37 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 49	Syracuse, NY	49 MPH WIND GUST.

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
Jul 29, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 187 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: 309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 691 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KBGM 292001
TORBGM
NYC067-292030-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0002.060729T2001Z-060729T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
401 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ONONDAGA...
  OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SYRACUSE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  OTISCO AT 410 PM EDT...
  LA FAYETTE AT 415 PM EDT...
  POMPEY AND WATERVALE AT 420 PM EDT...
  FABIUS AT 425 PM EDT...

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 1000 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

LAT...LON 4309 7622 4294 7591 4280 7590 4280 7591
      4280 7606 4279 7607 4279 7610 4296 7640
      4310 7627

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBGM 292035
SVSBGM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
432 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2006

NYC067-292042-
/O.EXP.KBGM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060729T2030Z/
ONONDAGA NY-
432 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ONONDAGA COUNTY EXPIRED AT 430 PM
EDT...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM FOR 
ONONDAGA COUNTY...

DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHERN ONONDAGA 
COUNTY, BUT THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT 
SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL
NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

LAT...LON 4309 7622 4294 7591 4280 7590 4280 7591
      4280 7606 4279 7607 4279 7610 4296 7640
      4310 7627

$$

000 
WFUS51 KBGM 012232
TORBGM
PAC103-012300-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0002.061201T2232Z-061201T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
532 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 530 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PECKS
  POND...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT POCONO...MOVING EAST AT 75
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  MILLRIFT AND MILFORD AT 545 PM EST...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW
YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW
YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

LAT...LON 4137 7529 4120 7523 4135 7426 4157 7433

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 2:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BGM	Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga and 5 more	7 hr
Jul 29, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Madison, Oneida, Onondaga	57 min
Jul 29, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Oneida	40 min
Jul 29, 3:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Oneida	125 days
Jul 29, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Onondaga	66 min
Jul 29, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Madison, Otsego	54 min
Jul 29, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chenango, Cortland, Madison	67 min
Jul 29, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Delaware	65 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.