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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 21, 2007Tompkins County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2007, 3:48 PM EDT for Tompkins County, New York. It was in force for 47 min. 4 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
Jun 21, 2007, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2007, 4:35 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tompkins County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 3:48 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLedyard, NY
Jun 21, 4:13 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Freeville, NY
Jun 21, 4:15 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Ithaca, NY
Jun 21, 4:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGIthaca, NYLARGE BRANCHES DOWN

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 21, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2007-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2007-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 261 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-246 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
256 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 211948
TORBGM
NYC109-212045-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0003.070621T1948Z-070621T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
348 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 340 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH OF
  TRUMANSBURG...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF ITHACA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ITHACA TOMPKINS ARPT...LANSING...NORTHEAST ITHACA AND CAYUGA
  HEIGHTS BY 400 PM EDT...
  FREEVILLE AND EAST ITHACA BY 405 PM EDT...
  BESEMER BY 410 PM EDT...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT
OR AN INTERIOR ROOM...AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 4272 7661 4259 7677 4238 7643 4253 7627

$$


MSE
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBGM 212004
SVSBGM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
400 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2007

NYC109-212045-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070621T2045Z/
TOMPKINS NY-
400 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR TOMPKINS 
COUNTY...

AT 352 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MYERS... OR ABOUT 
5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LANSING... AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. 

LOTS OF TREE DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SENECA COUNTY WITH THIS 
STORM... AND SOME SPOTTERS HAVE INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ON THE 
GROUND.  THE STORM WILL BE IN LANSING BY 415 PM.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 4272 7661 4259 7677 4238 7643 4253 7627

$$


MSE
000 
WWUS51 KBGM 212035
SVSBGM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
434 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2007

NYC109-212044-
/O.CAN.KBGM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070621T2045Z/
TOMPKINS NY-
434 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN TOMPKINS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA.
PLEASE KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FOR YOUR 
AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 
PM EDT. 

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 4272 7661 4259 7677 4238 7643 4253 7627

$$
NICOSIA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca36 min
Jun 21, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Delaware55 min
Jun 21, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca62 min
Jun 21, 3:35 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca25 min
Jun 21, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Otsego64 min
Jun 21, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTompkins62 min
Jun 21, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOnondaga58 min
Jun 21, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware52 min
Jun 21, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Tioga67 min
Jun 21, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego54 min
Jun 21, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison63 min
Jun 21, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan56 min
Jun 21, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOneida, Otsego59 min
Jun 21, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome48 min
Jun 21, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTompkins66 min
Jun 21, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan37 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.