Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2008, 5:50 PM EDT for Pike County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 55 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 31, 2008, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2008, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pike County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KBGM 312149
SVRBGM
PAC103-312245-
/O.NEW.KBGM.SV.W.0021.080531T2150Z-080531T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
550 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
GREENTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PECKS POND BY 605 PM EDT...
DINGMANS FERRY AND BUSHKILL BY 620 PM EDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IS IMMINENT. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...HAIL THREE-QUARTERS
OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL LIKELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM
MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW.
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 4114 7509 4115 7517 4125 7514 4124 7535
4133 7532 4134 7534 4137 7535 4136 7528
4138 7526 4125 7484 4122 7486 4120 7486
4110 7496 4108 7504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 295DEG 39KT 4130 7534
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBGM 312224
SVSBGM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
623 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
PAC103-312245-
/O.CON.KBGM.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080531T2245Z/
PIKE PA-
623 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY...
AT 618 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR TAMIMENT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 38 MPH.
THE STORM WILL PASS THROUGH DINGMANS FERRY AND BUSHKILL BETWEEN 625
PM AND 640 PM EDT.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 4114 7509 4115 7517 4125 7514 4124 7535
4133 7532 4134 7534 4137 7535 4136 7528
4138 7526 4125 7484 4122 7486 4120 7486
4110 7496 4108 7504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 300DEG 33KT 4117 7493
$$
NICOSIA000
WWUS51 KBGM 312245
SVSBGM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
645 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
PAC103-312255-
/O.CAN.KBGM.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080531T2245Z/
PIKE PA-
645 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED TO
THE EAST INTO NEW JERSEY...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
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 4114 7509 4115 7517 4125 7514 4124 7535
4133 7532 4134 7534 4137 7535 4136 7528
4138 7526 4125 7484 4122 7486 4120 7486
4110 7496 4108 7504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 300DEG 33KT 4100 7475
$$
NICOSIAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, Wyoming | 40 min |
| May 31, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Wayne | 60 min |
| May 31, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Pike | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.