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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 6, 2010Delaware County, Otsego County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2010, 10:52 AM EDT for Delaware County, Otsego County, New York. It was in force for 23 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: Jun 6, 2010, 10:52 AM EDT (14:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2010, 11:15 AM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Delaware County, NY, Otsego County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:52 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 6, 7:51 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 781 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

221 
WFUS51 KBGM 061452
TORBGM
NYC025-077-061515-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0003.100606T1452Z-100606T1515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1052 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL DELAWARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  SOUTHERN OTSEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT

* AT 1047 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ONEONTA...
  MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DAVENPORT...MARYLAND AND SCHENEVUS BY 1100 AM EDT...
  WORCESTER BY 1105 AM EDT...

WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4235 7507 4252 7513 4264 7463 4259 7464
      4252 7471 4243 7461 4242 7461
TIME...MOT...LOC 1452Z 255DEG 48KT 4246 7497

$$

DGM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 6, 8:06 AM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 8:06 AM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
806 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS TO THE
ENTIRE AREA TODAY. AREAS IN THE SOUTHERN TIER...CATSKILLS...AND
NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WILL LIKELY SEE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE
THROUGH THE AREA. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THE ACTIVITY EAST BY THIS
EVENING.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
UPDATED AT 805 AM...TORNADO WATCH FOR SRN TIER OF NY AND NE PA TIL
3 PM. PREV BLO...

A VERY TRICKY FORECAST TODAY. A LARGE RAIN SHIELD WITH A FEW
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY MOVING OVER THE CWA. WHILE
WINDS LOOK IMPRESSIVE AT .5 ELEVATION...SFC OBS SHOW NONE OF THE
HIGH WINDS ARE REACHING THE GROUND ATTM AS WE ARE DECOUPLED.

EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
ALTHOUGH...WITH DAYTIME HEATING...MIXING WILL OCCUR AND SOME OF
THE WINDS MAY BEGIN TO BE BROUGHT DOWN TO THE SFC.

MODELS ARE INDICATING SOME INSTABILITY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION
OF THE CWA. THE NAM IS...OF COURSE...MUCH MORE UNSTABLE AND HAS
MUCH HIGHER CAPE VALUES THEN THE GFS. THE AREA IS OUTLOOKED FOR A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...HOWEVER...THE RAIN MAY HAMPER THE
CHANCES OF THIS OCCURRING. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO SEE ANYTHING
DEVELOP WILL BE NE PA AND A LINE JUST NORTH OF I88 SOUTH. THE MAIN
THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS WITH THESE STORMS. THIS AREA IS
ALSO OUTLOOKED FOR LARGE HAIL AND A LOW POTENTIAL FOR TORNADIC
ACTIVITY.

LOOKING AT THE NAM SOUNDING FOR AVP...ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE SOME
TURING OF THE WINDS AND SOME SPEED SHEAR...THERE WILL BE A CAP
JUST BELOW 700 MB AT 15Z. THE CAP DOES ERODE BY 18Z...BUT THEN THE
WINDS ARENT AS FAVORABLE AS THEY BECOME UNIDIRECTIONAL.
CONDITIONS WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR THE INCREASE IN POTENTIAL
FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION AS MODELS COULD VERY WELL BE
OVER DOING THE CAP.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
MOST OF THE ACTIVITY FROM TODAY WILL BE ON ITS WAY OUT TO THE EAST
AS A COLD FRONT QUICKLY MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE BEGINNING OF
THE WEEK WILL HAVE HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE. TEMPS WITH THIS HIGH
WILL BE COOLER THEN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS...WITH HIGHS REACHING
INTO THE LOW 70S IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS...AND POSSIBLY ONLY
INTO THE MID TO UPPER 60S ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS. LOWS LOOK
TO DROP INTO THE 40S.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
LATEST MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SUGGEST SOMEWHAT OF AN
UNSETTLED END TO NEXT WEEK AS A WAVY FRONTAL SYSTEM EXTENDING
THROUGH THE LOWER GTLKS AND MID-ATLANTIC REGIONS INTERACTS WITH FAST
MOVING DISTURBANCES IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. HIGH PRESSURE
RETREATING EAST OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY WILL OPEN THE DOOR FOR THE
FIRST OF THE UPPER LEVEL WAVES WITH SHOWERS/POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE FORECAST FOR MAINLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY.
ONCE THIS FEATURE PUSHES THE FRONT TO OUR SOUTH...THU NIGHT AND
FRIDAY LOOK RELATIVELY DRY AS RIDGING NOSES IN FROM THE MIDWEST. THE
NEXT UPR WAVE APPROACHES THE REGION FRI NITE INTO SATURDAY...LIFTING
A WARM FRONT AND ASSOCIATED SHOWERS/TSTMS INTO THE AREA DURING THIS
TIME.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD AVERAGE NEAR NORMAL FOR MOST OF NEXT WEEK...WITH
WARMING ABOVE NORMAL POSSIBLE BEHIND THE WARM FRONT LATE NEXT
WEEKEND. REALIZING THIS WARMTH WILL BE DEPENDENT ON EXACT POSITION
OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND ANY CLOUD DEBRIS FROM AREAS OF STORM
ACTIVITY.

&&

.AVIATION /12Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
LOW PRESSURE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NY LATE THIS MORNING WITH A
COLD FRONT SWEEPING EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. RAIN WITH
PREVAILING MVFR RESTRICTIONS...AND POSSIBLE IFR CIGS/VSBYS WILL
LAST THROUGH ABOUT 16Z...BEFORE GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT TO VFR OCCURS
AFTER 18Z. OVERALL...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY APPEARS MINIMAL THIS
MORNING...HOWEVER A PERIOD OF TSRA MAY AFFECT TERMINAL OPERATIONS
AT KAVP...FROM LATE MORNING TO MID AFTERNOON...PRIOR TO COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE. ANY DEVELOPING CELLS IN THIS AREA COULD BE STRONG
TO SEVERE.

GRADUAL CLEARING IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...AND DEPENDING ON WHERE ANY
DECENT CLEARING OCCURS...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR IFR/MVFR RESTRICTIONS
IN FOG BY 06Z...AND CERTAINLY LATER IN THE NIGHT.

DUE TO THE FCST TRACK OF THE SFC LOW...WINDS WILL BE CHAOTIC
ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. IN GENERAL...KSYR-KRME WILL SEE E-NE
WINDS INCREASE THIS MORNING THEN SHIFT NORTHWEST MIDDAY. KITH-
KBGM-KELM SHOULD EXPERIENCE E-SELY FLOW...FOLLOWED BY A NW WIND
SHIFT FROM MIDDAY-EARLY AFTERNOON. KAVP WILL START OFF PREVAILING
SW...BECOMING NW LATE AFTERNOON. NW WINDS ARE LIKELY TO GUST 20-25
KTS THIS AFTERNOON...THEN WINDS DECREASE UNDER 10 KTS TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK...

MON THROUGH TUE...VFR. EARLY MORNING RESTRICTIONS IN FOG POSSIBLE
AT KELM.

WED AND THU...RESTRICTIONS COULD RE-DEVELOP...AS SHOWERS AND
POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS IMPACT THE REGION.

&&

.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...NONE.
NY...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...SLI
NEAR TERM...SLI
SHORT TERM...SLI
LONG TERM...JAB
AVIATION...JAB/MLJ

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 8:21 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
821 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

NYZ009-015>018-023-025-036-037-044>046-071230-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-SCHUYLER-
TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-
821 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NYZ022-024-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-071230-
STEUBEN-CHEMUNG-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-
NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
821 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

...TORNADO WATCH 271 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW
YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TORNADO WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:08 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
908 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

NYZ018-036-037-061345-
MADISON NY-ONEIDA NY-ONONDAGA NY-
908 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL ONONDAGA...NORTHERN
MADISON AND SOUTHERN ONEIDA COUNTIES...

* AT 906 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SYRACUSE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FAYETTEVILLE AND MANLIUS AT 915 AM EDT...
  CHITTENANGO AND SULLIVAN AT 920 AM EDT...
  PERRYVILLE AND CANASTOTA AT 925 AM EDT...
  LENOX AND WAMPSVILLE AT 930 AM EDT...
  KENWOOD AND SHERRILL AT 935 AM EDT...
  VERNON CENTER AND VERNON AT 940 AM EDT...
  CLINTON AND KIRKLAND AT 945 AM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING
WINDS. SEEK SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 4316 7518 4308 7518 4307 7520 4292 7520
      4292 7521 4292 7539 4294 7622 4312 7623

RHB

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
932 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

NYZ024-025-045-055-056-061415-
BROOME NY-CHEMUNG NY-CHENANGO NY-TIOGA NY-TOMPKINS NY-
932 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BROOME...EASTERN
CHEMUNG...SOUTHEASTERN TOMPKINS...SOUTHERN CHENANGO AND TIOGA
COUNTIES...

* AT 929 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY
  WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM SPENCER TO ERIN TO LOWMAN...AND MOVING EAST AT
  55 MPH.

* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST CANDOR AND WAVERLY AT 940 AM EDT...
  JENKSVILLE AND SPEEDVILLE AT 945 AM EDT...
  EAST BERKSHIRE AND BERKSHIRE AT 950 AM EDT...
  NANTICOKE AND OWEGO AT 955 AM EDT...
  UNION CENTER AND BINGHAMTON AIRPORT AT 1000 AM EDT...
  WEST CORNERS AND VESTAL AT 1005 AM EDT...
  VESTAL CENTER AND PORT DICKINSON AT 1010 AM EDT...
  SANITARIA SPRINGS AND BELDEN AT 1015 AM EDT...

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.

LAT...LON 4218 7671 4232 7652 4232 7541 4204 7542
      4200 7546 4200 7689

MLJ

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:53 AM EDT, 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
953 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

NYZ044>046-056-057-061430-
BROOME NY-CHENANGO NY-CORTLAND NY-DELAWARE NY-OTSEGO NY-
953 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CHENANGO...NORTH CENTRAL
BROOME...NORTH CENTRAL DELAWARE...SOUTHEASTERN CORTLAND AND WESTERN
OTSEGO COUNTIES...

* AT 947 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A   STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
THIS   STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LISLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SMITHVILLE FLATS AND GREENE AT 1000 AM EDT...
  TYNER AND SMITHVILLE CENTER AT 1005 AM EDT...
  OXFORD AND SOUTH OXFORD AT 1010 AM EDT...
  POLKVILLE AND GUILFORD AT 1015 AM EDT...
  LATHAMS CORNERS AND MT UPTON AT 1020 AM EDT...
  GILBERTSVILLE AND HOLMESVILLE AT 1025 AM EDT...
  MORRIS AND NEW LISBON AT 1030 AM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING
WINDS. SEEK SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

LAT...LON 4277 7513 4241 7499 4228 7602 4245 7608

RHB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 8:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chemung, Steuben	33 min
Jun 6, 8:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chemung, Steuben, Tioga	49 min
Jun 6, 9:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Onondaga	37 min
Jun 6, 9:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Broome, Tioga	43 min
Jun 6, 9:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chemung, Tioga	34 min
Jun 6, 9:47 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Chemung, Tioga	28 min
Jun 6, 9:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Chenango	37 min
Jun 6, 10:10 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Broome, Tioga	35 min
Jun 6, 10:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Delaware, Otsego	29 min
Jun 6, 10:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Tioga	40 min
Jun 6, 12:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Sullivan	33 min
Jun 6, 1:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chenango, Delaware, Otsego	34 min
Jun 6, 1:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Delaware	64 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.