Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2010, 7:50 PM EDT for Steuben County, New York. It was in force for 25 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 27, 2010, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2010, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Steuben County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
125 WFUS51 KBGM 272350 TORBGM NYC101-280015- /O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0004.100627T2350Z-100628T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 750 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL STEUBEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK... * UNTIL 815 PM EDT. * AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF CAMERON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CAMERON BY 800 PM EDT... THURSTON BY 815 PM EDT... WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-800-759-2992...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 4222 7725 4213 7728 4218 7761 4226 7759 TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 274DEG 24KT 4220 7751 $$ DJN
1 follow-up statement
646 WWUS51 KBGM 280011 SVSBGM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 811 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 2010 NYC101-280020- /O.EXP.KBGM.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100628T0015Z/ STEUBEN NY- 811 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL STEUBEN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL STEUBEN COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM EDT. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-800-759-2992...OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 4222 7725 4213 7728 4218 7761 4226 7759 TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 274DEG 24KT 4219 7733 $$ DJN
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 27, 3:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 3:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 355 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 2010 .SYNOPSIS... A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS A WARM FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. A BETTER THREAT FOR ORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. DRIER AND COOLER WEATHER WILL BUILD IN BY MID-WEEK WITH HIGHS NOT MAKING IT OUT OF THE 60S. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/... THE LATEST HPC SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A WARM FRONT DRAPED ACROSS OUR AREA NOW...WITH WARM AND HUMID AIR SURGING THROUGH THE FINGER LAKES...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS FORMING ALONG IT. SB CAPES HAVE RISEN TOWARD 1500 J/KG WITH IMPRESSIVE 0-6KM BULK SHEAR VALUES BETWEEN 50 AND 60 KTS. EARLIER TODAY WHEN THE CAPE WAS JUST A BIT WEAKER...THE SHEAR WAS ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A ROTATING SHOWER THAT HAD A HOOK ECHO ON THE 0.5 BASE REFLECTIVITY. THE SHOWER MOVED FROM NEAR TULLY DOWN THROUGH CUYLER IN CORTLAND COUNTY. NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED BUT GUSTY WINDS WERE CONFIRMED BY A STORM SPOTTER NEAR TULLY. LUCKILY FOR US WHILE WE ARE SEEING SOME ROTATION IN THE STORMS...VERY WEAK LAPSE RATES IN THE MID LEVELS (700-500 MB) ARE NOT ALLOWING THE STORMS TO GROW MUCH AT ALL. WITH THAT IN MIND ISOLATED SHOWERS WITH SOME THUNDER ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION WILL BE RIGHT ALONG THE WARM FRONT...IE FROM NEAR WATKINS GLEN EAST THROUGH CORTLAND...TO DELHI. LATER THIS EVENING THE POPS MAY LIFT A BIT NORTH AS THE WARM FRONT SLOWLY MOVES NORTH. LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT A GRADUAL INCREASE IN COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED AS A COLD FRONT OVER IOWA PULLS EAST. YOU CAN ALREADY SEE THIS INCREASE IN COVERAGE TO OUR SOUTHWEST NOW OVER WESTERN PA....OHIO...AND LOWER MICHIGAN. SPC CONTINUES TO OUTLOOK OUR AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK AND I SEE NO REASON TO ARGUE WITH THIS. CAPE VALUES ARE STILL AROUND 1000 J/KG...WITH LIFTED INDICES APPROACHING -4 AND 0-6 KM BULK SHEARS AROUND 40 KTS. BIGGEST POTENTIAL APPEARS TO BE STRONG WINDS WITH A LLJ OF 45 KTS AROUND 5KFT. IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS...PWATS ARE ABOVE 1.75 INCHES SO HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY. HIGHEST POPS WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST WITH CHANCE POPS IN NEPA. ADDED ENHANCED WORDING FOR RAIN AND WIND TO THE GRIDS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MONDAY....FRONTAL PASSAGE STILL NOT UNTIL LATE IN THE DAY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AHEAD OF THE FRONT. HIGHEST INSTABILITY SHIFTS EAST WITH THE FOCUS FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER BEING EAST OF I-81. POPS TAPER LATE IN THE DAY ACROSS THE FAR WEST. MONDAY NIGHT AND BEYOND...BEHIND THE FRONT MAINLY DRY WEATHER BUILDS IN BUT THE BIGGER STORY WILL BE THE COOLER TEMPS. H850 TEMPS FALL FROM AROUND 12C TUESDAY...TO 7C WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL SUPPORT HIGHS IN THE 70S TUESDAY BUT NOT OUT OF THE 60S WEDNESDAY. AS FAR AS PRECIP CHANCES GO WE MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS LINGER BEHIND THE FROPA MONDAY EVENING BUT DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE NAM IS PUTTING OUT SOME QPF ON TUESDAY AND WHILE AN ISOLATED SHOWER IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE...THE DEPTH OF MOISTURE IS VERY SHALLOW SO ISOLATED WOULD BE THE KEY WORD. SOME UNCERTAINTY BY WEDNESDAY WITH THE NAM SHOWING A UPPER LOW DROPPING IN FROM THE NORTH WHILE THE GFS COULD KEEP MOST OF THE MOISTURE TOWARD KART. FOR NOW WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE NORTH. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS WL RMN ACRS THE REGION ON THURSDAY AS UL LOW SLOWLY PULLS NORTHEAST INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. HGTS RISE THRU THE RMNDR OF THE LONG TERM AS H5 HIPRES RIDGE BUILDS IN. A DRY FCST AND MODERATING TEMPS CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND. WITH HIPRES SQUARELY OVR THE REGION NOT EXPECTING ANY MOISTURE TO SNEAK IN FM TS ALEX THRU THE END OF THE PD. && .AVIATION /20Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... SOME MVFR RESTRICTIONS PRESENT AT TERMINALS THIS AFTN WITH SCT-BKN CIGS FM 2500-3500FT AND 4-5SM VSBYS IN LIGHT HAZE. NO EXPECTING MUCH MORE IN THE WAY OF RESTRICTIONS THRU THE AFTN/EARLY EVNG HRS. CANNOT RULE OUT SHOWERS WITH ISOLD TSTM BTWN 19Z-00Z. CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON LOCATION AND COVERAGE AREA...THUS ONLY CB GROUPS INCLUDED IN TEMPO PD AT THIS TIME. A BREAK IS EXPECTED AFTER SUNSET WITH NEXT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE BRINGING IN MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/TSTMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. AS BEFORE...ONLY INCLUDED CB MENTION AT THIS TIME. RAIN WILL LIKELY MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY DAYBREAK...LEADING TO MOIST LOW LEVELS AND FOG/POTENTIAL IFR CONDITIONS THROUGH MID-MORNING. WINDS VARY FROM THE NORTHWEST AT SYR/RME EARLY ON AROUND 5KTS TO SOUTHWEST AT 8-12 KTS ACROSS SOUTHERN TERMINALS DUE TO PROXIMITY OF STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WINDS VRB OVERNIGHT...SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST FROM 12-15KTS BY MORNING. OUTLOOK... MON...POTENTIAL FOR MVFR IN SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY AT AVP. TUES THRU FRI...MOSTLY VFR OTHER THAN SOME MORNING IFR FOG AT ELM. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...HEDEN NEAR TERM...HEDEN SHORT TERM...HEDEN LONG TERM...PVN AVIATION...PVN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 3:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 330 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 2010 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-281930- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO- OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA- NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 330 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. A BETTER CHANCE FOR ORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN ANY AREAS OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HEDEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Cortland | 58 min |
| Jun 27, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 49 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.