Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2011, 10:16 PM EDT for Luzerne County, Pike County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 37 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
- Apr 26, 2011, 10:16 PM EDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 10:53 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Luzerne County, PA, Pike County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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 severe thunderstorm 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
828
WUUS51 KBGM 270216
SVRBGM
PAC079-103-270300-
/O.NEW.KBGM.SV.W.0019.110427T0216Z-110427T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1016 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LUZERNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.
* AT 1016 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CONYNGHAM...AND MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HAZLETON BY 1022 PM EDT...
DRIFTON BY 1026 PM EDT...
WOODSIDE-DRIFTON AND FREELAND BY 1028 PM EDT...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT
1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 4090 7602 4100 7574 4114 7511 4108 7502
4112 7493 4119 7488 4100 7573 4104 7593
4109 7593 4108 7624 4105 7624 4094 7621
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 266DEG 36KT 4099 7604
$$
SLI1 follow-up statement
060
WWUS51 KBGM 270253
SVSBGM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1053 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
PAC079-103-270304-
/O.CAN.KBGM.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110427T0300Z/
LUZERNE PA-PIKE PA-
1053 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PIKE AND
SOUTHERN LUZERNE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 4090 7602 4100 7574 4114 7511 4108 7502
4112 7493 4119 7488 4100 7573 4104 7593
4109 7593 4108 7624 4105 7624 4094 7621
TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 266DEG 36KT 4101 7555
$$
SLIWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 26, 9:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 9:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
905 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT BEFORE
FINALLY SHIFTING EAST. HIT AND MISS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DOT THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE MORE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL COMES
BACK IN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...ALONG AN INCOMING COLD
FRONT.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
UPDATED AS OF 215 PM (1815Z)... CONVECTIVE LINE COMING INTO CNTRL
NY/N-CNTRL PA FROM THE W...SHOULD CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY LATE THIS
AFTN...AS IT ENCOUNTERS ML CAPES APPROACHING 1500...DEEP-LAYERED
SHEAR ARND 40 KT...AND STGLY VEERING LOW-LEVEL WIND PROFILES.
HRRR/OTHER MESO-SCALE CONVECTION-ALLOWING MODELS SUGGEST
ADDITIONAL LINEAR STRUCTURES WILL FOLLOW THIS ONE THROUGH THE
EARLY EVENING PD. SVR WW #213 IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CNTRL
NY/NE PA UNTIL 01Z WED.
SHRA/TSRA SHOULD DIMINISH LATER THIS EVE...AS UPPER-LVL FORCING
WANES...AND THE BLYR STABILIZES. AREAS OF LOW CIGS/FOG COULD FORM
OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY WHERE SIG RAINFALL OCCURS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 9 PM EDT...WIDESPREAD AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS PLAGUING THE CWA THIS EVNG. SVR TSTM WATCH EXPIRED
AT 01Z. WL HANDLE WITH LOCALIZED WARNING RATHER THAN EXTENDING IN
TIME FOR SVRL MORE HRS. LEADING EDGE OF STORMS MVG THRU NEPA WL MV
INTO, AS OF YET, UNTAPPED AIR. THESE STORMS HV BCM BETTER
ORGANIZED AS THEY APPCH I-81 CORRIDOR. CANNOT RULE OUT CONT/D SVR
THREAT THRU APPROX 04Z AS THEY MV INTO ERN SXNS OF CWA. PLENTY OF
FRCG FM UL WV ALONG WITH FOCUSED LLJ NOSING INTO NEPA/CNTRL NY WL
SUSTAIN HVY RAIN AND CONVECTION THRU MIDNIGHT.
HV UPDATED ALL HRLY GRIDS FOR ONGOING CONVECTION AND INCLUDED
MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN. SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED OVR THE
NEXT SVRL HRS ALONG WITH POTENTIAL FOR SVR STORMS.
PREV DISCUSSION BLO...
UPDATED AS OF 220 PM (1820Z)... THIS WILL BE BRIEF...OWING TO
NEAR-TERM SVR WX CONCERNS.
WARM SECTOR AMS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WED...ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT LESS
INSTABILITY IS PROGGED...AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY. A
SUBTLE UPPER-LVL WAVE IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH FROM THE SW BY
18Z...WITH AT LEAST SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA ANTICIPATED TO RE-DEVELOP
BY THEN.
LATE WED NIGHT AND THU...WE'RE STILL EXPECTING THE MAIN UPPER-LVL
TROUGH AXIS AND COLD FRONT TO COME IN FROM THE W. EXPECTED
TIMING...AS OF THIS JUNCTURE...WOULD BRING THESE SYSTEMS THROUGH
EARLIER THU...GENERALLY 12-18Z...AND THIS TIMING COULD REDUCE THE
SVR THREAT. HOWEVER...ANY DEVIATION AT ALL...WOULD AT LEAST PLACE
THE ERN HALF OF THE CWA UNDER THE GUN FOR POTENTIAL SVR TSRA THU
AFTN...AS STG FORCING WILL BE AT PLAY. AT ANY RATE...LIKELY POPS
WILL STILL BE UTILIZED THIS PD...EVENTUALLY TAPERING OFF FROM W TO
E BY LATER IN THE DAY THU.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
WE HAVE FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE FOR THE MED RNG. CRNT ACTIVE WX
PRECLUDES IN DEPTH DISCUSSION...XPCT LINGERING -SHRA ON
FRIDAY...THEN DRY WX SAT AND SAT NGT. NXT FNTL SYSTEM APRCHS AND
WENT WITH SLOWER SOLUTION PREFERRED BY HPC...WITH A CHC FOR -SHRA
SUN THRU TUE.
&&
.AVIATION /01Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT
TERMINALS FIRST 2-4 HOURS OF FORECAST PERIOD. MOSTLY VFR
CONDITIONS EXPECTED, BUT HEAVIER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY
BRING RESTRICTIONS TO MVFR. AFTER RAIN MOVES EAST EXPECT MVFR
RESTRICTIONS IN BR IN WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS.
CONDITIONS IMPROVE BY 14Z AT TERMINALS WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS IN
THE MORNING AND ADDITIONAL CUMULUS FOR THE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BUT
LITTLE CONFIDENCE EXISTS TO INCLUDE MENTION AT THIS TIME.
WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST FROM 3-8KTS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS
IN THUNDERSTORMS EARLY ON. WINDS BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY AND
INCREASE TO 10-15KTS WED MORNING.
OUTLOOK...
WED NGT...SCT MVFR IN TSRA.
THU NGT-FRI NGT...VFR AND MVFR MAINLY CENTRAL NY IN SCATTERED
SHRA.
SAT...MAINLY VFR.
SUN...MVFR IN SCT -SHRA.
&&
.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR PAZ038.
NY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR NYZ009-015>018-
022-036-037.
&&
SYNOPSIS...MLJ
NEAR TERM...MLJ/PVN
SHORT TERM...MLJ
LONG TERM...
AVIATION...PVNHazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 9:21 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 921 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 NYZ009-016>018-023>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-280130- NORTHERN ONEIDA-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG- TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA- BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING- LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 921 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NYZ015-022-280130- YATES-STEUBEN- 921 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 26, 9:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
906 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0906 PM HEAVY RAIN APALACHIN 42.07N 76.17W
04/26/2011 M1.71 INCH TIOGA NY TRAINED SPOTTER
RAIN FELL FROM 750 PM THROUGH 9 PM
&&
MJNLocal storm report, Apr 26, 9:16 PM EDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
916 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0911 PM HAIL MONTROSE 41.83N 75.88W
04/26/2011 E0.75 INCH SUSQUEHANNA PA PUBLIC
&&
MJNLocal storm report, Apr 26, 9:19 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
919 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0902 PM HAIL MONTROSE 41.83N 75.88W
04/26/2011 E0.75 INCH SUSQUEHANNA PA PUBLIC
&&
CORRECTED EVENT TIME
MJNLocal storm report, Apr 26, 9:21 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
921 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0905 PM TSTM WND DMG GREAT BEND 41.97N 75.75W
04/26/2011 SUSQUEHANNA PA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREE DOWN ON 21 SOUTH AND FELL ON ELECTICAL POLE
&&
MJNLocal storm report, Apr 26, 10:07 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1007 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0945 PM HAIL ELK LAKE 41.75N 75.95W
04/26/2011 E1.00 INCH SUSQUEHANNA PA PUBLIC
&&
MJNLocal storm report, Apr 26, 10:11 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1011 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1005 PM FLASH FLOOD LACEYVILLE 41.65N 76.16W
04/26/2011 WYOMING PA PUBLIC
A CREEK IN LACEYVILLE WAS THREATING TO FLOOD HOMES IN
LACEYVILLE
&&
MJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 67 min |
| Apr 26, 8:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 65 min |
| Apr 26, 9:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford, Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne, Wyoming | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 9:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Lackawanna, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, Wyoming | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:02 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 5 days |
| Apr 26, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming | 68 min |
| Apr 26, 10:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, Wyoming | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Pike | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:09 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 4 days |
| Apr 27, 2:43 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Wyoming | 3 days |
| Apr 27, 6:00 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 63 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:25 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 3 days |
| Apr 27, 11:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BGM | Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.