Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2011, 6:54 PM EDT for Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 66 min. 3 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
- May 26, 2011, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Bradford County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:30 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Milan, PA | DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM FOUND AN EF1 TORNADO TRACK WHICH WAS 4 MILES LONG AND 75 YARDS WIDE. ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED WAS 90 MPH. |
| May 26, 7:30 PM EDT | TORNADO | Milan, PA | EF1 WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF 90 MPH. TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON HILLSIDE 1 MILE SSW OF MILAN THEN TRACKED NORTHEAST FOR 0.4 MILES BEFORE LIFTING NEAR ROUTE 220. MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO TREES THOUGH ONE TRAILER ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE. |
| May 26, 8:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Alba, PA | NUMEROUS TREES AND MINOR BUILDING DAMAGE REPORTS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 66 minutes after it went out.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
184
WUUS51 KBGM 262254
SVRBGM
PAC015-270000-
/O.NEW.KBGM.SV.W.0076.110526T2254Z-110527T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
654 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BRADFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* AT 649 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LE
ROY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
FRANKLINDALE BY 708 PM EDT...
BURLINGTON BY 710 PM EDT...
TOWANDA BY 720 PM EDT...
ULSTER BY 722 PM EDT...
MILAN BY 728 PM EDT...
ROME BY 734 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!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4201 7646 4200 7615 4188 7614 4158 7674
4158 7677 4171 7690
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 232DEG 29KT 4170 7673
$$
MLJWhat 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 May 26, 2:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 210 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 .SYNOPSIS... WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING IN WARM MOIST AIR TO THE REGION. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT AND SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. AS A STORM SYTEM OVER THE MIDWEST MOVES CLOSER FRIDAY...MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE UNTIL THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON SATURDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 2 PM...OUR AREA CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE WITH MU CAPES NEARING 3000 J/KG. FORTUNATTELY THERE IS NOT A STRONG FORCING MECHANISM TO ORGANIZE THE STORMS. STILL ISOLATED CELLS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. GOOD CU FIELD IS FORMING ON THE SATELLITE PX AND RADAR HAS STORM CELLS DEVELOPING ALONG THE SOUTHERN LAKE ONTARIO SHORE NORTHWEST OF SYR. GIVEN A GOOD SHEAR ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS THE CAPE... THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STORMS TO ROTATE AND BECOME SUPERCELLS PRODUCING ISOLATED LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND OR ISOLATED TORNADOES. HENCE A TORNADO WATCH IS BEING ISSUED SHORTLY. HIGH RES MODELS SEEM TO INDICATE AFTER A BATCH OF CONVECTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THAT ANOTHER SHORT-WAVE MAY BRING ANOTHER BATCH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. FRIDAY...MORE SHOWERS AND TSTMS WITH AN ALMOST SIMILAR SITUATION. THE UPPER LOW OVER THE MID WEST EDGES EAST WITH A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO AND ERIE. THERE IS AGAIN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY THE FRONT OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL SLOWLY SLIDE SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL NY AND PA. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AS THE LONG WAVE TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE MIDWEST WITH SHORT-WAVES MOVING ACROSS THE AREA IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW. BY SUNDAY THE FRONT WILL BE STRUNG MORE E-W ACROSS CENTRAL NY WITH A CONTINUED CHANCE FOR CONVECTION. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY, A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL EXIST ACROSS THE EASTERN UNITED STATES WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IN THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. THIS WILL RESULT IN A WARM SOUTH/SOUTHWEST FLOW WITH PARTLY TO MAINLY CLEAR SKIES ALONG WITH MAX TEMPS RANGING FROM THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY, SFC LOW PRES WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN CANADA AND DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. WILL ADVERTISE LOW CHC POPS FOR SHRA/TSRA ON WEDNESDAY WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE. MAX TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY, STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION ALONG WITH SFC HIGH PRES BUILDING SOUTH FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT AIRMASS CHANGE WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE LOWER 70S ON THURSDAY. && .AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON MODERATELY TO EXTREMELY UNSTABLE BUT LACK OF SIGNIFICANT TRIGGER HAS RESULTED IN ONLY ISOLATED ACTIVITY SO FAR. LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING WEAK TROFS MOVING THROUGH REGION MAY DEVELOP MORE ORGANIZED ACTIVITY. FOR THIS REASON INCLUDED FOUR HOUR TEMPO GROUPS LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING AT ALL TERMINALS FOR MVFR HEAVY SHOWERS WITH CB IN CLOUD GROUP TO IMPLY POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS. OVERNIGHT, HAZE AND MIST WILL PRODUCE MVFR CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY AFTER 06Z. AFTER 13Z, CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO VFR THROUGH 18Z. DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH MVFR CONDITIONS. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 10 KNOTS GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WIND AROUND 5 KNOTS ON FRIDAY. OUTLOOK... FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...MVFR IN PRIMARILY AFTN SHRA/TSRA. SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...VFR. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...BMW NEAR TERM...BMW SHORT TERM...BMW LONG TERM...RRM AVIATION...RRM
Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 2:28 PM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 228 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-271830- 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- 228 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 ...TORNADO WATCH 382 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAINING THE PRIMARY TREATS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 26, 6:13 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
613 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0543 PM HAIL 3 WNW CANASTOTA 43.10N 75.81W
05/26/2011 M1.50 INCH MADISON NY PUBLIC
&&
EMGLocal storm report, May 26, 6:25 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
625 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0625 PM HAIL 1 E APALACHIN 42.07N 76.15W
05/26/2011 E0.75 INCH TIOGA NY NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
MJNLocal storm report, May 26, 6:27 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
627 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0620 PM TSTM WND DMG GRAND GORGE 42.36N 74.49W
05/26/2011 DELAWARE NY 911 CENTER
TREES AND WIRES DOWN.
&&
HEDENSpecial weather statement, May 26, 6:41 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
641 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
NYZ009-018-036-037-262345-
MADISON NY-ONEIDA NY-ONONDAGA NY-
641 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN ONONDAGA...NORTHWESTERN
MADISON AND WEST CENTRAL ONEIDA COUNTIES...
* AT 636 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LA
FAYETTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MANLIUS AND FAYETTEVILLE AT 650 PM EDT...
KIRKVILLE AND MINOA AT 655 PM EDT...
CHITTENANGO AND SULLIVAN AT 700 PM EDT...
LAKEPORT AND CANASTOTA AT 705 PM EDT...
UNION CORNERS AT 710 PM EDT...
SOUTH BAY AND VERONA BEACH AT 715 PM EDT...
VIENNA AND SYLVAN BEACH AT 720 PM EDT...
NEW LONDON AT 725 PM EDT...
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
LAT...LON 4344 7532 4281 7601 4291 7621 4319 7598
4316 7591 4317 7588 4331 7587 4347 7574
4343 7553 4348 7541
MLJSpecial weather statement, May 26, 6:46 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
646 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
PAZ038-262345-
BRADFORD PA-
646 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BRADFORD COUNTY...
* AT 645 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CANTON...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LE ROY AT 655 PM EDT...
WEST BURLINGTON AND WEST FRANKLIN AT 700 PM EDT...
FRANKLINDALE AND WETONA AT 705 PM EDT...
BURLINGTON AND MONROE AT 710 PM EDT...
RIGGS AND EAST SMITHFIELD AT 715 PM EDT...
SHESHEQUIN AND ULSTER AT 720 PM EDT...
MILAN AND MACEDONIA AT 725 PM EDT...
ROME AT 730 PM EDT...
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
LAT...LON 4200 7645 4200 7615 4187 7613 4158 7671
4159 7687 4160 7689 4171 7690
MLJLocal storm report, May 26, 6:50 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
650 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0627 PM HAIL ENDICOTT 42.10N 76.06W
05/26/2011 E0.75 INCH BROOME NY PUBLIC
&&
MJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 12:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 35 min |
| May 26, 1:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 63 min |
| May 26, 2:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 53 min |
| May 26, 2:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Wyoming | 36 min |
| May 26, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 62 min |
| May 26, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 55 min |
| May 26, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 53 min |
| May 26, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 62 min |
| May 26, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Bradford | 59 min |
| May 26, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Bradford | 46 min |
| May 26, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 24 min |
| May 26, 7:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford | 3 hr |
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.