Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2011, 8:03 PM EDT for Chemung County, Tioga County, New York; Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 57 min. 13 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, 8:03 PM EDT (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chemung County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Bradford County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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, 8:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bentley Creek, PA | TRAILER BLOWN ON SIDE. |
| May 26, 8:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sayre, PA | TWO 100 FOOT TALL TREES UPROOTED |
| May 26, 8:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Sayre, PA | |
| May 26, 8:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Wellsburg, NY | NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN TOWNS OF BALDWIN AND CHEMUNG |
| May 26, 8:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Wellsburg, NY | TRAILER WITH ROOF BLOWN OFF. ATTACHED CARPORTS RIPPED AWAY IN CARRIAGE ESTATES. |
| May 26, 8:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Wellsburg, NY | TRAILER OVERTURNED AND FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE |
| May 26, 8:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Athens, PA | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO NURSING HOME |
| May 26, 8:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sayre, PA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN ALL OVER SAYRE. SIDING AND SHINGLES BLOWN OFF HOUSE IN TOWN |
| May 26, 8:28 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Elmira, NY | NUMEROUS MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED |
| May 26, 8:43 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Owego, NY | MANY TREES DOWN IN HICKORIES PARK. RELAYED BY WBNG-TV |
| May 26, 8:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Campville, NY | TREES AND WIRES DOWN FROM CAMPVILLE TO OWEGO. ROUTE 17C CLOSED. |
| May 26, 8:59 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lowman, NY | AT THE GARNER HILL CAMPGROUND...TREE DOWN ACROSS INTERIOR ROAD. |
| May 26, 9:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | Owego, NY |
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 13 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 17 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
435
WUUS51 KBGM 270003
SVRBGM
NYC015-107-PAC015-270100-
/O.NEW.KBGM.SV.W.0081.110527T0003Z-110527T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
803 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHEMUNG COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SOUTHERN TIOGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
BRADFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.
* AT 758 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINE CITY
TO LE ROY TO 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ALBANY...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WETONA AND BURLINGTON BY 808 PM EDT...
PINE CITY...GILLETT AND FRANKLINDALE BY 810 PM EDT...
SOUTHPORT...RIDGEBURY...NEW ALBANY AND EAST SMITHFIELD BY 812 PM
EDT...
ELMIRA...ELMIRA HEIGHTS AND WELLSBURG BY 814 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 4211 7697 4225 7672 4224 7664 4228 7661
4226 7643 4206 7610 4200 7611 4200 7615
4165 7612 4165 7620 4154 7622 4159 7679
4165 7682 4172 7691 4200 7694 4200 7697
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 231DEG 60KT 4198 7700 4172 7670
4139 7655
$$
HEDEN/MSEWhat 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, 7:50 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 7:50 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 750 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 FROM NOW INTO THE WEEKEND. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS EVENING AND THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK AGAIN FRIDAY. A RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA MEMORIAL DAY AND TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S MEMORIAL DAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 7 PM...CONTINUING SEVERE WX OPERATIONS. AREA IS STILL VERY UNSTABLE WITH GOOD SHEAR. MOST HAVE BEEN HAIL PRODUCERS BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. HI RES MODELS SHOWS A SECOND PATCH OF CONVECTION MOVING INTO CWA AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND MAYBE AN ISOLATED TSTM OVERNIGHT. 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 /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... ATMOSPHERE THIS EVENING REMAINS MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE EXPECTED TO CROSS TERMINALS THROUGH 02Z. FOR THIS REASON INCLUDED TWO HOUR TEMPO GROUPS AT ALL TERMINALS FOR MVFR HEAVY SHOWERS WITH CB IN CLOUD GROUP TO IMPLY POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS AT KRME/KSYR/KITH AND MVFR THUNDERSTORMS AT KELM/KBGM/KAVP. OVERNIGHT, HAZE AND MIST WILL PRODUCE MVFR VSBYS CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY AFTER 06Z. AFTER 13Z, CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO VFR THROUGH 18Z. DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AS MORE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES PRODUCE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY. FOR THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDED MVFR SHOWERS WITH CB IN CLOUD GROUP FOR THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. VARIABLE WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS OVERNIGHT WITH GUSTS IN ANY CONVECTION WITH MORE VARIABLE WINDS ON FRIDAY AROUND 5 KNOTS. 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, 5 hours 35 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, 7:10 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
710 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM TSTM WND DMG ELMIRA 42.09N 76.81W
05/26/2011 CHEMUNG NY PUBLIC
BRAND PARK IN ELMIRA WHERE SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE
DOWN AND ALSO ON SPALDING STREET IN ELMIRA WHERE MORE
TREES WERE DOWN.
&&
MJNLocal storm report, May 26, 7:39 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
739 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM HAIL WAVERLY 42.01N 76.54W
05/26/2011 E0.75 INCH TIOGA NY PUBLIC
&&
MJNLocal storm report, May 26, 7:41 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
741 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM TSTM WND DMG ELMIRA 42.09N 76.81W
05/26/2011 CHEMUNG NY PUBLIC
BRAND PARK IN ELMIRA WHERE SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE
DOWN AND ALSO ON SPALDING STREET IN ELMIRA WHERE MORE
TREES WERE DOWN.
&&
CORRECTED EVENT TIME
MJNLocal storm report, May 26, 7:51 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
751 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM HAIL SAYRE 41.99N 76.52W
05/26/2011 E1.00 INCH BRADFORD PA PUBLIC
&&
MJNLocal storm report, May 26, 7:52 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
752 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM HAIL BARTON 42.05N 76.45W
05/26/2011 E0.88 INCH TIOGA NY PUBLIC
&&
MJNLocal storm report, May 26, 8:01 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
801 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM HAIL 1 E TROY 41.78N 76.77W
05/26/2011 E0.88 INCH BRADFORD PA PUBLIC
&&
MJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Tioga and 1 more | 51 min |
| May 26, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chemung, Tioga | 60 min |
| May 26, 8:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Broome, Chemung, Tioga, Tompkins | 36 min |
| May 26, 8:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 3 hr |
| May 26, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Schuyler and 3 more | 58 min |
| May 26, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Madison, Oneida, Otsego and 1 more | 47 min |
| May 26, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 30 min |
| May 26, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 52 min |
| May 26, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Oneida | 53 min |
| May 26, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware, Otsego, Sullivan | 52 min |
| May 27, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Otsego | 66 min |
| May 27, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Tioga | 64 min |
| May 27, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Cortland | 53 min |
| May 27, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 65 min |
| May 27, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Chemung | 57 min |
| May 27, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Otsego | 25 min |
| May 27, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Cortland | 61 min |
| May 27, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung, Tioga | 61 min |
| May 27, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 29 min |
| May 27, 7:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Tioga | 3 hr |
| May 27, 7:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BGM | Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison and 4 more | 7 hr |
| May 27, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Tompkins | 68 min |
| May 26, 8:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 6 hr |
| May 26, 8:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 6 hr |
| May 27, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Susquehanna | 25 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2011Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
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.