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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Binghamton, NY

April 26, 2011Madison County, Oneida County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 4:10 PM EDT for Madison County, Oneida County, New York. It was in force for 35 min. 9 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
Apr 26, 2011, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Madison County, NY, Oneida County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 26, 4:12 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ese South Bay, NYNEAR ONEIDA LAKE...ROOF BLOWN OFF AND LANDED 1 MILE AWAY... 3 - 4 FOOT DIAMETER TREES SNAPPED
Apr 26, 4:16 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Canastota, NY
Apr 26, 4:17 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Sylvan Beach, NYTREES AND WIRES ALSO REPORTED DOWN
Apr 26, 4:20 PM EDTTORNADOVerona Mills, NYEF-1 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN WOODED AREA NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD 49 AND LAUTHER RD NEAR VERONA MILLS. MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND SNAPPED POWER POLE. 100 MPH WINDS WITH PATH WIDTH OF 65 YARDS AND LENGTH OF 200 YARDS.
Apr 26, 4:21 PM EDTHAIL 1.25Verona, NY
Apr 26, 4:25 PM EDTHAIL 1Blossvale, NY
Apr 26, 4:27 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 64Rome, NY
Apr 26, 4:29 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Lee, NY
Apr 26, 4:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGRome, NYDUMPSTERS OVERTURNED

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 26, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

704 
WFUS51 KBGM 262010
TORBGM
NYC053-065-262045-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0001.110426T2010Z-110426T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
410 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  CENTRAL ONEIDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT.

* AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  CANASTOTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW LONDON AND VERONA BY 420 PM EDT...
  LEE AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOSSVALE BY 425 PM EDT...
  ROME BY 430 PM EDT...
  DELTA LAKE BY 435 PM EDT...
  STEUBEN AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLLAND PATENT BY 445 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 TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT
OR AN INTERIOR ROOM...AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4321 7517 4301 7574 4316 7589 4344 7540
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 233DEG 35KT 4315 7571

$$

MSE
1 follow-up statement
256 
WWUS51 KBGM 262029
SVSBGM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
429 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011

NYC053-262037-
/O.CAN.KBGM.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110426T2045Z/
MADISON NY-
429 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4314 7557 4324 7569 4339 7535 4324 7520
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 243DEG 35KT 4324 7548

$$

NYC065-262045-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110426T2045Z/
ONEIDA NY-
429 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
ONEIDA COUNTY...

AT 425 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROME...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  STEUBEN AND HOLLAND PATENT BY 440 PM EDT...
  WESTERNVILLE AND FLOYD BY 435 PM EDT...
  FRENCHVILLE...NORTH WESTERN AND STITTVILLE BY 440 PM EDT...

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...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND SOUTHWEST OF ROME HEADED 
NORTHEAST.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4314 7557 4324 7569 4339 7535 4324 7520
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 243DEG 35KT 4324 7548

$$

SLI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome39 min
Apr 25, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung, Tioga61 min
Apr 25, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Delaware45 min
Apr 25, 9:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOtsego44 min
Apr 25, 10:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMChemung, Tioga4 hr
Apr 25, 10:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBroome, Chenango3 hr
Apr 25, 11:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBroome, Chenango, Delaware, Sullivan3 hr
Apr 26, 1:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Yates66 min
Apr 26, 1:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSchuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Yates65 min
Apr 26, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Onondaga, Seneca45 min
Apr 26, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Madison, Onondaga62 min
Apr 26, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSchuyler49 min
Apr 26, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida, Onondaga56 min
Apr 26, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChemung51 min
Apr 26, 4:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMMadison, Oneida3 hr
Apr 26, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Onondaga45 min
Apr 26, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Onondaga51 min
Apr 26, 4:44 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMOneida44 min
Apr 26, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSchuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Yates32 min
Apr 26, 4:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMOnondaga6 hr
Apr 26, 5:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchBGMBroome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 11 more9 hr
Apr 26, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTioga22 min
Apr 26, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCayuga, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Yates57 min
Apr 26, 6:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMCayuga5 hr
Apr 26, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung50 min
Apr 26, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBroome47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.