Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2011, 4:12 AM EDT for Chenango County, Madison County, New York. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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 28, 2011, 4:12 AM EDT (08:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 4:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chenango County, NY, Madison County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:30 AM EDT | TORNADO | Columbus, NY | AN EF1 TORNADO...WITH MAXIMUM WINDS NEAR 95 MPH...TOUCHED DOWN IN THE TOWN OF COLUMBUS IN NORTHEASTERN CHENANGO COUNTY...AT ABOUT 430 AM. THE TORNADO SKIPPED ALONG...FOR A PATH LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILES...AND A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 100 YARDS...BEFORE LIFTI |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
498
WFUS51 KBGM 280812
TORBGM
NYC017-053-280845-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0015.110428T0812Z-110428T0845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
412 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CHENANGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 445 AM EDT.
* AT 408 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PLYMOUTH...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SMYRNA AND SHERBURNE BY 420 AM EDT...
EARLVILLE BY 425 AM EDT...
POOLVILLE AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS BY 430 AM 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 4269 7531 4266 7532 4251 7567 4261 7580
4287 7550 4273 7529
TIME...MOT...LOC 0812Z 217DEG 38KT 4262 7564
$$
MSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Seneca, Yates | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga and 4 more | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tioga | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 9:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Chemung | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Seneca, Yates | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Delaware, Madison, Oneida, Otsego | 57 min |
| Apr 27, 10:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Madison, Oneida | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware, Otsego | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 11:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Steuben | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Schuyler | 54 min |
| Apr 28, 1:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tompkins | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Chemung | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 1:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 1:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Chemung, Schuyler, Tioga, Tompkins | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 1:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Cortland, Tompkins | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 2:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Chenango, Tioga | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 2:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Cortland, Madison, Onondaga | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 2:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Cortland, Madison | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 2:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Chenango, Cortland, Madison | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 2:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 3:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Chemung, Tioga | 10 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Chenango, Madison, Oneida | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 3:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Chenango, Cortland | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 3:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins | 10 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Madison, Oneida | 10 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Oneida | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 3:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Cortland | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 3:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Madison, Oneida | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 3:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Chenango, Madison, Oneida | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 3:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Tioga | 54 min |
| Apr 28, 4:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Oneida | 19 min |
| Apr 28, 4:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Chenango, Delaware | 53 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Chemung | 25 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Chemung | 25 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Chenango | 29 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Broome | 29 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Cortland | 25 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Chenango, Madison, Oneida, Otsego | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 4:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 4:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware, Otsego | 9 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 5:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 9 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Sullivan | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 5:46 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Delaware | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 6:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 6:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 7:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 7:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 15 min |
| Apr 28, 7:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 9:12 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BGM | Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Schuyler and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware, Sullivan | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 9:37 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware, Otsego | 30 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:37 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Chenango | 45 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware, Otsego | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 9:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 10:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware | 19 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BGM | Otsego | 8 hr |
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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.