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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Binghamton, NY

April 26, 2011Oneida County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 4:44 PM EDT for Oneida County, New York. It was in force for 44 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, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2011, 5:28 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Oneida County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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°0°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.

240 
WFUS51 KBGM 262044
TORBGM
NYC065-262145-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0002.110426T2044Z-110426T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ONEIDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.

* AT 420 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 
  SOUTHWEST OF ROME MOVING NORTHEAST.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  STEUBEN BY 450 PM EDT...
  BOONVILLE AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF REMSEN BY 455 PM EDT...
  FORESTPORT BY 505 PM EDT...

TORRENTIAL RAIN AND LARGE HAIL HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS 
STORM.

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 4333 7507 4331 7510 4330 7514 4327 7515
      4321 7539 4336 7556 4357 7524 4361 7513
      4361 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 231DEG 28KT 4335 7538

$$

MSE
1 follow-up statement
486 
WWUS51 KBGM 262128
SVSBGM

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

NYC065-262136-
/O.CAN.KBGM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110426T2145Z/
ONEIDA NY-
528 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ONEIDA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE STORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS ONEIDA COUNTY EARLIER THIS 
AFTERNOON HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA... AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS 
BEEN CANCELLED. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... HEAVY RAIN AND 
UNCONFIRMED TORNADOES WERE ALL REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. 

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 4333 7507 4331 7510 4330 7514 4327 7515
      4321 7539 4336 7556 4357 7524 4361 7513
      4361 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 231DEG 28KT 4356 7502

$$

MSE

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, 4:10 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMMadison, Oneida35 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, 4:51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.