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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 26, 20114 counties in New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2011, 8:39 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 36 min. 4 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, 8:39 PM EDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2011, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Broome County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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, 8:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Candor, NY	TREES AND WIRES DOWN THROUGHOUT TOWN
May 26, 8:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Newark Valley, NY	TREES DOWN IN TOWN
May 26, 9:04 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Whitney Point, NY
May 26, 9:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lisle, NY	TREES AND WIRES DOWN ALL OVER TOWN

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
May 26, 2:16 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

710 
WFUS51 KBGM 270039
TORBGM
NYC007-015-107-109-270115-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0021.110527T0039Z-110527T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
839 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BROOME COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  EAST CENTRAL CHEMUNG COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  TIOGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  SOUTHEASTERN TOMPKINS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT.

* AT 834 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BARTON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CANDOR AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLSEYVILLE BY 845 PM EDT...
  NEWARK VALLEY AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAROLINE BY 850 PM EDT...
  BERKSHIRE...RICHFORD AND NANTICOKE BY 855 PM EDT...
  LISLE AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITNEY POINT BY 900 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 4218 7666 4248 7626 4240 7625 4241 7607
      4230 7591 4201 7642
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 225DEG 52KT 4216 7638

$$

HEDEN/MSE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 8:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chemung, Tioga	57 min
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, 8:43 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

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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.