Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2011, 6:18 PM EDT for Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 27 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
- Jun 11, 2011, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2011, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Susquehanna County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
127 WFUS51 KBGM 112218 TORBGM PAC115-112245- /O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0023.110611T2218Z-110611T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 618 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... * UNTIL 645 PM EDT. * AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SPRINGVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HOP BOTTOM...HARFORD AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GIBSON BY 645 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 4186 7566 4165 7561 4165 7604 4175 7610 TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 251DEG 18KT 4169 7595 $$ MLJ
1 follow-up statement
128
WWUS51 KBGM 112235
SVSBGM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
635 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011
PAC115-112245-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110611T2245Z/
SUSQUEHANNA PA-
635 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY...
AT 629 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SPRINGVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HOP BOTTOM BY 645 PM EDT...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
&&
LAT...LON 4177 7601 4178 7599 4177 7570 4165 7571
4165 7602
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 274DEG 13KT 4168 7589
$$
MLJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Susquehanna | 41 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.