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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 29, 2011Pike County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 29, 2011, 4:36 PM EDT for Pike County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 39 min. 5 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: Jul 29, 2011, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Pike County, PA, Wayne County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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
Jul 29, 4:44 PM EDT	TORNADO	Fortenia, PA	DAMAGE BEGAN JUST W OF HONESDALE. PRIMARY DAMAGE WAS UPROOTED AND SNAPPED TREES. SOME STRUCTURAL WIND DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED. EF1 TORNADO MAX WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED AT 90 MPH.
Jul 29, 4:45 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Honesdale, PA	WAS REPORTED OVER THE CITY OF HONESDALE AND LASTED 1 TO 2 MINUTES.
Jul 29, 4:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Honesdale, PA	ROOF DAMAGE TO THE HONESDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND NUMEROUS TREE DAMAGE WITH TREES LAYING DOWN IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
Jul 29, 4:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Seelyville, PA	19 LARGE PINE TREES DOWN JUST ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF SEELYVILLE WHICH IS 1 MILE WEST OF HONESDALE
Jul 29, 4:48 PM EDT	TORNADO	Seelyville, PA	A SECOND TOUCH DOWN OCCURRED NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS TORNADO WAS A SMALLER AND WEAKER. A COUPLE DOZEN TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS ALSO NOTED. EF0 TORNADO MAX WIND SPEED 70 MPH.

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
Jul 29, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

803 
WFUS51 KBGM 292036
TORBGM
PAC103-127-292115-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0028.110729T2036Z-110729T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
436 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.

* AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  HONESDALE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HAWLEY BY 455 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 4155 7504 4146 7498 4145 7517 4155 7532
      4163 7525
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 291DEG 25KT 4159 7529

$$
MANNING

1 follow-up statement

365 
WWUS51 KBGM 292103
SVSBGM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
503 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 2011

PAC127-292114-
/O.CAN.KBGM.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110729T2115Z/
WAYNE PA-
503 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WAYNE 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING 
FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. 

LAT...LON 4147 7509 4149 7515 4157 7509 4155 7504
      4146 7498
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 291DEG 25KT 4152 7505

$$

PAC103-292115-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110729T2115Z/
PIKE PA-
503 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY...

AT 458 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTCOLANG PARK...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4147 7509 4149 7515 4157 7509 4155 7504
      4146 7498
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 291DEG 25KT 4152 7505

$$
MANNING

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford, Susquehanna	50 min
Jul 29, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Susquehanna	60 min
Jul 29, 3:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wayne	6 hr
Jul 29, 3:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wayne	46 min
Jul 29, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Luzerne	38 min
Jul 29, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Lackawanna, Wyoming	51 min
Jul 29, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Wayne	61 min
Jul 29, 5:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Pike	49 min
Jul 29, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Pike, Wayne	36 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.