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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Binghamton, NY

April 26, 2011Otsego County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 9:39 PM EDT for Otsego County, New York. It was in force for 51 min. 2 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
Apr 26, 2011, 9:39 PM EDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2011, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Otsego County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 26, 9:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGGilbertsville, NYMANY TREES DOWN
Apr 26, 10:00 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Maryland, NY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 00:00Z on 2011-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 168 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2011-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 225 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
168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

820 
WFUS51 KBGM 270139
TORBGM
NYC077-270230-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0003.110427T0139Z-110427T0230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN OTSEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.

* AT 934 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  GILBERTSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAURENS...ONEONTA AND EMMONS BY 945 PM EDT...
  COLLIERSVILLE AND COOPERSTOWN JCT BY 950 PM EDT...
  MILFORD...MARYLAND AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARTWICK BY 955 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 4251 7482 4247 7494 4248 7496 4246 7497
      4245 7501 4243 7503 4242 7509 4237 7518
      4238 7520 4236 7526 4232 7530 4232 7534
      4248 7536 4267 7507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 233DEG 45KT 4246 7520

$$

DJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 8:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBroome, Tioga3 hr
Apr 26, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome65 min
Apr 26, 9:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Tioga4 hr
Apr 26, 9:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMCortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga2 hr
Apr 26, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego41 min
Apr 26, 9:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMDelaware, Otsego, Sullivan4 hr
Apr 26, 9:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSullivan4 hr
Apr 26, 9:59 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMOtsego34 min
Apr 26, 10:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMTioga5 days
Apr 26, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego, Sullivan43 min
Apr 26, 10:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan68 min
Apr 26, 10:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego4 hr
Apr 26, 11:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSullivan3 hr
Apr 27, 12:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSullivan65 min
Apr 27, 1:09 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMBroome4 days
Apr 27, 1:09 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMBroome, Tioga4 days
Apr 27, 6:00 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMBroome58 hr
Apr 27, 6:02 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMOnondaga11 days
Apr 27, 11:25 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchBGMBroome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 11 more27 hr
Apr 27, 1:27 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMOnondaga82 min
Apr 27, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMDelaware57 min
Apr 27, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben, Yates56 min
Apr 27, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben60 min
Apr 27, 7:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMSteuben, Yates3 hr
Apr 27, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Onondaga, Seneca62 min
Apr 27, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins55 min
Apr 27, 7:56 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMChemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins, Yates64 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.