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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Binghamton, NY

April 28, 2011Cortland County, Madison County, Onondaga County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2011, 2:27 AM EDT for Cortland County, Madison County, Onondaga County, New York. It was in force for 33 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 28, 2011, 2:27 AM EDT (06:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2011, 3:00 AM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cortland County, NY, Madison County, NY, Onondaga County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 27, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 2011-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 108 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 307 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
108 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
401 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

498 
WFUS51 KBGM 280627
TORBGM
NYC023-053-067-280700-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0008.110428T0627Z-110428T0700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
227 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CORTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  SOUTHEASTERN ONONDAGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 300 AM EDT.

* AT 222 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...WITH A POSSIBLE            
  TORNADO...WAS LOCATED NEAR PREBLE. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE...AND        
  UNCONFIRMED TORNADO REPORTS...HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM TOMPKINS AND 
  CHEMUNG COUNTIES.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FABIUS AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA FAYETTE BY 235 AM EDT...
  POMPEY BY 240 AM EDT...
  CAZENOVIA...WATERVALE AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANLIUS BY 245 AM
  EDT...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF NELSON BY 250 AM EDT...
  SULLIVAN AND CHITTENANGO BY 255 AM EDT...
  LENOX...CANASTOTA AND WAMPSVILLE BY 300 AM 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 4316 7575 4317 7572 4314 7571 4311 7565
      4308 7564 4307 7560 4305 7560 4304 7556
      4263 7605 4274 7624 4316 7584 4316 7580
      4317 7578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0626Z 218DEG 38KT 4277 7606

$$

MLJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 8:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca, Yates65 min
Apr 27, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga and 4 more61 min
Apr 27, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTioga43 min
Apr 27, 9:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMChemung3 hr
Apr 27, 9:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca, Yates3 hr
Apr 27, 9:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBroome, Tioga3 hr
Apr 27, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga41 min
Apr 27, 10:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Delaware, Madison, Oneida, Otsego57 min
Apr 27, 10:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMMadison, Oneida2 hr
Apr 27, 10:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego55 min
Apr 27, 10:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware54 min
Apr 27, 11:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMSteuben6 hr
Apr 28, 12:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSchuyler54 min
Apr 28, 1:05 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMChemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tompkins6 hr
Apr 28, 1:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChemung49 min
Apr 28, 1:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins53 min
Apr 28, 1:28 AM EDTTornado WarningBGMChemung, Schuyler, Tioga, Tompkins32 min
Apr 28, 1:53 AM EDTTornado WarningBGMCayuga, Cortland, Tompkins52 min
Apr 28, 2:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChenango, Tioga64 min
Apr 28, 2:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Cortland, Madison41 min
Apr 28, 2:43 AM EDTTornado WarningBGMChenango, Cortland, Madison47 min
Apr 28, 2:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga27 min
Apr 28, 3:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMChemung, Tioga10 hr
Apr 28, 3:08 AM EDTTornado WarningBGMChenango, Madison, Oneida37 min
Apr 28, 3:12 AM EDTTornado WarningBGMChenango, Cortland63 min
Apr 28, 3:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMCortland, Tioga, Tompkins10 hr
Apr 28, 3:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Madison, Oneida10 hr
Apr 28, 3:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOneida34 min
Apr 28, 3:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Cortland45 min
Apr 28, 3:47 AM EDTTornado WarningBGMMadison, Oneida28 min
Apr 28, 3:49 AM EDTTornado WarningBGMChenango, Madison, Oneida26 min
Apr 28, 3:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Tioga54 min
Apr 28, 4:11 AM EDTTornado WarningBGMOneida19 min
Apr 28, 4:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMChenango, Delaware53 hr
Apr 28, 4:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMChemung25 hr
Apr 28, 4:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMChemung25 hr
Apr 28, 4:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMChenango29 hr
Apr 28, 4:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMBroome29 hr
Apr 28, 4:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMCortland25 hr
Apr 28, 4:12 AM EDTTornado WarningBGMChenango, Madison33 min
Apr 28, 4:33 AM EDTTornado WarningBGMChenango, Madison, Oneida, Otsego57 min
Apr 28, 4:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego43 min
Apr 28, 4:54 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego9 hr
Apr 28, 5:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego44 min
Apr 28, 5:23 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMSullivan9 hr
Apr 28, 5:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Delaware, Otsego, Sullivan66 min
Apr 28, 5:46 AM EDTTornado WarningBGMDelaware44 min
Apr 28, 6:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware29 min
Apr 28, 6:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan42 min
Apr 28, 7:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan35 min
Apr 28, 7:33 AM EDTTornado WarningBGMSullivan15 min
Apr 28, 7:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan28 min
Apr 28, 9:12 AM EDTWind AdvisoryBGMCayuga, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Schuyler and 4 more7 hr
Apr 28, 9:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Sullivan37 min
Apr 28, 9:37 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego30 hr
Apr 28, 9:37 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMChenango45 hr
Apr 28, 9:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego37 min
Apr 28, 9:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan47 min
Apr 28, 10:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMDelaware19 hr
Apr 28, 1:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBroome, Chenango4 hr
Apr 28, 3:22 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBGMOtsego8 hr

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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.