Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2012, 2:08 PM EDT for Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 54 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
- Jun 22, 2012, 2:08 PM EDT (18:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2012, 3:02 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Susquehanna County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2:16 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hop Bottom, PA | TREE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 2096 AND 2009 IN LATHROP TOWNSHIP NEAR HOP BOTTOM |
| Jun 22, 2:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Hop Bottom, PA | TREE DOWN ON STATE ROUTE 167 IN LATHROP TOWNSHIP |
| Jun 22, 2:29 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lenox, PA | LARGE BRANCHES BLOCKING BOTH LANES OF ROUTE 92 |
| Jun 22, 2:37 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Royal, PA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON WIRES ON STATE ROUTE 2012 |
| Jun 22, 2:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | West Clifford, PA | TREE DOWN ON A CONVIENCE STORE - NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 5 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 8 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1247 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
944 WUUS51 KBGM 221808 SVRBGM PAC115-221915- /O.NEW.KBGM.SV.W.0035.120622T1808Z-120622T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 208 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... * UNTIL 315 PM EDT. * AT 208 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOP BOTTOM...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HARFORD BY 214 PM EDT... GIBSON BY 218 PM EDT... LENOXVILLE AND GIBSON BY 220 PM EDT... ROYAL BY 222 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 STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! && LAT...LON 4184 7548 4164 7547 4166 7589 4184 7587 TIME...MOT...LOC 1809Z 275DEG 24KT 4174 7574 $$ MSE
2 follow-up statements
763 WWUS51 KBGM 221828 SVSBGM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 228 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012 PAC115-221915- /O.CON.KBGM.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120622T1915Z/ SUSQUEHANNA PA- 228 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY... AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST LENOX...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CLIFFORD BY 235 PM EDT... ELKDALE AND BURNWOOD BY 240 PM EDT... UNIONDALE BY 245 PM EDT... PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. && LAT...LON 4184 7548 4164 7547 4166 7589 4184 7587 TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 280DEG 24KT 4169 7565 $$ RHB
617 WWUS51 KBGM 221902 SVSBGM SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 302 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012 PAC115-221912- /O.CAN.KBGM.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120622T1915Z/ SUSQUEHANNA PA- 302 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE STORM THAT MOVED ACROSS SOUTHERN SUSQHENANNA COUNTY HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST... AND THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. EARLIER THIS STORM DOWNED TREES FROM HOP BOTTOM TO CLIFFORD. 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. LAT...LON 4184 7548 4164 7547 4166 7589 4184 7587 TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 280DEG 24KT 4165 7535 $$ MSE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 22, 2:07 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:07 PM EDT, 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 207 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL FINISH MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE POCONOS AND CATSKILLS. SOME STORMS COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. BEHIND THE FRONT...MORE COMFORTABLE WEATHER WILL SETTLE IN OVER THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S. OUR NEXT SHOT AT RAIN WILL COME LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCOMING COLD FRONT. AN UNSETTLED PATTERN WITH COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES...WILL BE IN PLACE FOR MOST OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... 200 PM UPDATE... THOUGH LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS BETTER WITH THE LEE TROUGH EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS...ENOUGH DIURNAL HEATING WITH MIXING HAS PREVENTED VEERING WINDSHIFT FROM BEING AS REALIZED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN ZONES...AS HAD OCCURRED EARLIER ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. NOW THAT UPPER WAVE IS CATCHING UP WITH THE ZONE OF DIURNAL HEATING...SOME CONVECTION HAS INITIATED SOUTHEAST OF A TOWANDA- BINGHAMTON-DELHI LINE AS EXPECTED. IT HAS QUICKLY BECOME A BIT BETTER ORGANIZED COMPARED TO PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED HOWEVER...TO THE POINT THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS NEEDED MAINLY FOR PROSPECTS OF GUSTY WINDS /WITH 25-35 KT SHEAR IN THE 2KM-6KM LAYER/. HOWEVER...WITH WAVE RUNNING INTO 1000-1500 MIXED LAYER CAPE AND SURFACED-BASED LIFTED INDICES OF -3 TO -6...LARGE HAIL NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION AS WELL...WITH SOME ELEVATED MESOCYCLONES ALREADY HINTED AT ON SOME RADAR SIGNATURES. UPPER WAVE TAKES CONVECTION QUICKLY OUT OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH A MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE AIR MASS INBOUND INCLUDING DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S AS WELL AS EVENTUAL TEMPERATURES...ADVECTING NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... 400 AM UPDATE... SATURDAY...A GREAT START TO THE WEEKEND WITH 850 TEMPS OF 10/11C SUPPORT HIGHS IN THE 70S TO NEAR 80 UNDER SUNSHINE. CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS NORTHERN ONEIDA COUNTY FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY WITH AN H5 TROF MOVING THROUGH. LOOKING AT THE SOUNDINGS WE ARE PRETTY DRY AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT...BUT WE DO HAVE SOME MOISTURE IN THE MID LEVELS COMBINING WITH GOOD LAPSE RATES AND A BIT OF CAPE (500 J/KG). WITH THAT IN MIND THINK A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS OR RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDDAY IN THE AREA MENTIONED ABOVE. A CLEAR SKY AND LIGHT WINDS WILL GIVE AC'S A BREAK ACROSS THE REGION WITH LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE 50S. ENJOY THE RELIEF! SUNDAY...OUR NEXT SYSTEM WILL BE A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE NAM IS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS SYSTEM...SPREADING RAIN OUR WAY BY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY WEST OF I-81. THE GFS HOLDS THIS MOISTURE OFF UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT BUT INSTEAD BLOWS UP SOME QPF ON A LEESIDE TROF. THE EURO SEEMS LIKE A GOOD COMPROMISE AND BASED ON THAT INTRODUCED CHANCE POPS MAINLY WEST OF 81 LATE IN THE DAY. HIGHS STILL EXPECTED TO BE NEAR 80 WITH INCREASING WAA AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. A MUCH BETTER CHANCE FOR MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL COME SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT APPROACHES WESTERN NY. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... WE FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE CLOSELY WITH GNRLY UNSETTLED CONDITIONS AS THE UPR TROF DEEPENS ACRS THE RGN EARLY NXT WEEK. ONLY TWEEK WAS TO INDICATE MORE OPTIMISTIC CONDTIONS NXT THURSDAY AS 00Z EURO/12Z GFS SUGGESTED DRY CONDITIONS WITH WEAK SFC RIDGING. && .AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MVFR/BRIEF IFR AT AVP THRU 20Z DUE TO CLUSTER OF TSRA. OTRW...HIGH PRES BUILDING IN WITH VFR PREVAILING THRU 18Z SAT. THERE WILL BE POTNL LATE TNGT FOR BRIEF MVFR AT ELM AND AVP DUE TO BR. WINDS THIS AFTN NWLY 10-15 KTS...L&V OR NW < 5 KTS TNGT...THEN NW TO N ON SAT 10-15 KTS. OUTLOOK... SUN...MAINLY VFR. SUN NGT TO WED...CHC MVFR IN SCT -SHRA...MAINLY DAYTIME. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...HEDEN/MDP NEAR TERM...MDP SHORT TERM...HEDEN LONG TERM... AVIATION...
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 1:47 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 147 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055-PAZ038-231800- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO- OTSEGO-TIOGA-BRADFORD- 147 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NYZ056-057-062-PAZ039-040-043-044-047-048-072-231800- BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING- LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 147 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 417 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...AS A FRONT FINISHES MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:04 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 204 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012 PAZ039-221900- SUSQUEHANNA PA- 204 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY... * AT 203 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOP BOTTOM...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ALFORD AT 210 PM EDT... HOP BOTTOM AT 215 PM EDT... WEST LENOX AND HARFORD AT 220 PM EDT... GIBSON AT 225 PM EDT... ROYAL AND LENOXVILLE AT 230 PM EDT... JACKSON AT 235 PM EDT... ELKDALE AT 240 PM EDT... BURNWOOD AND ARARAT AT 245 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. LAT...LON 4185 7549 4164 7547 4167 7596 4185 7594 MSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Susquehanna | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Luzerne | 54 min |
| Jun 22, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wayne | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Pike | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Pike | 26 min |
Nearby
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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.