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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 18, 2012Lackawanna County, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2012, 2:14 PM EDT for Lackawanna County, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 61 min. 3 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 18, 2012, 2:14 PM EDT (18:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 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
Jul 18, 2:20 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Duryea, PA
Jul 18, 2:23 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Old Forge, PA
Jul 18, 2:30 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	West Pittston, PA

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 18, 12:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 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: 1053 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 918 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 4.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

910 
WUUS51 KBGM 181814
SVRBGM
PAC069-079-181915-
/O.NEW.KBGM.SV.W.0049.120718T1814Z-120718T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
214 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LACKAWANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHEASTERN LUZERNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT.

* AT 211 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
  OLD FORGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GLENDALE BY 220 PM EDT...
  MOOSIC BY 222 PM EDT...
  SCRANTON BY 226 PM EDT...
  DUNMORE BY 236 PM EDT...
  ELMHURST BY 246 PM EDT...
  MOSCOW BY 250 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 4133 7584 4146 7581 4144 7545 4126 7545
      4125 7546
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 279DEG 17KT 4136 7575

$$

DJN

1 follow-up statement

650 
WWUS51 KBGM 181908
SVSBGM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
308 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012

PAC069-079-181919-
/O.EXP.KBGM.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120718T1915Z/
LACKAWANNA PA-LUZERNE PA-
308 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LUZERNE AND
CENTRAL LACKAWANNA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4133 7584 4146 7581 4144 7545 4126 7545
      4125 7546
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 279DEG 17KT 4132 7541

$$

DJN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 1:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Wyoming	56 min
Jul 18, 1:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Lackawanna	40 min
Jul 18, 1:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Luzerne, Wyoming	68 min
Jul 18, 1:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Luzerne, Wyoming	30 min
Jul 18, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Pike	24 min
Jul 18, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Luzerne	50 min
Jul 18, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna	28 min
Jul 18, 2:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Lackawanna, Luzerne	4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.