Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 2012, 1:47 PM EDT for Luzerne County, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 30 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
- Jul 18, 2012, 1:47 PM EDT (17:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2012, 2:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Luzerne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 884 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
841
WFUS51 KBGM 181747
TORBGM
PAC079-131-181845-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0001.120718T1747Z-120718T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
147 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL LUZERNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHERN WYOMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT.
* AT 145 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NOXEN...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EVANS FALLS BY 155 PM EDT...
HARVEYS LAKE BY 200 PM EDT...
BEAUMONT BY 205 PM EDT...
FERN BROOK AND DALLAS BY 215 PM EDT...
FALLS BY 220 PM EDT...
WEST WYOMING AND WYOMING BY 240 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 4138 7620 4151 7616 4146 7581 4144 7582
4143 7583 4140 7583 4138 7582 4130 7585
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 285DEG 14KT 4143 7608
$$
DJN2 follow-up statements
573
WWUS51 KBGM 181809
SVSBGM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
209 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
PAC079-131-181845-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120718T1845Z/
LUZERNE PA-WYOMING PA-
209 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
WYOMING AND NORTH CENTRAL LUZERNE COUNTIES...
AT 202 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THIS STORM CONTAINING THE DEVELOPING
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BEAUMONT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING THE DEVELOPING TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CENTER MORELAND...FERN BROOK AND DALLAS BY 215 PM EDT...
ORANGE BY 220 PM EDT...
FALLS BY 225 PM EDT...
RANSOM AND CARVERTON BY 235 PM EDT...
WEST WYOMING BY 240 PM EDT...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP
TO 1 1/2 INCH DIAMATER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4138 7620 4151 7616 4146 7581 4144 7582
4143 7583 4140 7583 4138 7582 4130 7585
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 284DEG 14KT 4141 7599
$$
DJN342
WWUS51 KBGM 181817
SVSBGM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
217 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
PAC079-131-181827-
/O.CAN.KBGM.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120718T1845Z/
LUZERNE PA-WYOMING PA-
217 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WYOMING AND NORTH CENTRAL LUZERNE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT CONTAINED THE DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS WEAKENED IN
SOUTHERN WYOMING COUNTY. NO REPORTS OF A TORNADO OR WIND DAMAGE HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON AT THIS
TIME. 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 4138 7620 4151 7616 4146 7581 4144 7582
4143 7583 4140 7583 4138 7582 4130 7585
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 284DEG 14KT 4133 7596
$$
DJNThe 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, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Pike | 24 min |
| Jul 18, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.