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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 5, 2012Delaware County, Otsego County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 2012, 6:25 PM EDT for Delaware County, Otsego County, New York. It was in force for 35 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
Aug 5, 2012, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Delaware County, NY, Otsego County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 12:00Z on 2012-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 520 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 12:00Z on 2012-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
520 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

885 
WFUS51 KBGM 052225
TORBGM
NYC025-077-052300-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0010.120805T2225Z-120805T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
625 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL DELAWARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  SOUTH CENTRAL OTSEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.

* AT 622 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EAST
  SIDNEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OTEGO BY 630 PM EDT...
  MERIDALE...MEREDITH AND EMMONS BY 645 PM EDT...
  EAST MEREDITH BY 655 PM EDT...
  DAVENPORT BY 700 PM EDT...

WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT
1-888-603-1402...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 4254 7486 4238 7473 4222 7521 4235 7529
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 242DEG 29KT 4232 7517

$$

HEDEN
1 follow-up statement
319 
WWUS51 KBGM 052234
SVSBGM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
634 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012

NYC025-077-052300-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120805T2300Z/
DELAWARE NY-OTSEGO NY-
634 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL OTSEGO AND NORTH CENTRAL DELAWARE COUNTIES...

AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKLIN...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTH FRANKLIN BY 640 PM EDT...
  MERIDALE...MEREDITH AND EMMONS BY 645 PM EDT...
  COLLIERSVILLE BY 650 PM EDT...
  EAST MEREDITH AND DAVENPORT CENTER BY 655 PM EDT...
  KORTRIGHT...BUTTS CORNER AND DAVENPORT BY 700 PM EDT...

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-888-603-1402...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4239 7520 4254 7486 4238 7473 4225 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 250DEG 31KT 4234 7508

$$

HEDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOnondaga26 min
Aug 5, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOnondaga23 min
Aug 5, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSullivan40 min
Aug 5, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChenango23 min
Aug 5, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Delaware, Otsego62 min
Aug 5, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMTioga51 min
Aug 5, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOtsego37 min
Aug 5, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChemung, Tioga51 min
Aug 5, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOtsego30 min
Aug 5, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMDelaware40 min
Aug 5, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOtsego39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.