Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2012

Tornado Warning 11, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 14, 2012Chenango County, Cortland County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 14, 2012, 8:16 PM EDT for Chenango County, Cortland County, New York. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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
Aug 14, 2012, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 14, 8:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Se Blodgett Mills, NYLARGE TREE BLOCKING ROAD ON U.S. ROUTE 11
Aug 14, 8:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ssw Solon, NYSMALL WOOD POWER POLE DOWN EST 70-80 MPH WIND

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 2012-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 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 2012-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1159 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

512 
WFUS51 KBGM 150016
TORBGM
NYC017-023-150100-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0011.120815T0016Z-120815T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
816 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CHENANGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  CENTRAL CORTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

* AT 812 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MCGRAW...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SOLON BY 825 PM EDT...
  EAST FREETOWN BY 830 PM EDT...
  CINCINNATUS BY 840 PM EDT...
  TAYLOR AND PITCHER BY 845 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 4256 7572 4247 7615 4260 7622 4272 7593
      4273 7578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 250DEG 21KT 4256 7607

$$

DJN
1 follow-up statement
973 
WWUS51 KBGM 150040
SVSBGM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
840 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012

NYC017-023-150100-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120815T0100Z/
CHENANGO NY-CORTLAND NY-
840 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
CORTLAND AND NORTHWESTERN CHENANGO COUNTIES...

AT 837 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SOLON...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CINCINNATUS BY 845 PM EDT...
  TAYLOR BY 850 PM EDT...
  UNION VALLEY AND PITCHER BY 855 PM EDT...
  SOUTH OTSELIC...LINCKLAEN AND PHARSALIA BY 900 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...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4256 7572 4250 7600 4265 7608 4272 7593
      4273 7578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 250DEG 19KT 4259 7596

$$

CMG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga54 min
Aug 14, 8:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBroome, Cayuga, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins3 hr
Aug 14, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Madison, Oneida49 min
Aug 14, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOneida24 min
Aug 14, 9:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMChenango, Madison, Oneida, Otsego3 hr
Aug 14, 9:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBroome, Chemung, Tioga3 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in New York, 2012Every tornado warning in 2012Tornadoes in 2012

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.