Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Binghamton, NY
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 8:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Blodgett Mills, NY | LARGE TREE BLOCKING ROAD ON U.S. ROUTE 11 |
| Aug 14, 8:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Solon, NY | SMALL 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.
- 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
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
$$
DJN1 follow-up statement
973
WWUS51 KBGM 150040
SVSBGM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
840 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012
NYC017-023-150100-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120815T0100Z/
CHENANGO NY-CORTLAND NY-
840 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
CORTLAND AND NORTHWESTERN CHENANGO COUNTIES...
AT 837 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SOLON...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CINCINNATUS BY 845 PM EDT...
TAYLOR BY 850 PM EDT...
UNION VALLEY AND PITCHER BY 855 PM EDT...
SOUTH OTSELIC...LINCKLAEN AND PHARSALIA BY 900 PM EDT...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-888-603-1402...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
&&
LAT...LON 4256 7572 4250 7600 4265 7608 4272 7593
4273 7578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 250DEG 19KT 4259 7596
$$
CMGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga | 54 min |
| Aug 14, 8:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Broome, Cayuga, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Madison, Oneida | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Oneida | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 9:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Chenango, Madison, Oneida, Otsego | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 9:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Broome, Chemung, Tioga | 3 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.