Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2012, 3:35 PM EDT for Chemung County, Steuben County, New York; Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 40 min. 11 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 26, 2012, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chemung County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Bradford County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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 | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 3:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Addison, NY | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON HOUSES. |
| Jul 26, 3:38 PM EDT | TORNADO | 7 Ssw Corning, NY | TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF RYERS CREEK ROAD AND RIVER ROAD. TREE DAMAGE...WITH ONE TREE FALLING ON A HOUSE. TORNADO WAS DETERMINED TO BE 100 YARDS WIDE AND TRAVELED 0.3 MILES. MAXIMUM SPEEDS OF 80-90 MPH...RATED EF-1 |
| Jul 26, 3:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Erwins, NY | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN |
| Jul 26, 3:40 PM EDT | TORNADO | South Corning, NY | TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON WELCH ROAD IN CORNING. THERE WERE MANY TREE SNAPS AND UPROOTS. FOR THE NEXT 3 TO 4 MILES...THE TORNADO LIFTED AT TIMES. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG BROWN HOLLOW ROAD. A SWATH OF DAMAGE...INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 200-300 TR |
| Jul 26, 3:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Caton, NY | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. MANY ON HOUSES. |
| Jul 26, 3:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | South Corning, NY | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AROUND CORNING COMMUNITY COLLEGE. |
| Jul 26, 3:45 PM EDT | TORNADO | South Corning, NY | TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR SOUTH CORNING CAUSING DAMAGE TO TREES AND HOMES. MINOR ROOF DAMAGE OCCURED ALONG WITH SIDING AND FLASHING DAMAGE. DEBRIS PENETRATED SOME HOUSES. TORNADO WAS DETERMINED TO BE 200 YARDS WIDE AND TRAVELED FOR 2.75 MILES. |
| Jul 26, 3:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lawrenceville, PA | TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE. |
| Jul 26, 3:58 PM EDT | TORNADO | Elmira, NY | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN... NUMEROUS ROOFS OFF BUILDINGS... PEOPLE TRAPPED IN VEHICLES |
| Jul 26, 4:00 PM EDT | TORNADO | Elmira, NY | FOLLOW UP TO PSBL TORNADO IN ELMIRA - DAMAGE AT ARNOT MALL TO WHERE MACYS WAS TAKING ON WATER THROUGH DAMAGED ROOF AND THERE WAS DAMAGE AT THE ELMIRA COUNTRY CLUB |
| Jul 26, 4:02 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Elmira, NY | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. ALSO SMALL HAIL |
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 26, 2:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 271 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 991 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
517
WFUS51 KBGM 261935
TORBGM
NYC015-101-PAC015-262015-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0002.120726T1935Z-120726T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
335 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHEMUNG COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SOUTHEASTERN STEUBEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
NORTHWESTERN BRADFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT.
* AT 333 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ADDISON...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LINDLEY AND CORNING BY 340 PM EDT...
CATON...SOUTH CORNING AND EAST CORNING BY 345 PM EDT...
PINE CITY AND WEST ELMIRA BY 355 PM EDT...
SOUTHPORT...ELMIRA AND GILLETT BY 400 PM EDT...
LOWMAN AND WELLSBURG BY 405 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 4222 7728 4215 7660 4191 7664 4195 7693
4200 7694 4199 7717 4202 7731
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 281DEG 42KT 4209 7718
$$
DJN2 follow-up statements
972
WWUS51 KBGM 261949
SVSBGM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
349 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
NYC015-101-PAC015-262015-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120726T2015Z/
CHEMUNG NY-STEUBEN NY-BRADFORD PA-
349 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BRADFORD...SOUTHEASTERN STEUBEN AND SOUTHERN CHEMUNG
COUNTIES...
AT 346 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SAGETOWN...MOVING
EAST AT 60 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SOUTHPORT...ELMIRA AND GILLETT BY 355 PM EDT...
LOWMAN...WELLSBURG AND RIDGEBURY BY 400 PM EDT...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4222 7728 4215 7660 4191 7664 4195 7693
4200 7694 4199 7717 4202 7731
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 278DEG 52KT 4206 7690
$$
DJN339
WWUS51 KBGM 262012
SVSBGM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
412 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
NYC101-262020-
/O.CAN.KBGM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120726T2015Z/
STEUBEN NY-
412 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEUBEN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4219 7696 4215 7660 4191 7664 4195 7693
4199 7693 4200 7697
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 278DEG 52KT 4201 7650
$$
NYC015-PAC015-262015-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120726T2015Z/
CHEMUNG NY-BRADFORD PA-
412 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BRADFORD AND SOUTHERN CHEMUNG COUNTIES...
AT 405 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED TO HAVE
TOUCHED DOWN IN THE CITY OF ELMIRA. THE STORM CONTAINING THE TORNADO
HAS MOVED EAST OF ELMIRA AND WAS IN FAR EASTERN CHEMUNG COUNTY
HEADING INTO WESTERN TIOGA COUNTY.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4219 7696 4215 7660 4191 7664 4195 7693
4199 7693 4200 7697
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 278DEG 52KT 4201 7650
$$
DJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 12:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Steuben | 24 min |
| Jul 26, 4:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Cortland, Seneca, Yates | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 4:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tompkins | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 80 min |
| Jul 26, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung, Steuben | 66 min |
| Jul 26, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Chemung, Tioga | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 55 min |
| Jul 26, 4:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Tioga | 36 min |
| Jul 26, 5:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Broome, Delaware | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 4:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Bradford | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna, Wayne | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 4:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming | 67 min |
| Jul 26, 5:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 54 min |
| Jul 26, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Pike, Wayne | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.