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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 26, 2012Chemung County, Tioga County, New York; Bradford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT for Chemung County, Tioga County, New York; Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 45 min. 7 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, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chemung County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Bradford County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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
Jul 26, 4:01 PM EDT	TORNADO	3 S Barton, NY	CONFIRMED LONGTRACK TORNADO FROM NORTH CHEMUNG TO JUST NORTH OF BARTON IN CHEMUNG AND TIOGA COUNTIES NEW YORK. THIS IS A NEW TOUCHDOWN THAT PRODUCED TORNADOES IN SOUTH CORNING AND ELMIRA. CLASSIFIED AS AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH A WIND OF BETWEEN 100-110 MPH. MAJORI
Jul 26, 4:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Sayre, PA	TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN THE SAYRE AND ATHENS AREA OF NORTHERN BRADFORD COUNTY
Jul 26, 4:14 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Barton, NY	MISSING ROOFS AND PORCHES ON SOME HOUSES. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Jul 26, 4:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Nichols, NY	TREES DOWN BETWEEN NICHOLS AND LOUNSBERRY
Jul 26, 4:28 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Campville, NY	SMALL TREES DOWN BETWEEN OWEGO AND CAMPVILLE ON 17C
Jul 26, 4:28 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Owego, NY	BRANCHES DOWN
Jul 26, 4:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Owego, NY	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. SOME LARGE TREES SNAPPED IN HALF.

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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 218 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

353 
WFUS51 KBGM 262000
TORBGM
NYC015-107-PAC015-262045-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0003.120726T2000Z-120726T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
400 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHEMUNG COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  SOUTHERN TIOGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  NORTHEASTERN BRADFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT.

* AT 356 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CHEMUNG...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CHEMUNG AND LOCKWOOD BY 405 PM EDT...
  LITCHFIELD...WAVERLY AND BARTON BY 410 PM EDT...
  NICHOLS AND LITCHFIELD BY 415 PM EDT...
  WINDHAM...TIOGA CENTER AND LOUNSBERRY BY 420 PM EDT...
  APALACHIN BY 425 PM EDT...
  TIOGA TERRACE BY 430 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.

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 4215 7662 4214 7612 4202 7610 4200 7612
      4200 7615 4195 7614 4192 7616 4196 7659
      4197 7666
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 275DEG 49KT 4204 7668

$$

DJN

1 follow-up statement

809 
WWUS51 KBGM 262033
SVSBGM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
433 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

NYC015-262042-
/O.CAN.KBGM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120726T2045Z/
CHEMUNG NY-
433 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHEMUNG 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 4200 7665 4200 7656 4205 7654 4208 7655
      4215 7656 4214 7612 4202 7610 4200 7612
      4200 7615 4195 7614 4192 7616 4197 7666
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 263DEG 37KT 4207 7621

$$

NYC107-PAC015-262045-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120726T2045Z/
TIOGA NY-BRADFORD PA-
433 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BRADFORD AND SOUTHERN TIOGA COUNTIES...

AT 428 PM EDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NICHOLS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TIOGA TERRACE BY 440 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...

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.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

&&

LAT...LON 4200 7665 4200 7656 4205 7654 4208 7655
      4215 7656 4214 7612 4202 7610 4200 7612
      4200 7615 4195 7614 4192 7616 4197 7666
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 263DEG 37KT 4207 7621

$$

DJN

The 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, 3:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Chemung, Steuben	40 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.