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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 26, 2012Bradford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2012, 4:17 PM EDT for Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Bradford County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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, 4:19 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Burlington, PA	HEAVY RAIN AND DIME SIZED HAIL ALSO REPORTED.

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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 233 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.

224 
WFUS51 KBGM 262017
TORBGM
PAC015-262100-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0004.120726T2017Z-120726T2100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BRADFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.

* AT 414 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EAST
  SMITHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES NORTH OF MONROETON BY 425 PM EDT...
  NORTH TOWANDA AND TOWANDA BY 430 PM EDT...
  ROME AND WYSOX BY 435 PM EDT...
  HERRICKVILLE AND HERRICK BY 445 PM EDT...
  CAMPTOWN BY 450 PM EDT...
  BRUSHVILLE...RUSHVILLE AND LE RAYSVILLE BY 455 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.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

&&

LAT...LON 4174 7674 4198 7673 4200 7643 4200 7615
      4178 7612 4165 7612 4164 7620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 275DEG 28KT 4183 7656

$$

CMG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 3:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Bradford	40 min
Jul 26, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford	65 min
Jul 26, 4:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Bradford	45 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, 5:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Susquehanna, Wayne	56 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

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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.