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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 26, 2012Susquehanna County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2012, 4:49 PM EDT for Susquehanna County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 56 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: Jul 26, 2012, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Susquehanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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, 4:54 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Montrose, PA
Jul 26, 5:00 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 Se South Montrose, PA	PATH OF TREES AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE APPROXIMATELY 0.8 MILES LONG AND 50-150 YARDS WIDE OCCURRED FROM JOHNSON POND ROAD TO MESHOHPPEN CREEK ROAD. ESTIMATED MAX WIND SPEED 90 MPH. RATED EF1.

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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000
WFUS51 KBGM 262049
TORBGM
PAC115-127-262145-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0006.120726T2049Z-120726T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.

* AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MONTROSE...
  MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HARFORD AND GIBSON BY 455 PM EDT...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF THOMPSON BY 505 PM EDT...
  PLEASANT MOUNT AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF SHEHAWKEN BY 510 PM EDT...
  RUTLEDGEDALE AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF EQUINUNK BY 520 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 4170 7597 4186 7596 4190 7527 4186 7526
      4186 7523 4187 7517 4185 7515 4185 7513
      4179 7509 4178 7511 4177 7508 4172 7505
      4171 7507 4166 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 271DEG 50KT 4177 7581

$$

DJN

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, 4:17 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, 4:53 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

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.