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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 26, 2012Sullivan County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2012, 5:40 PM EDT for Sullivan County, New York. It was in force for 50 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, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Sullivan County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 26, 5:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMonticello, NYNUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF MONTICELLO.
Jul 26, 6:12 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSpring Glen, NYTREES DOWN

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 26, 2:10 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

377 
WFUS51 KBGM 262140
TORBGM
NYC105-262230-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0009.120726T2140Z-120726T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.

* AT 536 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM ROSCOE TO HORTONVILLE TO LAVA TO ELDRED...
  MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...WHITE LAKE AND MONGAUP VALLEY BY 545 PM
  EDT...
  SWAN LAKE...PARKSVILLE AND MONTICELLO BY 550 PM EDT...
  WILLOWEMOC...THOMPSONVILLE AND SOUTH FALLSBURG BY 555 PM EDT...
  WOODRIDGE...WOODBOURNE AND GRAHAMSVILLE BY 600 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4150 7448 4149 7475 4142 7476 4144 7481
      4143 7483 4144 7489 4148 7491 4148 7498
      4160 7506 4176 7506 4178 7511 4181 7507
      4182 7511 4186 7513 4202 7477 4188 7445
      4175 7456 4165 7439 4159 7436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 265DEG 46KT 4192 7493 4178 7493
          4164 7487 4154 7493

$$

DJN
2 follow-up statements
508 
WWUS51 KBGM 262207
SVSBGM

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

NYC105-262230-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120726T2230Z/
SULLIVAN NY-
607 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
SULLIVAN COUNTY...

AT 604 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS.  THESE TORNADO PRODUCING
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DEBRUCE TO SOUTH
FALLSBURG TO MT PROSPER TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF HARTWOOD...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.

TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PHILLIPSPORT...GRAHAMSVILLE AND BLOOMINGBURG BY 615 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 4150 7448 4149 7473 4200 7481 4202 7477
      4188 7445 4175 7456 4165 7439 4159 7436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 270DEG 37KT 4194 7472 4171 7460
          4157 7451 4142 7470

$$

DJN
954 
WWUS51 KBGM 262230
SVSBGM

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

NYC105-262240-
/O.EXP.KBGM.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120726T2230Z/
SULLIVAN NY-
630 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

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.

LAT...LON 4150 7448 4149 7473 4200 7481 4202 7477
      4188 7445 4175 7456 4165 7439 4159 7436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 270DEG 37KT 4194 7472 4171 7460
          4157 7451 4142 7470

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 12:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSteuben24 min
Jul 26, 4:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCortland, Seneca, Yates65 min
Jul 26, 4:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tompkins60 min
Jul 26, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben80 min
Jul 26, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung, Steuben66 min
Jul 26, 3:35 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMChemung, Steuben40 min
Jul 26, 4:00 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMChemung, Tioga45 min
Jul 26, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Tioga55 min
Jul 26, 4:24 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Tioga36 min
Jul 26, 5:04 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMBroome, Delaware56 min
Jul 26, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan56 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.