Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Binghamton, NY
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 5:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Monticello, NY | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF MONTICELLO. |
| Jul 26, 6:12 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Spring Glen, NY | TREES 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.
| 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, 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.
- 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.
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
$$
DJN2 follow-up statements
508
WWUS51 KBGM 262207
SVSBGM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
607 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
NYC105-262230-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120726T2230Z/
SULLIVAN NY-
607 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
SULLIVAN COUNTY...
AT 604 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS. THESE TORNADO PRODUCING
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DEBRUCE TO SOUTH
FALLSBURG TO MT PROSPER TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF HARTWOOD...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.
TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
PHILLIPSPORT...GRAHAMSVILLE AND BLOOMINGBURG BY 615 PM EDT...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4150 7448 4149 7473 4200 7481 4202 7477
4188 7445 4175 7456 4165 7439 4159 7436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 270DEG 37KT 4194 7472 4171 7460
4157 7451 4142 7470
$$
DJN954
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.
| 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, 4:00 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 |
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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.