Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2013, 6:58 PM EDT for Bradford County, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; Broome County, New York. It was in force for 62 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
- Apr 19, 2013, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Broome County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Johnson City, NY | TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES ON LOWER STELLA IRELAND ROAD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 3:55 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
048 WFUS51 KBGM 192258 TORBGM NYC007-PAC015-115-200000- /O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0002.130419T2258Z-130420T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 658 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BROOME COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK... EAST CENTRAL BRADFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHWESTERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... * UNTIL 800 PM EDT. * AT 653 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RUSHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FRIENDSVILLE BY 705 PM EDT... 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VESTAL CENTER BY 710 PM EDT... BRACKNEY BY 715 PM EDT... CONKLIN...KIRKWOOD AND BINGHAMTON BY 720 PM EDT... 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHENANGO BRIDGE BY 725 PM EDT... SANITARIA SPGS AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINDSOR BY 730 PM EDT... WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-888-603-1402...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. && LAT...LON 4223 7589 4209 7547 4171 7610 4181 7627 TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 223DEG 44KT 4185 7609 $$ MDP
2 follow-up statements
195
WWUS51 KBGM 192317
SVSBGM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
717 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2013
PAC015-192324-
/O.CAN.KBGM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130420T0000Z/
BRADFORD PA-
717 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BRADFORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
...HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
730 PM.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-888-603-1402...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4184 7591 4191 7605 4200 7607 4223 7589
4209 7547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 223DEG 44KT 4199 7591
$$
NYC007-PAC115-200000-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130420T0000Z/
BROOME NY-SUSQUEHANNA PA-
717 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA AND SOUTHERN BROOME COUNTIES...
AT 710 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRACKNEY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CONKLIN...KIRKWOOD AND BINGHAMTON BY 720 PM EDT...
PORT CRANE...PORT DICKINSON AND CHENANGO BRIDGE BY 725 PM EDT...
SANITARIA SPGS AND WINDSOR BY 730 PM EDT...
EAST WINDSOR BY 735 PM EDT...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-888-603-1402...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4184 7591 4191 7605 4200 7607 4223 7589
4209 7547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 223DEG 44KT 4199 7591
$$
MDP964
WWUS51 KBGM 192337
SVSBGM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
737 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2013
NYC007-PAC115-192347-
/O.CAN.KBGM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130420T0000Z/
BROOME NY-SUSQUEHANNA PA-
737 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA AND SOUTHERN
BROOME COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-888-603-1402...OR BY EMAIL AT
BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4184 7591 4191 7605 4200 7607 4223 7589
4209 7547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 223DEG 44KT 4220 7565
$$
MDPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 6:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming | 61 min |
| Apr 19, 4:10 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BGM | Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Schuyler and 4 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 19, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Cortland, Onondaga, Schuyler, Tompkins | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego | 58 min |
| Apr 19, 7:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Chenango, Delaware, Otsego | 33 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.