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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 8, 2014Bradford County, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2014, 5:55 PM EDT for Bradford County, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 65 min. 3 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 8, 2014, 5:55 PM EDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2014, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bradford County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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 8, 6:15 PM EDT	TORNADO	3 Nw Dushore, PA	EF2 TORNADO WITH MAX WINDS 120 MPH...PATH WIDTH 400 YDS AND PATH LENGTH OF JUST OVER 2 MILES BEFORE ENTERING BRADFORD COUNTY. NUMEROUS TREES KNOCKED DOWN WITH BARN ROOF DEBRIS THROWN OVER 100 YDS. A TRAILER WAS THROWN 30 YDS AND DEMOLISHED.
Jul 8, 6:20 PM EDT	TORNADO	New Albany, PA	EF1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF 100 MPH...A PATH WIDTH OF 500 YARDS AND A PATH LENGTH OF 4.5 MILES. NUMEROUS TREES KNOCKED DOWN WITH A BARN COLLAPSE AND A TRAILER BLOWN OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND TURNED 90 DEGREES ON MARSH ROAD. METAL ROOF OF A BARN WAS PE
Jul 8, 6:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Auburn Center, PA	BARN AND GARAGE DESTROYED... MANY DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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 8, 1:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 228 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: 232 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

482 
WFUS51 KBGM 082155
TORBGM
PAC015-115-082300-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0004.140708T2155Z-140708T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
555 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.

* AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  BURLINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BURLINGTON BY 600 PM EDT...
  NORTH TOWANDA AND TOWANDA BY 605 PM EDT...
  ULSTER AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WYSOX BY 610 PM EDT...
  ROME BY 615 PM EDT...
  WARREN CENTER BY 630 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 4195 7633 4194 7610 4164 7600 4165 7620
      4154 7622 4158 7680 4159 7687 4161 7689
      4176 7690
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 238DEG 39KT 4176 7664

$$

/KAH/MSE

1 follow-up statement

570 
WWUS51 KBGM 082220
SVSBGM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
620 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

PAC015-115-082300-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140708T2300Z/
BRADFORD PA-SUSQUEHANNA PA-
620 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN SUSQUEHANNA AND EASTERN BRADFORD COUNTIES...

AT 619 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OVERTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW ALBANY AND FRANKLINDALE BY 625 PM EDT...
  EVERGREEN...SOUTH BRANCH AND MONROETON BY 630 PM EDT...
  WILMOT AND LIBERTY CORNERS BY 635 PM EDT...
  TERRYTOWN...DURELL AND HOLLENBACK BY 640 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4167 7671 4177 7648 4192 7640 4194 7610
      4165 7600 4165 7620 4154 7622 4157 7669
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 238DEG 32KT 4157 7651

$$

/KAH/MSE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 10:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Pike	3 hr
Jul 8, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford	63 min
Jul 8, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford	55 min
Jul 8, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Susquehanna, Wyoming	63 min
Jul 8, 6:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Bradford, Susquehanna	36 min
Jul 8, 6:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	52 min
Jul 8, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming	60 min
Jul 8, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming	64 min
Jul 8, 7:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Susquehanna, Wayne	58 min
Jul 8, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming	65 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.