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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 12, 20155 counties in New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2015, 3:29 PM EDT for 5 counties in New York. It was in force for 46 min. 5 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
Jun 12, 2015, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2015, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Madison County, NY, Onondaga County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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
Jun 12, 3:30 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 601 N Scott, NY
Jun 12, 3:30 PM EDTHAIL 11 N Scott, NY
Jun 12, 3:45 PM EDTHAIL 1.25Tully, NY
Jun 12, 3:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGTully, NYNUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN AND ROUND THE TULLY AREA.
Jun 12, 4:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGDe Ruyter, NYA FEW TREES AND WIRES DOWN TOWN OF DE RUYTER TO GEORGETOWN.

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
Jun 12, 3:07 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2015-06-12Temperature 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 2015-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 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
1641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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.

236 
WFUS51 KBGM 121929
TORBGM
NYC011-017-023-053-067-122015-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0002.150612T1929Z-150612T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
329 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ONONDAGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  NORTHERN CORTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  NORTHWESTERN CHENANGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  EAST CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
    
* AT 329 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SCOTT...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF CORTLAND...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PREBLE AROUND 340 PM EDT.
  TULLY AROUND 345 PM EDT.
  TRUXTON AROUND 350 PM EDT.
  FABIUS AROUND 355 PM EDT.
  CUYLER AROUND 400 PM EDT.
  DE RUYTER AROUND 410 PM EDT.
  OTSELIC...GEORGETOWN AND ERIEVILLE AROUND 415 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4268 7634 4286 7635 4290 7562 4265 7561
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 270DEG 26KT 4278 7625 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

MSE
1 follow-up statement
708 
WWUS51 KBGM 122009
SVSBGM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
409 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

NYC023-067-122018-
/O.CAN.KBGM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150612T2015Z/
ONONDAGA NY-CORTLAND NY-
409 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ONONDAGA AND NORTHERN
CORTLAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT 
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LARGE 
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVED 
ACROSS SOUTHERN ONONDAGA AND NORTHERN CORTLAND COUNTIES. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL NEW
YORK.

LAT...LON 4265 7561 4266 7588 4277 7589 4276 7627
      4268 7627 4268 7634 4284 7635 4280 7629
      4277 7627 4278 7590 4288 7590 4290 7562
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 270DEG 26KT 4278 7586 

$$

NYC011-017-053-122015-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150612T2015Z/
MADISON NY-CHENANGO NY-CAYUGA NY-
409 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON...NORTHWESTERN CHENANGO AND EAST CENTRAL CAYUGA
COUNTIES...
    
AT 408 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER DE RUYTER...OR 16 MILES WEST OF HAMILTON...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON...NORTHWESTERN CHENANGO AND EAST CENTRAL CAYUGA
COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4265 7561 4266 7588 4277 7589 4276 7627
      4268 7627 4268 7634 4284 7635 4280 7629
      4277 7627 4278 7590 4288 7590 4290 7562
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 270DEG 26KT 4278 7586 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

MSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSeneca45 min
Jun 12, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Onondaga61 min
Jun 12, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSullivan41 min
Jun 12, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga65 min
Jun 12, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan52 min
Jun 12, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Madison, Otsego60 min
Jun 12, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Onondaga40 min
Jun 12, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego61 min
Jun 12, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida57 min
Jun 12, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca, Steuben, Yates54 min
Jun 12, 5:40 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMOtsego50 min
Jun 12, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben63 min
Jun 12, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSchuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Yates41 min
Jun 12, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Onondaga, Seneca36 min
Jun 12, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Cortland, Madison51 min
Jun 12, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSchuyler, Seneca, Tompkins36 min
Jun 12, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego23 min
Jun 12, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins61 min
Jun 12, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Madison, Otsego48 min
Jun 12, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga39 min
Jun 12, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTioga64 min
Jun 12, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego48 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.