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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 25, 2016Bradford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2016, 2:55 PM EDT for Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 50 min. 7 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 25, 2016, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Bradford County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 25, 3:06 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMonroeton, PANUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN MONROETON.
Jul 25, 3:06 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 62Monroeton, PANON CERTIFIED WEATHER EQUIPMENT.
Jul 25, 3:09 PM EDTHAIL 1.25Towanda, PA
Jul 25, 3:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Se Monroe, PAROOF BLOWN OFF BARN.
Jul 25, 3:10 PM EDTHAIL 1.251 S Towanda, PA
Jul 25, 3:13 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMonroe, PATREES DOWN.
Jul 25, 3:15 PM EDTHAIL 1.5Monroeton, PA

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 25, 12:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1065 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 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
1065 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
8.7

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The text

As transmitted.

105 
WFUS51 KBGM 251855
TORBGM
PAC015-251945-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0001.160725T1855Z-160725T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
255 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BRADFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
    
* AT 255 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MONROETON...OR NEAR TOWANDA...MOVING EAST
  AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  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...
  TOWANDA AND NORTH TOWANDA AROUND 300 PM EDT. 
  WYSOX AROUND 305 PM EDT. 
  ROME AROUND 310 PM EDT. 
  HERRICK...HERRICKVILLE AND CAMPTOWN AROUND 315 PM EDT. 
  LE RAYSVILLE AND BRUSHVILLE AROUND 320 PM EDT. 
  WARREN CENTER AROUND 325 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 4168 7657 4181 7662 4199 7616 4173 7613
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 253DEG 35KT 4175 7652 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

MSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 3:07 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryBGMPike14 hr
Jul 25, 11:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSusquehanna66 min
Jul 25, 11:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSusquehanna, Wayne53 min
Jul 25, 12:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMWayne61 min
Jul 25, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford62 min
Jul 25, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLuzerne53 min
Jul 25, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford62 min
Jul 25, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford53 min
Jul 25, 3:07 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMBradford, Wyoming38 min
Jul 25, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford, Susquehanna55 min
Jul 25, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSusquehanna, Wyoming42 min
Jul 25, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSusquehanna, Wayne44 min
Jul 25, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLackawanna, Wayne, Wyoming42 min
Jul 25, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLuzerne40 min
Jul 25, 4:32 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMLackawanna, Pike, Wayne28 min
Jul 25, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMPike, Wayne36 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.