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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 25, 2016Lackawanna County, Pike County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2016, 4:32 PM EDT for Lackawanna County, Pike County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 28 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: Jul 25, 2016, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Lackawanna County, PA, Pike County, PA, Wayne County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 25, 4:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Olyphant, PA	SPOTTY TREE DAMGE ACROSS THE COUNTY. SEVERAL LIGHTNING STRIKES.

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 25, 12:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1357 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

983 
WFUS51 KBGM 252032
TORBGM
PAC069-103-127-252100-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0003.160725T2032Z-160725T2100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LACKAWANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
    
* AT 432 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER ELMHURST...OR 7 MILES EAST OF
  SCRANTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
  TRESSLARVILLE AND LAKE ARIEL AROUND 440 PM EDT. 
  STERLING AROUND 445 PM EDT. 
  LEDGERDALE...ARLINGTON AND ANGELS AROUND 450 PM EDT. 
  GREENTOWN AROUND 455 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 4134 7563 4149 7559 4149 7515 4125 7529
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 289DEG 30KT 4140 7552 

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

$$

BJT

2 follow-up statements

711 
WWUS51 KBGM 252047
SVSBGM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
447 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

PAC069-103-127-252100-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160725T2100Z/
LACKAWANNA PA-WAYNE PA-PIKE PA-
447 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL LACKAWANNA...SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE AND NORTHWESTERN PIKE
COUNTIES...
    
AT 447 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER GREENTOWN...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT
POCONO...MOVING EAST AT 35 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL LACKAWANNA...SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE AND NORTHWESTERN PIKE
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 4133 7558 4149 7545 4149 7515 4125 7529
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 291DEG 32KT 4132 7533 

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

$$

BJT

523 
WWUS51 KBGM 252057
SVSBGM

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
457 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

PAC069-103-127-252106-
/O.EXP.KBGM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160725T2100Z/
LACKAWANNA PA-WAYNE PA-PIKE PA-
457 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LACKAWANNA...SOUTHWESTERN
WAYNE AND NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM EDT...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BINGHAMTON.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHERN WAYNE AND PIKE COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 4133 7558 4149 7545 4149 7515 4125 7529
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 289DEG 30KT 4132 7533 

$$

BJT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 3:07 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	BGM	Pike	14 hr
Jul 25, 11:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Susquehanna	66 min
Jul 25, 11:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Susquehanna, Wayne	53 min
Jul 25, 12:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Wayne	61 min
Jul 25, 2:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford	62 min
Jul 25, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Luzerne	53 min
Jul 25, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford	62 min
Jul 25, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford	53 min
Jul 25, 2:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Bradford	50 min
Jul 25, 3:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Bradford, Wyoming	38 min
Jul 25, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford, Susquehanna	55 min
Jul 25, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Susquehanna, Wyoming	42 min
Jul 25, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Susquehanna, Wayne	44 min
Jul 25, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Wayne, Wyoming	42 min
Jul 25, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Luzerne	40 min
Jul 25, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Pike, Wayne	36 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.