Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2017, 4:11 PM EDT for Lackawanna County, Susquehanna County, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 49 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 24, 2017, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2017, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Lackawanna County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wyoming County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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 24, 4:13 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Nicholson, PA | TREE DOWN ACROSS STATE ST |
| Jul 24, 4:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fleetville, PA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN, ROADS BLOCKED. |
| Jul 24, 4:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Nicholson, PA | AT LEAST 3 HOMES SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM FALLEN TREES IN SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES INCLUDING NICHOLSON TOWNSHIP AND FACTORYVILLE BOROUGH. POWER LINES ARE DOWN. |
| Jul 24, 4:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dalton, PA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN. |
| Jul 24, 4:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Nicholson, PA | TREE FELL INTO HOUSE |
| Jul 24, 4:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dalton, PA | TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD |
| Jul 24, 4:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Peckville, PA | TREES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
417
WFUS51 KBGM 242011
TORBGM
PAC069-115-131-242100-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0008.170724T2011Z-170724T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
411 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2017
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Susquehanna County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
Northern Lackawanna County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
Northeastern Wyoming County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 500 PM EDT
* At 408 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Fleetville, or near Waverly, moving southeast at
30 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...
East Benton and Royal around 415 PM EDT.
Tompkinsville around 420 PM EDT.
Archbald around 430 PM EDT.
Carbondale, Olyphant and Mayfield around 435 PM EDT.
Mount Cobb around 440 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 4158 7587 4169 7578 4165 7546 4142 7545
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 295DEG 24KT 4161 7574
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
MSE2 follow-up statements
703
WWUS51 KBGM 242039
SVSBGM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
439 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2017
PAC115-131-242047-
/O.CAN.KBGM.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170724T2100Z/
Susquehanna PA-Wyoming PA-
439 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUSQUEHANNA AND NORTHEASTERN
WYOMING COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 4153 7575 4161 7557 4159 7546 4142 7545
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 303DEG 23KT 4150 7553
$$
PAC069-242100-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170724T2100Z/
Lackawanna PA-
439 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LACKAWANNA COUNTY...
At 437 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Archbald, or near Carbondale, moving southeast at 25
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles is possible. Tree
damage is likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Mount Cobb around 445 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 4153 7575 4161 7557 4159 7546 4142 7545
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 303DEG 23KT 4150 7553
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DJN351
WWUS51 KBGM 242100
SVSBGM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
500 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2017
PAC069-242109-
/O.EXP.KBGM.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170724T2100Z/
Lackawanna PA-
500 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LACKAWANNA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
500 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 4153 7575 4161 7557 4159 7546 4142 7545
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 295DEG 24KT 4144 7536
$$
DJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 9:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 10:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 10:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna | 114 min |
| Jul 23, 11:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Susquehanna | 119 min |
| Jul 23, 11:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 12:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 12:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 12:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 7:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Luzerne | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford, Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 64 min |
| Jul 24, 3:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 115 min |
| Jul 24, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Luzerne | 62 min |
| Jul 24, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Pike, Wayne | 25 min |
| Jul 24, 5:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Lackawanna | 114 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.