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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 15, 2018Sullivan County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2018, 2:53 PM EDT for Sullivan County, New York. It was in force for 23 min. 2 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: May 15, 2018, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2018, 3:16 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.5 in

County Sullivan County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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
May 15, 3:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Parksville, NY	TREE DOWN NEAR MAIN STREET AND ROUTE 17 BLOCKING BOTH LANES OF ROAD
May 15, 3:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Parksville, NY	TREE DOWN NEAR MAIN STREET AND ROUTE 17 BLOCKING BOTH LANES OF ROAD

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
May 15, 1:03 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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: 932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 259 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

376 
WFUS51 KBGM 151853
TORBGM
NYC105-151930-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0002.180515T1853Z-180515T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
253 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2018

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Sullivan County in central New York...

* Until 330 PM EDT.
    
* At 253 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Neversink, or near Liberty, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and tennis ball 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...
  Grahamsville and Woodbourne around 305 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 4184 7448 4175 7457 4173 7454 4181 7482
      4194 7480 4191 7453 4188 7446
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 283DEG 38KT 4184 7470 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

DAB

2 follow-up statements

220 
WWUS51 KBGM 151903
SVSBGM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
303 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2018

NYC105-151930-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180515T1930Z/
Sullivan NY-
303 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2018

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY...
    
At 301 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Grahamsville, or 10 miles east of Liberty, moving
east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and tennis ball 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
northeastern Sullivan County.

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.

Additional statements will be issued as conditions warrant.

&&

LAT...LON 4184 7448 4175 7457 4173 7454 4176 7466
      4185 7467 4193 7470 4191 7453 4188 7446
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 274DEG 46KT 4185 7455 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

DAB

085 
WWUS51 KBGM 151916
SVSBGM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
316 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2018

NYC105-151925-
/O.CAN.KBGM.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180515T1930Z/
Sullivan NY-
316 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2018

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. Additional thunderstorms, 
some possibly severe, will continue to impact the region this 
afternoon.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for central New
York.

Additional statements will be issued as conditions warrant.

LAT...LON 4184 7448 4175 7457 4173 7454 4176 7466
      4185 7467 4193 7470 4191 7453 4188 7446
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 283DEG 38KT 4182 7435 

$$

DAB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 7:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Steuben, Yates	50 min
May 15, 7:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Schuyler, Steuben	47 min
May 15, 8:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Steuben, Yates	50 min
May 15, 8:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins	61 min
May 15, 9:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Broome, Chenango	39 min
May 15, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Delaware	35 min
May 15, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Delaware	33 min
May 15, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Delaware, Sullivan	50 min
May 15, 2:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Delaware, Sullivan	24 min
May 15, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Sullivan	55 min
May 15, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Sullivan	24 min
May 15, 3:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Sullivan	33 min
May 15, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Sullivan	20 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.