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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 26, 2021Bradford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 5:47 PM EDT for Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2021, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Bradford County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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.

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 26, 12:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 210 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: 26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

593 
WUUS51 KBGM 262147
SVRBGM
PAC015-262215-
/O.NEW.KBGM.SV.W.0013.210526T2147Z-210526T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
547 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Bradford County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 615 PM EDT.

* At 547 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wetona, or
  near Troy, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Sayre, Athens, Towanda, Ridgebury, Troy, Sheshequin, Ulster,
  Litchfield, Orwell and North Towanda.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4200 7660 4200 7628 4177 7617 4178 7678
      4194 7686
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 254DEG 39KT 4184 7670 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

AJG

1 follow-up statement

039 
WWUS51 KBGM 262159
SVSBGM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
559 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

PAC015-262215-
/O.CON.KBGM.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210526T2215Z/
Bradford PA-
559 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BRADFORD COUNTY...

At 559 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ulster, or near
Athens, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Sayre, Athens, Ridgebury, Sheshequin, Ulster, Litchfield, Orwell,
South Waverly, Windham and Herrick.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4200 7660 4200 7628 4177 7617 4181 7670
      4196 7674
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 254DEG 39KT 4188 7653 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

AJG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Luzerne	31 min
May 26, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Luzerne	32 min
May 26, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Wyoming	31 min
May 26, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Luzerne, Wyoming	34 min
May 26, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming	36 min
May 26, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Wyoming	31 min
May 26, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Susquehanna	34 min
May 26, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Susquehanna, Wayne	24 min
May 26, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Wayne	24 min
May 26, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Bradford	28 min
May 26, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Susquehanna	29 min
May 26, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wyoming	25 min
May 26, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Susquehanna	27 min
May 26, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Susquehanna, Wayne	37 min
May 26, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Wayne	44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.