Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 6:04 PM EDT for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 41 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
- Jul 9, 2021, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Luzerne County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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 9, 6:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Huntington Mills, PA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN. |
| Jul 9, 6:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Koonsville, PA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN UNION TOWNSHIP. |
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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 764 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
397
WUUS51 KBGM 092204
SVRBGM
PAC079-092245-
/O.NEW.KBGM.SV.W.0151.210709T2204Z-210709T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
604 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
West central Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 645 PM EDT.
* At 604 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Huntington
Mills, or 11 miles north of Berwick, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Wilkes-Barre, Muhlenberg, Kingston, Nanticoke, Plymouth,
Swoyersville, Edwardsville, Larksville, Forty Fort and Luzerne.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Heavy rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash
flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4117 7630 4120 7632 4129 7632 4131 7631
4129 7588 4109 7593
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 286DEG 25KT 4123 7626
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
AJG2 follow-up statements
456 WWUS51 KBGM 092220 SVSBGM Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Binghamton NY 620 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021 PAC079-092245- /O.CON.KBGM.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-210709T2245Z/ Luzerne PA- 620 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL LUZERNE COUNTY... At 620 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Muhlenberg, or 11 miles northeast of Berwick, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Wilkes-Barre, Muhlenberg, Kingston, Nanticoke, Plymouth, Edwardsville, Larksville, Ashley, Slocum and Preston. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Heavy rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4117 7629 4126 7625 4127 7589 4109 7593 TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 286DEG 25KT 4120 7612 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ AJG
187
WWUS51 KBGM 092238
SVSBGM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
638 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021
PAC079-092248-
/O.EXP.KBGM.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-210709T2245Z/
Luzerne PA-
638 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL LUZERNE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 4117 7629 4126 7625 4127 7589 4109 7593
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 286DEG 25KT 4117 7598
$$
AJGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Pike | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Pike | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Bradford | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Bradford | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 48 min |
| Jul 9, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Luzerne | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Luzerne | 36 min |
| Jul 9, 7:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford | 96 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.