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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 9, 2021Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 9, 6:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHuntington Mills, PATREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Jul 9, 6:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Koonsville, PATREES 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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
 
$$

AJG
2 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 

$$

AJG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 8:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMPike3 hr
Jul 9, 2:32 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMPike2 hr
Jul 9, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBradford43 min
Jul 9, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford33 min
Jul 9, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBradford45 min
Jul 9, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming48 min
Jul 9, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSusquehanna, Wayne44 min
Jul 9, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSusquehanna, Wayne45 min
Jul 9, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMLuzerne33 min
Jul 9, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMLuzerne36 min
Jul 9, 7:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBradford96 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.