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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 11, 2021Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2021, 8:51 PM EDT for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report 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 11, 2021, 8:51 PM EDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2021, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
54 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), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 11, 9:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGNescopeck, PASOME TREES AND WIRES DOWN WITH POWER OUTAGES. RADAR ESTIMATED TIME.

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 00:00Z, 0.9 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2021-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -108 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

864 
WUUS51 KBGM 120051
SVRBGM
PAC079-120145-
/O.NEW.KBGM.SV.W.0154.210712T0051Z-210712T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
851 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 945 PM EDT.

* At 851 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Jerseytown to Buckhorn to Trevorton, moving east at
  40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton, Muhlenberg, Kingston, Berwick, Nanticoke,
  Plains, Pittston, Plymouth and Exeter.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4095 7621 4105 7623 4114 7623 4114 7628
      4120 7632 4131 7631 4142 7585 4117 7570
      4109 7576 4109 7577 4096 7585 4090 7603
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 254DEG 35KT 4111 7657 4102 7649 4077 7666 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BJT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMWyoming34 min
Jul 11, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMWyoming48 min
Jul 11, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLuzerne45 min
Jul 11, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLuzerne62 min
Jul 11, 10:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLackawanna, Luzerne47 min
Jul 12, 5:31 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMPike, Wayne3 hr
Jul 12, 10:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchBGMBradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more15 hr
Jul 12, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMPike13 min
Jul 12, 5:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBradford, Susquehanna108 min
Jul 12, 5:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMPike3 hr
Jul 12, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSusquehanna25 min
Jul 12, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSusquehanna44 min
Jul 12, 6:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBradford, Susquehanna3 hr
Jul 12, 7:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBradford3 hr
Jul 12, 7:08 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMSusquehanna, Wayne37 min
Jul 12, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBradford31 min
Jul 12, 7:36 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMBradford24 min
Jul 12, 7:45 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMWayne30 min
Jul 12, 7:59 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMBradford17 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.