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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 11, 2021Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2021, 9:45 PM EDT for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 45 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
Jul 11, 2021, 9:45 PM EDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2021, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
45 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), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 241 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

374 
WUUS51 KBGM 120145
SVRBGM
PAC079-120230-
/O.NEW.KBGM.SV.W.0155.210712T0145Z-210712T0230Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

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

* Until 1030 PM EDT.

* At 944 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Muhlenberg to Pond Hill to near Rock Glen, moving
  northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Wilkes-Barre, Muhlenberg, Kingston, Nanticoke, Plains, Plymouth,
  Exeter, Swoyersville, Edwardsville and Larksville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4142 7586 4127 7578 4112 7575 4098 7619
      4109 7615 4123 7622
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 238DEG 26KT 4122 7616 4112 7610 4101 7615 

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

BJT
1 follow-up statement
099 
WWUS51 KBGM 120159
SVSBGM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
959 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021

PAC079-120230-
/O.CON.KBGM.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-210712T0230Z/
Luzerne PA-
959 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL LUZERNE COUNTY...

At 959 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Edwardsville to Sugar Notch to near Drums, moving
northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Wilkes-Barre, Kingston, Nanticoke, Plains, Plymouth, Exeter,
Swoyersville, Edwardsville, Larksville and Forty Fort.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4142 7586 4127 7578 4112 7575 4101 7609
      4114 7608 4127 7614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 238DEG 27KT 4128 7601 4118 7595 4107 7600 

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, 8:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLuzerne54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.