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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 14, 2021Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2021, 8:11 PM EDT for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 22 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 14, 2021, 8:11 PM EDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2021, 8:33 PM EDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Luzerne County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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 nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 254 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 196 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
196 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1304 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

993 
WUUS51 KBGM 150011
SVRBGM
PAC079-150045-
/O.NEW.KBGM.SV.W.0178.210715T0011Z-210715T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
811 PM EDT Wed Jul 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

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

* Until 845 PM EDT.

* At 810 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Berwick,
  moving southeast at 25 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Berwick, Conyngham, Nescopeck, Beach Haven, East Berwick, Rock
  Glen, Weston, Deringer, Briggsville and Fern Glen.

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 4095 7621 4105 7623 4113 7623 4113 7627
      4114 7627 4114 7618 4091 7600 4090 7603
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 330DEG 23KT 4104 7627 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

AJG
1 follow-up statement
691 
WWUS51 KBGM 150033
SVSBGM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
833 PM EDT Wed Jul 14 2021

PAC079-150043-
/O.CAN.KBGM.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-210715T0045Z/
Luzerne PA-
833 PM EDT Wed Jul 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LUZERNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4095 7621 4105 7623 4113 7623 4113 7627
      4114 7627 4114 7618 4091 7600 4090 7603
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 330DEG 23KT 4091 7617 

$$

AJG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMColumbia42 min

Nearby

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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.