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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Binghamton, NY

April 28, 2021Lackawanna County, Wayne County, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2021, 7:04 PM EDT for Lackawanna County, Wayne County, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 11 min. 6 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: Apr 28, 2021, 7:04 PM EDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 11 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lackawanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 28, 7:11 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2.75 Sw Nicholson, PA	TREES ON ROADWAY.
Apr 28, 7:12 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Clarks Green, PA	TREE ON HOUSE ON STONE AVE.
Apr 28, 7:12 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Dalton, PA	TWEET WITH PICTURES OF LARGE TREE IN ROADWAY.
Apr 28, 7:24 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Archbald, PA	TWEET WITH PICTURES OF TREES DOWN IN RESIDENTAL YARD.
Apr 28, 7:24 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Archbald, PA	TREE BLOCKING ROADWAY.
Apr 28, 7:24 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mayfield, PA	TWEET WITH PICTURES OF LARGE TREE ON WIRES AND ACROSS BOTH LANES OF ROUTE 107.

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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 200 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 291 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

044 
WUUS51 KBGM 282304
SVRBGM
PAC069-127-131-282315-
/O.NEW.KBGM.SV.W.0002.210428T2304Z-210428T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
704 PM EDT Wed Apr 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Lackawanna County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
  Southwestern Wayne County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
  Eastern Wyoming County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 715 PM EDT.

* At 703 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Nicholson to near La Plume to Falls, moving east at
  50 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Law enforcement. At 648 PM, trees were reported blown 
           down on power lines in Meshoppen.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Scranton, Falls, Dunmore, Carbondale, Old Forge, Archbald, Blakely,
  Taylor, Dickson City and Moosic.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4139 7582 4142 7583 4141 7589 4149 7608
      4154 7593 4164 7592 4164 7548 4157 7519
      4143 7520 4142 7525 4137 7526 4138 7534
      4137 7535 4134 7535 4133 7531 4129 7533
      4124 7547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 290DEG 45KT 4160 7580 4151 7581 4147 7590 

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

Butts

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Bradford	55 min
Apr 28, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Wyoming	46 min
Apr 28, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	30 min
Apr 28, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Pike, Wayne	42 min
Apr 28, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Luzerne	53 min
Apr 28, 7:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Pike, Wayne	33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.