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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 9, 2021Pike County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2021, 6:59 PM EDT for Pike County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 31 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
Jun 9, 2021, 6:59 PM EDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Pike County, PA, Wayne County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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
Jun 9, 7:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Rowland, PACORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1 N ROWLAND. 90-95 MPH SEVERE MICROBURST 705-710PM WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. 1 MILE LONG AND UP TO 300 YARDS WIDE.
Jun 9, 7:06 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Rowland, PATREE DOWN ON A HOUSE. TIME IS ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jun 9, 7:06 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Greeley, PATREES AND WIRES DOWN ON ROAD.
Jun 9, 7:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nne Paupack, PAMULTIPLE TREES AND WIRE REPORTED DOWN, BLOCKING THE ROAD IN SOME LOCATIONS. TIME IS ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jun 9, 7:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGTafton, PACORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1 NE PAUPACK. 75-80 MPH SEVERE MICROBURST 720-725 PM. AT LEAST 5 HOMES DAMAGED AND MANY BLOCKED ROADS FROM NUMEROUS UPROOTED OR SNAPPED TREES. 1.2 MILES LONG AND UP TO 750 YARDS WIDE.
Jun 9, 7:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGTafton, PAAT LEAST 5 HOMES DAMAGED FROM NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. ASSESSMENT STILL ONGOING, MANY ROADS BLOCKED. 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2021-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 112 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 2021-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

492 
WUUS51 KBGM 092259
SVRBGM
PAC103-127-092330-
/O.NEW.KBGM.SV.W.0022.210609T2259Z-210609T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
659 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Wayne County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
  Northwestern Pike County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 730 PM EDT.

* At 659 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lackawaxen,
  or 11 miles southeast of Honesdale, moving southwest 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...
  Lackawaxen, Blooming Grove, Paupack, Hawley, Arlington, Lakeville,
  Kimbles, Rowland, Lords Valley and Westcolang Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4129 7515 4142 7538 4155 7507 4150 7498
      4148 7498 4147 7496 4148 7495 4148 7494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 042DEG 20KT 4147 7509 

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

AJG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMLuzerne25 min
Jun 8, 9:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMLuzerne70 min
Jun 9, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSusquehanna33 min
Jun 9, 5:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSusquehanna57 min
Jun 9, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMPike50 min
Jun 9, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMPike31 min
Jun 9, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMLackawanna50 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.