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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Binghamton, NY

September 8, 2021Lackawanna County, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2021, 7:23 PM EDT for Lackawanna County, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 25 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
Sep 8, 2021, 7:23 PM EDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2021, 7:48 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 238 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 2021-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2021-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 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
1380 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

004 
WUUS51 KBGM 082323
SVRBGM
PAC069-079-090000-
/O.NEW.KBGM.SV.W.0253.210908T2323Z-210909T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
723 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Lackawanna County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
  Southeastern Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 800 PM EDT.

* At 723 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Bear Creek Village to near White Haven to near
  Mcadoo, moving northeast at 60 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Hazleton, West Hazleton, Freeland, White Haven, Penn Lake Park,
  Bear Creek Village, Jeddo, Woodside-Drifton, Drifton and
  Stoddartsville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4096 7600 4115 7589 4123 7551 4122 7552
      4122 7555 4112 7563 4113 7567 4113 7570
      4109 7577 4105 7577 4101 7574 4092 7599
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 241DEG 53KT 4116 7572 4101 7580 4088 7593 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MPH
1 follow-up statement
670 
WWUS51 KBGM 082348
SVSBGM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
748 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

PAC069-079-082358-
/O.CAN.KBGM.SV.W.0253.000000T0000Z-210909T0000Z/
Lackawanna PA-Luzerne PA-
748 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LACKAWANNA AND
SOUTHEASTERN LUZERNE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4096 7600 4115 7589 4123 7551 4122 7552
      4122 7555 4112 7563 4113 7567 4113 7570
      4109 7577 4105 7577 4101 7574 4092 7599
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 241DEG 53KT 4133 7530 4118 7539 4105 7552 

$$

MPH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBradford44 min
Sep 8, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford38 min
Sep 8, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSusquehanna25 min
Sep 8, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMLuzerne38 min
Sep 8, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMLackawanna, Wayne48 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.