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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 14, 2021Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2021, 4:11 PM EDT for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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 14, 2021, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 49 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), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 14, 4:21 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nnw Sheppton, PA	TREES DOWN ON WIRES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 14, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 259 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: 687 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

097 
WUUS51 KBGM 142011
SVRBGM
PAC079-142100-
/O.NEW.KBGM.SV.W.0037.210614T2011Z-210614T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
411 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

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

* Until 500 PM EDT.

* At 410 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Muhlenberg to near Aristes, moving east at 50
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Hazleton, Berwick, West Hazleton, Freeland, Dorrance, Conyngham,
  Nescopeck, Slocum, White Haven and Shickshinny.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4095 7621 4105 7623 4114 7623 4113 7627
      4119 7631 4116 7561 4112 7563 4112 7565
      4113 7568 4109 7577 4105 7577 4103 7574
      4101 7574 4090 7603
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 273DEG 44KT 4122 7620 4083 7629 

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

BJG

1 follow-up statement

186 
WWUS51 KBGM 142055
SVSBGM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
455 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021

PAC079-142105-
/O.EXP.KBGM.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-210614T2100Z/
Luzerne PA-
455 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LUZERNE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 500 PM EDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
northeastern Pennsylvania.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Binghamton.

LAT...LON 4095 7621 4105 7623 4114 7623 4113 7627
      4119 7631 4116 7561 4112 7563 4112 7565
      4113 7568 4109 7577 4105 7577 4103 7574
      4101 7574 4090 7603
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 270DEG 37KT 4121 7565 4082 7574 

$$

BJG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Susquehanna	31 min
Jun 14, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Lackawanna	29 min
Jun 14, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming	38 min
Jun 14, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Pike, Wayne	27 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.