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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 22, 2021Wayne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 22, 2021, 5:46 PM EDT for Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 14 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: Aug 22, 2021, 5:46 PM EDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Wayne County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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: 197 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

793 
WFUS51 KBGM 222146
TORBGM
PAC127-222200-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0010.210822T2146Z-210822T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
546 PM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Wayne County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 600 PM EDT.
    
* At 545 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Shehawken, or 16 miles south of Deposit, moving
  south at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Pleasant Mount around 600 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 4188 7541 4188 7535 4173 7530 4173 7546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 359DEG 22KT 4183 7539 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

AJG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Wayne	27 min
Aug 22, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Wayne	29 min
Aug 22, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Pike	29 min
Aug 22, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Lackawanna	42 min
Aug 22, 5:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Pike, Wayne	3 hr
Aug 22, 6:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Pike, Wayne	18 min
Aug 22, 7:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Wayne	13 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.