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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 22, 2021Pike County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 22, 2021, 6:27 PM EDT for Pike County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 18 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, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Pike County, PA, Wayne County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

641 
WFUS51 KBGM 222227
TORBGM
PAC103-127-222245-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0011.210822T2227Z-210822T2245Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  South central Wayne County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
  West central Pike County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 645 PM EDT.
    
* At 627 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Greentown, or 14 miles north of Mount Pocono,
  moving south at 20 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  south central Wayne and west central Pike Counties.

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 4134 7537 4137 7528 4125 7518 4125 7522
      4124 7529 4124 7536 4125 7536
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 339DEG 19KT 4132 7531 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

AJG

1 follow-up statement

654 
WWUS51 KBGM 222239
SVSBGM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
639 PM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021

PAC103-127-222249-
/O.EXP.KBGM.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-210822T2245Z/
Wayne PA-Pike PA-
639 PM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE AND WEST CENTRAL PIKE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4134 7537 4137 7528 4125 7518 4125 7522
      4124 7529 4124 7536 4125 7536
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 339DEG 19KT 4127 7528 

$$

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, 5:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Wayne	14 min
Aug 22, 7:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Wayne	13 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.