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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 22, 2021, 7:32 PM EDT for Lackawanna County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 13 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, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Lackawanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 202 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
565
WFUS51 KBGM 222332
TORBGM
PAC069-127-222345-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0012.210822T2332Z-210822T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
732 PM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Lackawanna County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
Southwestern Wayne County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 745 PM EDT.
* At 732 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Sterling, or 12 miles east of Scranton, 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Lehigh, Angels and Gouldsboro around 745 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 4137 7547 4138 7539 4127 7534 4127 7535
4125 7534 4124 7536 4124 7537 4123 7548
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 350DEG 16KT 4134 7543
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
AJGThe 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, 6:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Pike, Wayne | 18 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.