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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 12, 2021Bradford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 2021, 7:36 PM EDT for Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 24 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
Jul 12, 2021, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Bradford County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 12, 7:48 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWetona, PAMULTIPLE TREES DOWN. AREA WHERE RADAR SHOWED A TORNADIC DEBRIS SIGNATURE.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

406 
WFUS51 KBGM 122336
TORBGM
PAC015-130000-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0003.210712T2336Z-210713T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
736 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Bradford County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 800 PM EDT.
    
* At 736 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Springfield, or near Troy, moving east 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...
  Wetona around 740 PM EDT.
  Burlington and East Smithfield around 750 PM EDT.
  Towanda, Ulster and North Towanda around 800 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 4178 7680 4188 7681 4194 7646 4173 7644
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 260DEG 21KT 4183 7672 

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

$$

AJG
1 follow-up statement
148 
WWUS51 KBGM 122342
SVSBGM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
742 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

PAC015-130000-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210713T0000Z/
Bradford PA-
742 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
BRADFORD COUNTY...
        
At 742 PM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Wetona, or 7
miles northeast of Troy, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.

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 tornado will be near...
  Towanda, Ulster and North Towanda around 800 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 4179 7678 4186 7679 4194 7646 4173 7644
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 260DEG 21KT 4184 7667 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

AJG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMWyoming34 min
Jul 11, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMWyoming48 min
Jul 11, 8:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLuzerne54 min
Jul 11, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLuzerne45 min
Jul 11, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLuzerne62 min
Jul 11, 10:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLackawanna, Luzerne47 min
Jul 12, 5:31 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMPike, Wayne3 hr
Jul 12, 10:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchBGMBradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more15 hr
Jul 12, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMPike13 min
Jul 12, 5:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBradford, Susquehanna108 min
Jul 12, 5:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMPike3 hr
Jul 12, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSusquehanna25 min
Jul 12, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSusquehanna44 min
Jul 12, 6:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBradford, Susquehanna3 hr
Jul 12, 7:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBradford3 hr
Jul 12, 7:08 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMSusquehanna, Wayne37 min
Jul 12, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBradford31 min
Jul 12, 7:45 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMWayne30 min
Jul 12, 7:59 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMBradford17 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.