Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Binghamton, NY
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wetona, PA | MULTIPLE 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.
- 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
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
$$
AJG1 follow-up statement
148
WWUS51 KBGM 122342
SVSBGM
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
742 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021
PAC015-130000-
/O.CON.KBGM.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210713T0000Z/
Bradford PA-
742 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
BRADFORD COUNTY...
At 742 PM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Wetona, or 7
miles northeast of Troy, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornado will be near...
Towanda, Ulster and North Towanda around 800 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4179 7678 4186 7679 4194 7646 4173 7644
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 260DEG 21KT 4184 7667
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
AJGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wyoming | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wyoming | 48 min |
| Jul 11, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 54 min |
| Jul 11, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 45 min |
| Jul 11, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 62 min |
| Jul 11, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne | 47 min |
| Jul 12, 5:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Pike, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 10:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BGM | Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Pike | 13 min |
| Jul 12, 5:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna | 108 min |
| Jul 12, 5:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Pike | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Susquehanna | 25 min |
| Jul 12, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Susquehanna | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 6:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 7:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 37 min |
| Jul 12, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Bradford | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 7:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Wayne | 30 min |
| Jul 12, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Bradford | 17 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.