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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 2023, 6:57 PM EDT for Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 33 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 7, 2023, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2023, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 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), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 3:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
182
WFUS51 KBGM 072257
TORBGM
PAC127-072330-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0013.230807T2257Z-230807T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
657 PM EDT Mon Aug 7 2023
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Wayne County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 730 PM EDT.
* At 657 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Pleasant Mount, or 11 miles northwest of
Honesdale, moving northeast 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...
Rutledgedale around 715 PM EDT.
Equinunk around 725 PM EDT.
Callicoon around 730 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 4160 7538 4175 7547 4176 7547 4187 7519
4186 7519 4187 7517 4185 7516 4184 7512
4182 7512 4181 7509 4181 7507 4177 7510
4177 7506 4174 7506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 238DEG 18KT 4173 7534
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
DJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 3:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Bradford | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna | 66 min |
| Aug 7, 3:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Bradford | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 4:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna | 5 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford, Wyoming | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wyoming | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 5:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 5:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 6:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 20 min |
| Aug 7, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Pike | 51 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.