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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 2026, 1:40 PM EDT for Broome County, Chenango County, Otsego County, New York. It was in force for 35 min. 6 reports 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 21, 2026, 1:40 PM EDT (17:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2026, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Broome County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Otsego County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 1:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Greene, NY | Power lines and poles down on Foster Hill road. |
| Jul 21, 1:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wsw Greene, NY | Resident reported hundreds of trees down throughout his property. Event time estimated by radar. |
| Jul 21, 1:40 PM EDT | TORNADO | 5 Nnw Chenango Forks, NY | Tornado began at this location. Rating EF-0. The tornado tracked NE of this location for approximately 6.5 miles with a maximum rating of EF-1 and a max wind speed estimated at 90 mph. The tornado crossed over several rural roads and ridgetops before dropping |
| Jul 21, 1:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Greene, NY | Wires down. |
| Jul 21, 1:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Brisben, NY | Multiple trees down along RT 12 between Greene and Oxford. |
| Jul 21, 1:45 PM EDT | TORNADO | 5 Sse Greene, NY | A NWS Storm Survey has confirmed that an EF1 tornado started about 5 miles southeast of Greene around 145 PM EDT. It caused its heaviest damage to a farm just west of the Wylie Horton Road and Bowbell Road intersection. The tornado ended around 152 PM EDT. |
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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
369
WFUS51 KBGM 211740
TORBGM
NYC007-017-077-211815-
/O.NEW.KBGM.TO.W.0013.260721T1740Z-260721T1815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
140 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Otsego County in central New York...
North central Broome County in central New York...
Southern Chenango County in central New York...
* Until 215 PM EDT.
* At 139 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Greene, or 10 miles northeast of Greater
Binghamton Airport, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
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...
Greene around 145 PM EDT.
Brisben around 150 PM EDT.
Coventry and South Oxford around 155 PM EDT.
Oxford around 200 PM EDT.
Guilford around 205 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 4231 7534 4232 7538 4231 7542 4229 7542
4220 7588 4237 7597 4257 7545 4232 7532
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 248DEG 31KT 4232 7584
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
SJWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 12:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Tioga, Tompkins | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins | 65 min |
| Jul 21, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 1:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Delaware | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 1:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Madison, Otsego | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 2:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Otsego | 23 min |
| Jul 21, 2:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 2:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 35 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.