Tornado touchdown confirmed in Chenango County, New York on Friday evening, The National Weather Service in Binghamton, New York has confirmed that a tornado touched down near Bainbridge in Chenango county of south-central New York on Friday evening. Meteorologists surveying the damage in the area found a convergent swirling and splattering pattern. A more detailed survey report is expected to be released later Saturday afternoon.
Earlier on Friday morning, the Storm Prediction Center had placed the region in a 2% tornado risk in their convective outlook. Forecasters noted in their discussion that ...
View slideshow: Chenango County Tornado
"Severe potential will be conditional on sufficient air mass destabilization. Given the strong vertical shear and forcing for ascent forecast, a risk for damaging winds and perhaps a tornado or two will exist if a low-topped convective band can develop along the cold front."
The storm was associated with a strong cold front crossing the region, with a low instability/high shear environment ahead of the front. This type of environment did produce a low-topped convective squall line. Within this line, several kinks or breaks were able to develop, which areas of rotation developed. These areas can sometimes produce brief tornado spin-ups within the larger area of straight-line wind damage from the gust front.
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The National Weather Service had also issued a tornado warning for the storm, due to the Doppler radar indicated rotation ...
TORNADO WARNING
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
757 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHENANGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
NORTHWESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SOUTHERN OTSEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT.
* AT 753 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BAINBRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EAST SIDNEY...GILBERTSVILLE AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANKLIN BY 805 PM EDT...
OTEGO BY 810 PM EDT...
WEST END AND ONEONTA BY 815 PM EDT...
LAURENS...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMMONS AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLLIERSVILLE BY 820 PM EDT...
MILFORD AND HARTWICK BY 825 PM EDT...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-888-603-1402...OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM...AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A tornado watch was in effect at the time for much of eastern Pennsylvania and Sullivan county, New York, but a watch was considered for portions of central New York by the Storm Prediction Center in a mesoscale discussion.
No injuries were reported as a result of the storm.
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Earlier on Friday morning, the Storm Prediction Center had placed the region in a 2% tornado risk in their convective outlook. Forecasters noted in their discussion that ...
View slideshow: Chenango County Tornado
"Severe potential will be conditional on sufficient air mass destabilization. Given the strong vertical shear and forcing for ascent forecast, a risk for damaging winds and perhaps a tornado or two will exist if a low-topped convective band can develop along the cold front."
The storm was associated with a strong cold front crossing the region, with a low instability/high shear environment ahead of the front. This type of environment did produce a low-topped convective squall line. Within this line, several kinks or breaks were able to develop, which areas of rotation developed. These areas can sometimes produce brief tornado spin-ups within the larger area of straight-line wind damage from the gust front.
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The National Weather Service had also issued a tornado warning for the storm, due to the Doppler radar indicated rotation ...
TORNADO WARNING
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
757 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHENANGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
NORTHWESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SOUTHERN OTSEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT.
* AT 753 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BAINBRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EAST SIDNEY...GILBERTSVILLE AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANKLIN BY 805 PM EDT...
OTEGO BY 810 PM EDT...
WEST END AND ONEONTA BY 815 PM EDT...
LAURENS...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMMONS AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLLIERSVILLE BY 820 PM EDT...
MILFORD AND HARTWICK BY 825 PM EDT...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-888-603-1402...OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM...AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A tornado watch was in effect at the time for much of eastern Pennsylvania and Sullivan county, New York, but a watch was considered for portions of central New York by the Storm Prediction Center in a mesoscale discussion.
No injuries were reported as a result of the storm.
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