Update: As of 5:40pm, there is now a tornado warning in effect for Sullivan County. Via the NWS:
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
540 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SULLIVAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.
* AT 536 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM ROSCOE TO HORTONVILLE TO LAVA TO ELDRED...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...WHITE LAKE AND MONGAUP VALLEY BY 545 PM
EDT...
SWAN LAKE...PARKSVILLE AND MONTICELLO BY 550 PM EDT...
WILLOWEMOC...THOMPSONVILLE AND SOUTH FALLSBURG BY 555 PM EDT...
WOODRIDGE...WOODBOURNE AND GRAHAMSVILLE BY 600 PM EDT...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT
1-877-633-6772...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.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
At 5:19pm, from the National Weather Service, via NY-Alert:
The National Weather Service In Binghamton Has Issued A * Severe Thunderstorm Warning For... Sullivan County In Central New York... * Until 615 PM EDT.
* At 515 PM EDT...National Weather Service Doppler Radar Indicated A Line Of Severe Thunderstorms Capable Of Producing Quarter Size Hail...And Destructive Winds In Excess Of 70 Mph. These Storms Were Located Along A Line Extending From 29 Miles Northwest Of Fremont To 16 Miles West Of Cochecton To 24 Miles West Of Narrowsburg...And Moving East At 50 Mph.
* Severe Thunderstorms Will Be Near... Narrowsburg And Cochecton By 534 PM EDT... Lava...Hortonville...Callicoon And Fremont By 536 PM EDT... Fosterdale By 538 PM EDT... Callicoon Center And Cochecton Center By 542 PM EDT... Jeffersonville And Bethel By 544 PM EDT... Roscoe By 546 PM EDT...
When You Can Do So Safely...Please Report Hail...Or Damaging Winds To The National Weather Service By Calling Toll Free At 1-877-633-6772...Or By Email At Bgm.Stormreport@Noaa.Gov.
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