Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Oct 18, 1990, 7:05 PM EDT for Delaware County, New York. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 18, 1990, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 1990, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Delaware County, NY
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBGM 182307 FFWBGM NYC025-190400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 705 PM EDT THU OCT 18 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN CENTRAL NEW YORK ...DELAWARE COUNTY HEAVY RAINFALL IN PARTS OF DELAWARE COUNTY HAS RESULTED IN CULVERTS TO BACK UP AND ROADS TO FLOOD. REPORTS FROM THE DELAWARE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE INDICATE THAT 3 FEET OF WATER WAS STANDING ON MAIN STREET IN DELHI AND 1 1/2 FEET OF WATER WAS STANDING ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF APARTMENTS NEAR SUNY DELHI. IN WALTON THE SKYWARN RAIN GAGE OBSERVER REPORTED 1.80 INCHES BETWEEN 345 AND 645 PM EDT. THE RAIN WAS THE RESULT OF A SECOND STORM SYSTEM OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND RAIN...SOME VERY HEAVY...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. IN ADDITION TO CULVERTS AND ROADS FLOODING...SOME SMALL STREAMS MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. IF YOU LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 18, 4:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-190200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 430 PM EDT THU OCT 18 1990 A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA AND CATSKILL REGIONS OF NEW YORK. WINDS AT EDWIN A. LINK FIELD...10 MILES NORTH OF BINGHAMTON... GUSTED TO 46 MPH AT 125 PM EDT. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF AROUND 20 MPH AND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES. THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE A RESULT OF A STRONG CIRCULATION AROUND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NORTH OF LAKE HURON WHICH WILL SWING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE SUSQUEHANNA REGION THIS EVENING. ANY EXPOSED PROPERTY WHICH MAY BE DAMAGED BY THE STRONvG WINDS SHOULD BE SECURED OR BROUGHT INSIDE. ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1000 PM TONIGHT. QUINLAN
Special weather statement, Oct 18, 6:55 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-182345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 630 PM EDT THU OCT 18 1990 SHOWERS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE NUMEROUS OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. THE SHOWERS WERE LOCATED FROM WATERTOWN AND GLENS FALLS SOUTH TO POUGHKEEPSIE NEW YORK...AND DOYLESTOWN AND HARRISBURG PENNSYLVANIA. SHOWERS...WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE NEAR DELHI NEW YORK AND IN WESTERN SUSQUEHANNA AND WAYNE COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA. SOME POORLY DRAINED LOW LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE EASTERN SUSQUEHANNA REGION AND WESTERN CATSKILLS OF NEW YORK. IN NORWICH ROADS HAVE FLOODED TO 1 FOOT DEEP IN PLACES. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR...AND THE TRAILING EDGE WILL BE NEAR ROME...BINGHAMTON...AND BERWICK PENNSYLVANIA AT 730 PM. CHAMPNEY
Special weather statement, Oct 18, 7:03 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
CHAMPNEY
Special weather statement, Oct 18, 7:05 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-182345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 630 PM EDT THU OCT 18 1990 SHOWERS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE NUMEROUS OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. THE SHOWERS WERE LOCATED FROM WATERTOWN AND GLENS FALLS SOUTH TO POUGHKEEPSIE NEW YORK...AND DOYLESTOWN AND HARRISBURG PENNSYLVANIA. SHOWERS...WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE NEAR DELHI NEW YORK AND IN WESTERN SUSQUEHANNA AND WAYNE COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA. SOME FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED LOW LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE EASTERN SUSQUEHANNA REGION AND WESTERN CATSKILLS OF NEW YORK. IN NORWICH ROADS HAVE FLOODED TO 1 FOOT DEEP IN PLACES. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR...AND THE TRAILING EDGE WILL BE NEAR ROME...BINGHAMTON...AND BERWICK PENNSYLVANIA AT 730 PM. CHAMPNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung | 36 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.