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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 17, 1992Wayne County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 1992, 5:55 PM EDT for Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 1992, 5:55 PM EDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 1992, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 1992-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 79 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 1992-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
79 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KROC 172155
FFWROC
NYC117-180000-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED     /EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY
555 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A URBAN AND SMALL 
STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN 
THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
      NORTH CENTRAL WAYNE

AT 5:50 PM EDT RADAR A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN
SOUTHWEST WAYNE COUNTY.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD THE SODUS AREA OF WAYNE COUNTY WHERE
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WERE REPORTED EARLIER THIS
EVENING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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 IMMEDIATELY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

 ENGLISH

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

Local storm report, Jul 17, 3:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON
300 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 1992

SPECIAL STORM REPORT FOR DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED IN LACKAWANNA
COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY JUL 15 1992.  STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WERE REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE BY  LACKAWANNA COUNTY
SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND EMA OFFICE AT 614 PM EDT.  TOWN OF
ARCHIBALD WAS HARDEST HIT WITH TREES DOWN AND DAMAGE TO SOME
PHONE LINES.

A GROUND SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED ON JUL 16.  THE PHYSICAL DAMAGE
WAS CONCLUSIVE.   ALL DAMAGE OCCURRED FROM STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

KNOWN DAMAGE:  MINOR DAMAGE TO PHONE LINES.

HENSON/WSO/AVP

END
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 3:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
NYZ004-005-172200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - FLOOD WATCH AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SYRACUSE NY
325 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK WEST
   OF I81 INCLUDING SYRACUSE UNTIL 8 PM...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND THE EASTERN
   LAKE ONTARIO COUNTIES UNTIL 1 AM SATURDAY...

AT 3 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN NEW YORK.  THESE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  SOME PARTS OF THE
BUFFALO AREA HAVE REPORTEDLY RECEIVED UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN JUST AN
HOUR FROM NOON THROUGH 1 PM.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND
MOVE INTO CENTRAL NEW YORK OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED AND UNABLE TO HOLD MUCH
ADDITIONAL MOISTURE.  AS A RESULT...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD CAUSE
PROBLEMS AND THUS A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM SATURDAY.  SOME
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL PRODUCE THESE HEAVY RAINS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON COULD ALSO BECOME SEVERE...THEREFORE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM.

ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION OVER THE
NEXT 6 TO 12 HOURS.  BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPID RISES IN RIVERS AND
STREAMS.  EXPECT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND LOCALIZED POOR
DRAINAGE FLOODING.  BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES AND MOVE AWAY FROM RIVERS AND STREAMS IF THEY BEGIN TO RISE.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

WALLINGFORD
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 3:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-172045

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
345 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
WESTERN NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES OF
STEUBEN...CHEMUNG...SCHUYLER...TOMPKINS AND TIOGA...UNTIL 8 PM THIS
EVENING...

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NEW YORKS CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER AND
SUSQUEHANNA REGION UNTIL 1 AM SATURDAY...

CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ARE IN STORE
FOR NEW YORKS SOUTHERN TIER AREAS...FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 330 PM...RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN IN WESTERN NEW YORK AND NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE FROM WATERTOWN AND BUFFALO SOUTH
TO DUBOIS AND STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN WERE BETWEEN WELLSVILLE AND HORNELL...JUST SOUTH OF CANADAIGUA
AND 15 MILES EAST OF ROCHESTER.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORHTEAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR.  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN
STEUBEN COUNTY THROUGH 500 PM.

CHAMPNEY
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 4:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-172145

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
445 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN NEW YORK INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF STEUBEN...
CHEMUNG...SCHUYLER...TOMPKINS AND TIOGA...UNTIL 8 PM AND...BROOME AND
DELAWARE COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM...

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NEW YORKS CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER AND
SUSQUEHANNA REGION UNTIL 1 AM SATURDAY...

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NUMEROUS ACROSS STEUBEN...SCHUYLER...
TIOGA AND TOMPKINS COUNTIES OF NEW YORK AT 530 PM.

AT 430 PM...RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN IN WESTERN NEW YORK AND NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM WATERTOWN AND BUFFALO SOUTH
TO DUBOIS AND HARRISBURG PENNSYLVANIA.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN WERE BETWEEN ROCHESTER AND OSWEGO NEW YORK.
&
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

CHAMPNEY
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 4:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PAZ007-008-010-016-180300

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA
430 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...

...EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT WITH SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS  AFFECTING THE REGION UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT.  SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY INCLUDE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

HENSON/WSO/AVP
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 5:49 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
NYZ003-006-010-172245

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
545 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN NEW YORK INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF STEUBEN...
CHEMUNG...SCHUYLER...TOMPKINS AND TIOGA...UNTIL 8 PM AND...BROOME AND
DELAWARE COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM...

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NEW YORKS CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER AND
SUSQUEHANNA REGION UNTIL 1 AM SATURDAY...

RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN STEUBEN COUNTY OF NEW YORK WERE FROM HALF AN INCH TO
JUST OVER AN INCH SINCE THE RAIN STARTED AROUND 230 PM.  SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER THROUGH 700 PM.

AT 530 PM...RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 30 MILES EAST OF WATERTOWN TO OWEGO
NEW YORK AND HARRISBURG PENNSYLVANIA WEST.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN WERE 10 MILES SOUTH OF WATERTOWN NEW YORK AND 20 MILES SOUTH
OF WILLIAMSPORT PENNSYLVANIA.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

CHAMPNEY

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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.