Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 1992, 5:36 PM EDT for Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 1992, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1992, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 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, 9.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KROC 182136 RRA
FFWROC
NYC117-190045-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED /EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY
536 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
WAYNE
AT 525 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY. SOME OF THE
HUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS
WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHEAST TOWARD SODUS WHERE 5.0 INCHES OF
RAIN FELL YESTERDAY.
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.
KBME OF ISSUERWhat 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, Jul 18, 1:47 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
NYZ 003-006-010-181840-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
135 PM EDT JUL 18 1992
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN
NEW YORK...INCLUDING STEUBEN COUNTY...UNTIL 7 PM THIS SATURDAY EVENING...
CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
POSSIBLE HIGH WIND AND HEAVY RAIN...ARE EXPECTED OVER NEW YORKS
SOUTHERN TIER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.
AT 130 PM...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD
DEVELOPED IN EXTREME WESTERN NEW YORK...IN WESTERN CATTAURAUGUS COUNTY
...DURING THE LAST HOUR.
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD...ALONG
THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER...AND ENTER THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER...
IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.
DD [
[Special weather statement, Jul 18, 2:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
NYZ 003-006-010-181940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 235 PM EDT JUL 18 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST WESTERN NEW YORK...INCLUDING STEUBEN COUNTY...UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING... CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HIGH WIND AND HEAVY RAIN...ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. AT 230 PM...AN AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVIER RAIN WERE FROM ATTICA AND JUST WEST OF JAMESTOWN...TO BRADFORD PENNSYLVANIA. A SMALL PATCH OF HEAVIER RAIN WAS ALSO LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF SENECA FALLS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. WHITE
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 3:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
NYZ 003-006-010-182045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 335 PM EDT JUL 18 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST WESTERN NEW YORK...INCLUDING STEUBEN COUNTY...UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF STEUBEN COUNTY BY 430PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPEARS...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. AT 330 PM...AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE FROM ATTICA AND GENESEO...TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST OF BRADFORD PENNSYLVANIA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THESE CONDITION MAY APPEAR WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING...SO BE READY TO TAKE COVER AT ANY TIME. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS REGARDING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. WHITE
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:41 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
NYZ 003-006-010-182145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 435 PM EDT JUL 18 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST WESTERN NEW YORK...INCLUDING STEUBEN COUNTY...UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO WATKINS GLEN AND CORNING BY 515PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPEARS...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. AT 430 PM...AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WESTERN NEW YORK. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE FROM JUST SOUTH OF ROCHESTER AND PENNYAN...TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF BRADFORD PENNSYLVANIA. A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WAS 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRADFORD AND ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS JUST NORTH OF BATH. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THESE CONDITION MAY APPEAR WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING...SO BE READY TO TAKE COVER AT ANY TIME. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS REGARDING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. WHITE
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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.