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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Binghamton, NY

September 27, 1994Chemung County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Sep 27, 1994, 1:10 AM EDT for Chemung County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 27, 1994, 1:10 AM EDT (05:10 UTC)
Expired
Sep 27, 1994, 4:15 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Chemung County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 00:00Z on 1994-09-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 43 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 00:00Z on 1994-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
860 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Sep 26, 7:41 PM EDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 26, 7:44 PM EDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 26, 9:33 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-
043-044-047-048-270440-

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
936 PM EDT MON SEP 26 1994

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
BRADFORD COUNTY THROUGH 11 PM.  THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
SPREAD NORTH THROUGH THE EVENING REACHING AUBURN AND SYRACUSE BY 1030
PM.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL
SOUTHERN TIER THROUGH 11 PM.  A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE
NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY THROUGH 10 PM AND INTO BROOME
COUNTY THROUGH 1030 PM.

THE REST OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA WILL HAVE
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH 11 PM.

PB
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 9:36 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-
043-044-047-048-270440-

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
936 PM EDT MON SEP 26 1994

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
BRADFORD COUNTY THROUGH 11 PM.  THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
SPREAD NORTH THROUGH THE EVENING REACHING AUBURN AND SYRACUSE BY 1030
PM.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL
SOUTHERN TIER THROUGH 11 PM.  A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE
NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY THROUGH 10 PM AND INTO BROOME
COUNTY THROUGH 1030 PM.

THE REST OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA WILL HAVE
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH 11 PM.

PB
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 11:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-
043-044-047-048-270630-

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1128 PM EDT MON SEP 26 1994

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK AND WESTERN BRADFORD COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH 1 AM.

THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL FROM CORTLAND AND NEWARK VALLEY TO
ELMIRA AND TROY.  THIS AREA WILL MOVE NORTH INTO TOMPKINS AND SOUTHERN
CAYUGA COUNTY THROUGH 1 AM.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FROM BALDWINSVILLE...EAST
INTO THE WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY.

OTHER MAINLY LIGHT SHOWERS WILL BE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS THE WESTERN
CATSKILLS...POCONOS AND WYOMING VALLEY THROUGH 100 AM.

PB
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 11:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-
043-044-047-048-270630-

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1128 PM EDT MON SEP 26 1994

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK AND WESTERN BRADFORD COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH 1 AM.

THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL FROM CORTLAND AND NEWARK VALLEY TO
ELMIRA AND TROY.  THIS AREA WILL MOVE NORTH INTO TOMPKINS AND SOUTHERN
CAYUGA COUNTY THROUGH 1 AM.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FROM BALDWINSVILLE...EAST
INTO THE WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY.

OTHER MAINLY LIGHT SHOWERS WILL BE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS THE WESTERN
CATSKILLS...POCONOS AND WYOMING VALLEY THROUGH 100 AM.

PB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 3:32 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMTioga3 hr
Sep 27, 5:12 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMChenango3 hr
Sep 27, 2:54 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBradford3 hr
Sep 27, 4:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMSusquehanna3 hr
Sep 27, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMPike45 min

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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.