Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 7, 1994, 6:07 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 1994, 6:07 AM EDT (10:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 1994, 11:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Broome County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Otsego County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 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 071013 FFWBGM NYC007-017-025-077-071515- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 607 AM EDT THU APR 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL NEW YORK ...EASTERN BROOME COUNTY...SOUTHERN CHENANGO COUNTY ...DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST NEW YORK ...OTSEGO COUNTY HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT HAS CAUSED MANY OF THE CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE ABOVE AREA TO RISE RAPIDLY AND GO OUT OF THEIR BANKS. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 6 VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. WALDSTREICHER
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, Apr 7, 12:08 AM EDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
NYZ024-023-022-025-070715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1207 AM EDT THU APR 7 1994 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION TONIGHT CHANGING TO ALL SNOW TOWARD MORNING. AT MIDNIGHT...STEUBEN COUNTY SHERRIFF REPORTED THAT FREEZING RAIN WAS ACCUMULATING ON ALL SURFACES. SCHUYLER AND TOMPKINS COUNTY SHERRIFFS SAID THAT SOME ICE WAS BEGINNING TO COAT TREES AND CARS. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS... AND WILL EVENTUALLY WORK IT'S WAY DOWN INTO CHEMUNG COUNTY. LATE NIGHT TRAVELERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SLIPPERY SURFACES...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 12:33 AM EDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
PAZ039-040-043-044-047-053-071000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA 1230 AM THU APR 07 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE RIDING ALONG IT OVER SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA...HAS PRODUCED SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IN THE BLOOMSBURG AREA OF COLUMBIA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND POSSIBLY A FEW MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL SPREAD INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE WYOMING VALLEY BY 1 AM. THERE WERE INDICATIONS THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKENING AS THEY MOVED NORTHEAST BUT COULD STILL PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE RAIN COULD BE LOCALLY HEAVY...AND STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUICK RISES IN ANY STREAM IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. THEREFORE...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT. REMEMBER IF A THUNDERSTORM MOVES OVERHEAD...IT IS ADVISED NOT TO USE ANY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES INCLUDING TELEPHONES... STEREOS...COMPUTERS OR TELEVISIONS. AS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND AWAY FROM OUR REGION...IT WILL PULL MUCH COOLER AIR BACK IN BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. AS A RESULT...ANY RAIN COULD BRIEFLY CHANGE TO WET SNOW OR FLURRIES BEFORE ENDING. AT THIS POINT...NO APPRECIABLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. JOHNSON/WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON PA
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 12:34 AM EDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
PAZ039-040-043-044-047-053-071000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA 1230 AM THU APR 07 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE RIDING ALONG IT OVER SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA...HAS PRODUCED SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IN THE BLOOMSBURG AREA OF COLUMBIA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND POSSIBLY A FEW MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL SPREAD INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE WYOMING VALLEY BY 1 AM. THERE WERE INDICATIONS THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKENING AS THEY MOVED NORTHEAST BUT COULD STILL PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE RAIN COULD BE LOCALLY HEAVY...AND STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUICK RISES IN ANY STREAM IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. THEREFORE...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT. REMEMBER IF A THUNDERSTORM MOVES OVERHEAD...IT IS ADVISED NOT TO USE ANY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES INCLUDING TELEPHONES... STEREOS...COMPUTERS OR TELEVISIONS. AS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND AWAY FROM OUR REGION...IT WILL PULL MUCH COOLER AIR BACK IN BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. AS A RESULT...ANY RAIN COULD BRIEFLY CHANGE TO WET SNOW OR FLURRIES BEFORE ENDING. AT THIS POINT...NO APPRECIABLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. JOHNSON/WILKES-BARRE SCRANT ON PA
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 12:39 AM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
PAZ039-040-043-044-047-053-071000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA 1230 AM THU APR 07 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE RIDING ALONG IT OVER SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA...HAS PRODUCED SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IN THE BLOOMSBURG AREA OF COLUMBIA COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND POSSIBLY A FEW MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL SPREAD INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE WYOMING VALLEY BY 1 AM. THERE WERE INDICATIONS THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKENING AS THEY MOVED NORTHEAST BUT COULD STILL PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE RAIN COULD BE LOCALLY HEAVY...AND STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUICK RISES IN ANY STREAM IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. THEREFORE...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT. REMEMBER IF A THUNDERSTORM MOVES OVERHEAD...IT IS ADVISED NOT TO USE ANY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES INCLUDING TELEPHONES... STEREOS...COMPUTERS OR TELEVISIONS. AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AND AWAY FROM OUR AREA...IT WILL PULL MUCH COOLER AIR BACK BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. AS A RESULT...ANY RAIN COULD BRIEFLY CHANGE TO WET SNOW OR FLURRIES BEFORE ENDING. AT THIS POINT...NO APPRECIABLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. JOHNSON/WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON PA _
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 5:34 AM EDT, 33 minutes before
NYZ005>009-017-018-026-029-036-039-071500-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - WINTER WEATHER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SYRACUSE NY
535 AM EDT THU APR 7 1994
...A VARIETY OF WINTER-LIKE WEATHER THIS MORNING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS MORNING FOR THE EASTERN
FINGER LAKES REGION...INCLUDING SYRACUSE. SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING
RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SLIPPERY ROADS IN THIS AREA. ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND AN INCH.
TO THE NORTH...A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN LAKE
ONTARIO REGION...INCLUDING WATERTOWN...WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. ACROSS THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY...
INCLUDING OGDENSBURG AND MESSINA...WINTER STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE
WHERE A FEW AREAS MAY SEE BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES OF SNOW.
AREA MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW FOR EXTRA TIME TO GET TO WORK OR SCHOOL
THIS MORNING. KEEP SAFE WINTER DRIVING TIPS IN MIND AND SLOW DOWN.
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BALLARDSpecial weather statement, Apr 7, 5:48 AM EDT, 19 minutes before
NYZ022>025-044>046-055>057-071400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 540 AM EST THU APR 7 1994 RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA REGION. FREEZING RAIN WAS ALREADY OCCURRING EARLY THIS MORNING WEST OF DEPOSIT AND NORWICH. AFTER A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE WEST OF BINGHAMTON. SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS CORTLAND...TOMPKINS AND NORTHERN STEUBEN COUNTIES. THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE AN INCH OR TWO IN THESE AREAS BY 800 AM. TRAVEL MAY BECOME SLIPPERY THIS MORNING AS THE RAIN BEGINS TO FREEZE AND THAN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING NORTHWEST OF BINGHAMTON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER THIS MORNING. PB
Nearby
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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.