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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 14, 1994Steuben County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 1994, 6:19 AM EDT for Steuben County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 14, 1994, 6:19 AM EDT (10:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 1994, 9:15 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Whole counties

County Steuben County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1106 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 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 KBGM 141019
FFWBGM
NYC101-141315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
619 AM EDT TUE JUN 14 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NY HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
 
   ...CENTRAL STEUBEN COUNTY
 
THE CANISTEO RIVER IN HORNELL HAD RISEN TO JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 4
FEET AND IS OUT OF ITS BANKS.
 
THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE UNTIL AROUND 9 AM THIS
MORNING.
 
WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THAT THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED EAST OF
STEUBEN COUNTY.
 
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS
THE ROAD.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
LOMBARDY
 
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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, Jun 14, 2:20 AM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
220 AM EDT TUE JUN 14 1994

...SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS RECEIVED THUSFAR FOR MONDAY JUNE 13...

230 PM      STEUBEN CO     TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN BATH
235 PM      STEUBEN CO     TREES DOWN IN HAMMONDSPORT
245 PM      STEUBEN CO     TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN SAVONA
305 PM      STEUBEN CO     TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN GIBSON

315 PM      SCHUYLER CO    NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN MONTOUR FALLS
                              (TIME APPROX)
325 PM      SCHUYLER CO    POWER LINES DOWN IN BEAVER DAM

315 PM      CAYUGA CO      TREES POLES AND WIRES DOWN IN MORAVIA
                           (TIME APPROX)

330 PM      SENECA CO      TREES AND WIRES DOWN ALONG STATE RT 89
                              IN COVERT

345 PM      TOMPKINS CO    TREES DOWN IN TRUMANSBURG
345 PM      TOMPKINS CO    TREES DOWN IN LANSING

425 PM      BROOME CO      TREE BLOWN ONTO TRAILER IN LISLE...OTHER
                              TREES ALSO DOWN
440 PM      BROOME CO      TREES DOWN IN TRIANGLE

433 PM      CORTLAND CO    DIME SIZE (0.75 INCHES) HAIL IN LAPEER

445 PM      CHENANGO CO    TREES DOWN IN SMITHVILLE
455 PM      CHENANGO CO    TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN GREENE
457 PM      CHENANGO CO    TREES DOWN IN NEW BERLIN

524 PM      OTSEGO CO      TREE AND WIRES DOWN IN FRONT OF SCHOOL
                              IN EDMESTON
535-545 PM  OTSEGO CO      TREES DOWN IN UNADILLA
607 PM      OTSEGO CO      TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN ONEONTA

545 PM      DELAWARE CO    TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN SYDNEY AND
                              SIDNEY CENTER (TIME APPROX)

645 PM      STEUBEN CO     TREES DOWN IN BATH
700 PM      STEUBEN CO     TREES DOWN IN HAMMONDSPORT

715 PM      YATES CO       SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN PENN YAN...ALSO A
                           METAL STORAGE LOCKER WAS BLOWN DOWN
720 PM      YATES CO       TREES DOWN IN ITALY VALLEY

720-737 PM  SENECA CO      NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN OVID

745-800 PM  TOMPKINS CO    NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 13

821 PM      ONONDAGA CO    TREES DOWN IN SOUTHERN ONONDAGA CO
825 PM      ONONDAGA CO    TREE DOWN ON HOUSE NORTH OF SYRACUSE

1040 PM     TIOGA CO       GOLF BALL SIZE (1.75 INCHES) HAIL NEAR
                             APALACHIN

1045 PM     BROOME CO      GOLF BALL SIZE (1.75 INCHES) HAIL NEAR
                             ROSS CORNERS

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE REPORTS THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
POWER OUTAGES...FIRES CAUSED BY LIGHTNING...AND PEA SIZED HAIL
THROUGHOUT CENTRAL NEW YORK.

ALSO THERE WAS WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN STEUBEN CO THIS EVENING AND
SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IN SCHUYLER CO.

WALDSTREICHER

Local storm report, Jun 14, 2:24 AM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
220 AM EDT TUE JUN 14 1994

...SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS RECEIVED THUSFAR FOR MONDAY JUNE 13...

230 PM      STEUBEN CO     TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN BATH
235 PM      STEUBEN CO     TREES DOWN IN HAMMONDSPORT
245 PM      STEUBEN CO     TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN SAVONA
305 PM      STEUBEN CO     TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN GIBSON

315 PM      SCHUYLER CO    NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN MONTOUR FALLS
                              (TIME APPROX)
325 PM      SCHUYLER CO    POWER LINES DOWN IN BEAVER DAM

315 PM      CAYUGA CO      TREES POLES AND WIRES DOWN IN MORAVIA
                           (TIME APPROX)

330 PM      SENECA CO      TREES AND WIRES DOWN ALONG STATE RT 89
                              IN COVERT

345 PM      TOMPKINS CO    TREES DOWN IN TRUMANSBURG
345 PM      TOMPKINS CO    TREES DOWN IN LANSING

425 PM      BROOME CO      TREE BLOWN ONTO TRAILER IN LISLE...OTHER
                              TREES ALSO DOWN
440 PM      BROOME CO      TREES DOWN IN TRIANGLE

433 PM      CORTLAND CO    DIME SIZE (0.75 INCHES) HAIL IN LAPEER

445 PM      CHENANGO CO    TREES DOWN IN SMITHVILLE
455 PM      CHENANGO CO    TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN GREENE
457 PM      CHENANGO CO    TREES DOWN IN NEW BERLIN

524 PM      OTSEGO CO      TREE AND WIRES DOWN IN FRONT OF SCHOOL
                              IN EDMESTON
535-545 PM  OTSEGO CO      TREES DOWN IN UNADILLA
607 PM      OTSEGO CO      TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN ONEONTA

545 PM      DELAWARE CO    TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN SYDNEY AND
                              SIDNEY CENTER (TIME APPROX)

645 PM      STEUBEN CO     TREES DOWN IN BATH
700 PM      STEUBEN CO     TREES DOWN IN HAMMONDSPORT

715 PM      YATES CO       SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN PENN YAN...ALSO A
                           METAL STORAGE LOCKER WAS BLOWN DOWN
720 PM      YATES CO       TREES DOWN IN ITALY VALLEY

720-737 PM  SENECA CO      NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN OVID

745-800 PM  TOMPKINS CO    NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 13

821 PM      ONONDAGA CO    TREES DOWN IN SOUTHERN ONONDAGA CO
825 PM      ONONDAGA CO    TREE DOWN ON HOUSE NORTH OF SYRACUSE

1040 PM     TIOGA CO       GOLF BALL SIZE (1.75 INCHES) HAIL NEAR
                             APALACHIN

1045 PM     BROOME CO      GOLF BALL SIZE (1.75 INCHES) HAIL NEAR
                             ROSS CORNERS

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE REPORTS THERE WERE( NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
POWER OUTAGES...FIRES CAUSED BY LIGHTNING...AND PEA SIZED HAIL
THROUGHOUT CENTRAL NEW YORK.

ALSO THERE WAS WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN STEUBEN CO THIS EVENING AND
SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IN SCHUYLER CO.

WALDSTREICHER

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:20 AM EDT, 59 minutes before

PAZ039-040-043-044-047-053-141200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA
520 AM EDT TUE JUN 14 1994

...LONE THUNDERSTORM HEADING FOR SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY EARLY THIS
   MORNING...

AT 515 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN BRADFORD COUNTY MOVING DUE EAST AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR AND EXPECTED TO REACH NORTHERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY...NORTH OF
MONTROSE BY 6AM EDT. WHILE THIS STORM WILL PROBABLY NOT BE SEVERE....
IT COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE RAIN COULD RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

DURING A THUNDERSTORM...IT IS ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID THE USE OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE
...EXCEPT DURING AN EMERGENCY.
JOHNSON/WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON PA

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:23 AM EDT, 56 minutes before

PAZ039-040-043-044-047-053-141200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA
520 AM EDT TUE JUN 14 1994

...LONE THUNDERSTORM HEADING FOR SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY EARLY THIS
   MORNING...

AT 515 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN BRADFORD COUNTY MOVING DUE EAST AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR AND EXPECTED TO REACH NORTHERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY...NORTH OF
MONTROSE BY 6AM EDT. WHILE THIS STORM WILL PROBABLY NOT BE SEVERE....
IT COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE RAIN COULD RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

DURING A THUNDERSTORM...IT IS ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTERF IN A STURDY
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID THE USE OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE
...EXCEPT DURING AN EMERGENCY.
JOHNSON/WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON PA

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:30 AM EDT, 49 minutes before

PAZ039-040-043-044-047-053-141200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA
530 AM EDT TUE JUN 14 1994

...LONE THUNDERSTORM HEADING FOR SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY EARLY THIS
   MORNING...

AT 515 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN BRADFORD COUNTY MOVING DUE EAST AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR AND EXPECTED TO REACH NORTHERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY...NORTH OF
MONTROSE BY 6AM EDT. WHILE THIS STORM WILL PROBABLY NOT BE SEVERE....
IT COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE RAIN COULD RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

DURING A THUNDERSTORM...IT IS ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID THE USE OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE
...EXCEPT DURING AN EMERGENCY.
JOHNSON/WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON PA

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:32 AM EDT, 47 minutes before

PAZ039-040-043-044-047-053-141200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA
530 AM EDT TUE JUN 14 1994

...LONE THUNDERSTORM HEADING FOR SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY EARLY THIS
   MORNING...

AT 515 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN BRADFORD COUNTY MOVING DUE EAST AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR AND EXPECTED TO REACH NORTHERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY...NORTH OF
MONTROSE BY 6AM EDT. WHILE THIS STORM WILL PROBABLY NOT BE SEVERE....
IT COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE RAIN COULD RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

DURING A THUNDERSTORM...IT IS ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTERp IN A STURDY
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID THE USE OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE
...EXCEPT DURING AN EMERGENCY.
JOHNSON/WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON PA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cortland	54 min
Jun 13, 8:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Onondaga	29 min
Jun 13, 8:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Chenango	69 min
Jun 13, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Tioga	65 min
Jun 13, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chemung	22 min
Jun 13, 10:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome	37 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.