Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 1994, 4:33 AM EDT for Schuyler County, Steuben County, New York. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 1994, 4:33 AM EDT (08:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 1994, 10:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Schuyler County, NY, Steuben County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 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 180831 FFWBGM NYC097-101-181430- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 433 AM EDT THU AUG 18 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN CENTRAL NEW YORK ...SCHUYLER COUNTY...STEUBEN COUNTY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BROUGHT STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN SOUTHEAST STEUBEN COUNTY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT SEVERAL HOMES IN THE PAINTED POST AREA MAY NEED TO BE EVACUATED. A FLASH 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.
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, Aug 17, 10:38 PM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
PAZ047-180340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1038 PM EDT WED AUG 17 1994 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR LUZERNE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...AND THE TORNADO WATCH FOR LUZERNE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. BRADY
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 1:01 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040- 043-044-047-048-180905- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 101 AM EDT THU AUG 18 1994 ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY RAIN TO CENTRAL NEW YORK AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA OVERNIGHT. RADAR ESTIMATES AND CO-OPERATIVE OBSERVERS INDICATE BETWEEN .75 AND 1.50 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE REGION WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS OVER THE WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY AND EASTERN FINGER LAKES. THE RAIN SO FAR HAS BEEN HEAVIEST OVER THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER WHERE BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS STEUBEN COUNTY. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE STEADILY OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES AND MOHAWK VALLEY....WHERE ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL. IT WILL BECOME INTERMITANT ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA REGION OF NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SOME POOR DRAINAGE AND STREET FLOODING OVERNIGHT. STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES BUT SHOULD REMAIN IN THEIR BANKS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. PB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 3:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Chemung | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Tompkins | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Tioga | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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.