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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 22, 1995Bradford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 1995, 3:18 AM EDT for Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1995, 3:18 AM EDT (07:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1995, 6:15 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Bradford County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 1995-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2503 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 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 220716
FFWBGM
PAC015-221015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
318 AM EDT THU JUN 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...BRADFORD COUNTY
 
DOPPER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS
ACROSS BRADFORD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOWED NEA
Y3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN A ONE HOUR PERIOD ALONG SUGAR CREEK
NEAR BURLINGTON. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THIS AREA DURING
THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE ON FOOT.
 
BRADY

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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.