Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 1995, 2:31 PM EDT for Bradford County, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1995, 2:31 PM EDT (18:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1995, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bradford County, PA, Wyoming County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 902 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 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 261829 FFWBGM PAC015-131-262130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 231 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA ...SOUTHEASTERN BRADFORD COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTY A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS BETWEEN WYALUSING AND LACYVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR SHOWED NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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.
NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 26, 1:34 PM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:34 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
PERSISTENT PATTERN KEEPS HIGH TO NE AND LOW OVER OHIO VALLEY THROUGH MID WEEK. GRADIENT INCREASES THROUGH H48 AND PUMPS MOISTURE INTO FA. BACKDOOR COLD FRONT SWINGS THROUGH TODAY/TONIGHT ENHANCING UPLIFT. ONGOING PRECIP DUE TO MDT INSTABILITY...CAPES OVER 1500 J/KG...AND BOUNDARIES LEFTOVER FROM PRECIP LAST NIGHT. VORT LOBE OVER NW PA ROTATES THROUGH AND WEAKENS. WEAK SHEAR PROVIDES SLOW STORM MOVEMENT AND HEAVY LOCALIZED RAINFALL. ECHOES BEGINNING TO TRAIN AS THEY MOVE ALONG BOUNDARIES TO THE NW AND WNW...THIS WILL GREATLY INCREASE FLOOD POTENTIAL...ESP OVER NORTHEAST PA NW TO CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER. NGM BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPS PLUNGE FROM MID 70S TODAY TO 60 OVER NEXT 48 HOURS. THUS THINK COOLER MOS TEMPS JUSTIFIED GIVEN LOW LEVEL CLOUD COVER. LOWER TEMPS MEAN LESS INSTABILITY THROUGH PERIOD BUT PLENTY OF MOISTURE KEEPS SCT SHOWERS OVER FA THROUGH WED. FLOODING SITUATION AND SHORT STAFF HAS FORCED ABBREVIATED DISC...GOTTA GO! ZONES IN A FEW. .BGM...NONE. PADAVONA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:35 AM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040- 043-044-047-048-262040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - THUNDERSTORMS/HEAVY RAINFALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1138 AM EDT MON JUN 26 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TO CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA TODAY... A VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. THESE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. STEERING CURRENTS ARE WEAK AND WILL RESULT IN A SLOW MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING A LOT OF RAIN TO AN AREA IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IT IS POSSIBLE SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITHIN AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A CREEK OR STREAM IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS. PB
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040- 043-044-047-048-262040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - THUNDERSTORMS/HEAVY RAINFALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1138 AM EDT MON JUN 26 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TO CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA TODAY... A VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. THESE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. STEERING CURRENTS ARE WEAK AND WILL RESULT IN A SLOW MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING A LOT OF RAIN TO AN AREA IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IT IS POSSIBLE SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITHIN AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A CREEK OR STREAM IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS. PB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford, Wyoming | 3 hr |
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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.