Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Binghamton, NY

Issued

Nov 9, 1996, 1:42 AM EST (06:42 UTC)

Expired

Nov 9, 1996, 6:00 AM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Binghamton, NY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Sullivan County, NY, Pike County, PA, Wayne County, PA

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KBGM 090647
FFWBGM
NYC077-105-PAC103-127-091100-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
142 AM EST SAT NOV 9 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
 
   ...OTSEGO COUNTY
 
IN EASTERN NEW YORK
 
   ...SULLIVAN COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...PIKE COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY
 
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS THESE AREAS REPORT NUMEROUS
ROAD CLOSURES AND BASEMENT FLOODING.
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION
FROM THE SOUTH. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST
BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM. STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE REGION WILL
CONTINUE TO BE HIGH AND SOME CASES OUT OF THEIR BANKS THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING.
 
WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED A BRIDGE NEAR THE TOWN OR VARD
WITH WATER WASHING ACROSS IT. ROUTE 590 IN HAMLIN WAS REPORTED CLOSED
WITH WATER COVERING THE ROAD.
 
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.
 
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NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Nov 8, 8:15 PM EST, 5 hours 27 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
815 PM EST FRI NOV 8 1996

FNTL BNDRY OVER ERN PTNS OF FCST AREA W/ LITTL MOTION IN LAST HOUR DUE
TO NEXT SFC WV MOVG UP FROM NE PA. HEAVY PCPN AXIS HAS PIVOTED IN LAST
FEW HOURS IN RESPONSE. FEATURE SHOWS WELL IN STREAMLINES WITH ANOTHER WV
INDICATED OVER MD ATTM. KCCX 88D SHOWS BACK EDGE OF PCPN MAKING STEADY
PROGRESS ERD THRU CENT PA BEHIND THIS FST WV BUT 2ND WV DEPICTED IN
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY WL CERTAINLY IMPEDE PROGRESS OF THE +RA OUT OF THE
EASTERN MOST ZONES.

ETA GRID DATA PCPN FIELDS AND H8 FRONTOGENESIS SHOWS PCPN WL BE SLO TO
CLR EASTERN AREAS AS WELL. AS A RESULT WL SPLIT OUT NYZ046-057-062 FOR
+RA THROUGH MOST OF THE NT.

AS FOR LES...CD AIR DEEPENS LATE ON SAT BUT FLOW QUICKLY BACKS AHEAD OF
PERSISTANT LL TROF AXIS W OF FCST AREA.

QPF...WILL PREPARE ANOTHER QPF PRODUCT AROUND MIDNIGHT.

.BGM...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND SAT FOR ALL OF CNTRL NY AND NE PA.

LAKE SNOW OUTLOOK
10PM FRI TO 7 AM SAT...N
7 AM SAT TO 7 PM SAT...N.
7 PM SAT TO 7 AM SUN...N. ACTVTY N OF CWA

PB

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.