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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Binghamton, NY

December 1, 1996Bradford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Dec 1, 1996, 9:27 PM EST for Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 1, 1996, 9:27 PM EST (02:27 UTC)
Expired
Dec 2, 1996, 3:30 AM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Bradford County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 Dec 1, 9:19 PM EST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 9:19 PM EST, 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
900 PM EST SUN DEC 1 1996

WELL SO MUCH FOR THE QPF...WV HAS FORMED ON FNT OVER ERN WEST VA.
RAMSDIS WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CLEARLY SHOWS ANOTHER WV MOVG INTO XTRME S
PA ATTM. FEATURE WL TRACK ACROSS RGN OVERNT KEEPING FNTL PCPN MAINLY
ACROSS ERN HALF OF CWA UNTIL PAST MIDNT. VRY NARROW BAND OF HEAVY RA
HAS BROADENED AS MOISTURE LIFTS OVER BNDRY DUE TO APPROACHING WV AND WL
PROLONG PCPN BEYOND PREV THINKING.

MANANGED TO HAV RFC ADD ADDTNL PCPN AT LAST MOMENT FOR RVS
UPDATES...BUT AMTS ARE CERTAINLY IN QUESTION.

FLW HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BEAVER KILL.

AXIS OF STGST WNDS IS AHEAD OF FNT AND NOW WELL E OF FCST AREA...WL LET
WND ADV DIE.

TNX FOR COORD...MARFC...PHL...ALB...BUF.

ZONES GONE.

.BGM...FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT FOR NY ZNS 36-37-44>46-55>57-62 PA ZNS
39/40/43/44/47/48.

LAKE SNOW OUTLOOK
7 PM SUN TO 7 AM MON...N
7 AM MON TO 7 PM MON...Y/ MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERdN ONEIDA COUNTY.
7 PM MON TO 7 AM TUE...N SHEAR DEVELOPS AND FLOW BEGINS TO TURN BACK TO
THE SW.

PB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 1, 8:56 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Sullivan11 hr
Dec 1, 10:21 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMChemung, Tioga6 hr
Dec 2, 12:12 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Cortland, Tompkins6 hr
Dec 2, 1:41 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMOtsego5 hr
Dec 2, 2:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMDelaware6 hr
Dec 2, 4:59 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMTioga3 hr
Dec 2, 5:38 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMSullivan4 hr
Dec 2, 6:37 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMBroome, Chenango3 hr
Dec 2, 8:13 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMTioga3 hr
Dec 2, 10:20 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMChenango4 hr
Dec 2, 10:20 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMSullivan4 hr
Dec 2, 2:13 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMSusquehanna6 hr
Dec 2, 3:24 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMPike6 hr
Dec 2, 3:36 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMBradford3 hr
Dec 2, 9:44 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMPike3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.