Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Binghamton, NY

Issued

Jan 8, 1998, 1:05 AM EST (06:05 UTC)

Expired

Jan 8, 1998, 8:00 AM EST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Binghamton, NY

Area

Whole counties

County Chemung County, NY

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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TTAA00 KBGM 080602
FFWBGM
NYC015-097-101-123-081300-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
105 AM EST THU JAN 8 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
 
   ...CHEMUNG ...SCHUYLER ...STEUBEN ...AND YATES COUNTIES
 
MANY STREAMS AND CREEK ACROSS THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER ARE NEAR
BANKFULL OR ARE BEGINNING TO FLOOD. RAIN... HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL CONTI
EOVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ACROSS THE COUNTY. ANOTHER INCH
OF RAIN COULD FALL TODAY. THIS WILL FURTHER RISE THE LEVELS OF THE
STREAMS AND CREEKS.
 
A RAIN OBSERVER REPORTED TENMILE CREEK IS RISING OUT OF ITS BANKS AS OF
1230 AM.
 
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 Jan 7, 9:00 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
900 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998

FRONTAL BOUNDARY WEST TO EAST ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA. SFC WINDS AND
TEMPS SHOW IT LIES BETWEEN ITH AND ELM. IT HAS BEEN WAVY AND HAS
DROPPED A LITTLE SOUTH OVER OUR WRN ZONES.  RAIN HAS BEEN MAINLY LIGHT
OCNLY MDT AND HAS SPREAD ACROSS OUR ENTIRE FCST AREA.  WATCHING
ALERT/IFLOWS GAGES CLOSELY AND IN OUR WRN ZONES AMOUNTS SO FAR THIS
EVENING HAVE BEEN .25 TO .65 AND EAST .10 TO .50.  NO REPORTS OF OF
SMALL STREAM PROBLEMS...YET.

WATCHING IR AND WATER VAPOR LOOP CONTINUES TO SHOW A LOT OF MOISTURE
SPREADING TOWARD US. FEEL WE HAVE GOOD COVERAGE ON OUR WATCHES AND
RIVER WARNINGS FOR THE REST OF THIS E(VENING.

ESSENTIALLY NO CHANGES NEEDED TO ZONES...ONLY TWEAKING THE FIRST PERIOD
TO REFLECT CURRENT CONDITIONS.

.BGM...RVR FLOOD WARNING CORTLAND...CHENANGO FORKS AND CONKLIN
       FLOOD WATCH ALL EXCP PIKE PA.

CHIARAMONTE

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.