Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Binghamton, NY

Issued

Sep 16, 1999, 9:59 PM EDT (01:59 UTC)

Expired

Sep 17, 1999, 3:50 AM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Binghamton, NY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Wayne County, PA

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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NYC105-PAC069-079-103-127-170750-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
959 PM EDT THU SEP 16 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS EXTENDED

* FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR...
  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  LACKAWANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
  LUZERNE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
  PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
  WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 350 AM EDT

* AT 950 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR STILL SHOWED A
  LARGE AREA OF RAIN COVERING THE WESTERN CATSKILLS OF NEW YORK AND
  NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. ALTHOUGH THE INTENSITY OF
  THE RAIN WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...ADDITIONAL
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE-THIRD OF AN INCH /0.33/ ARE STILL
  POSSIBLE.

* RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3.50 TO 6.00 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON THROUGHOUT
  THE WARNING AREA. UNOFFICIAL REPORTS OF 7.50 TO 8.00 INCHES HAVE
  BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE SCRANTON AREA IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY.  AS A
  RESULT OF THIS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND
  CREEKS REMAINS WIDESPREAD AS OF LATE THURSDAY EVENING...WITH THESE
  PROBLEMS LIKELY TO PERSIST FOR MUCH OfF THE NIGHT. ROAD WASHOUTS
  AND FLOODED BASEMENTS HAVE ALSO OCCURRED.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGER OF FLOODING.

MJ

NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 16, 9:05 PM EDT, 54 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
905 PM EDT THU SEP 16 1999

NOT MUCH CHG MADE TO THE FCST FOR THE OVRNT PD.  SIMPLY REFINED TIMING
A BIT WITH THE ENDING OF THE +RA AND ALSO BEEFED UP THE WORDING FOR
HVYR PCPN IN THE NRN ZNS BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS.

WATER VAPOR/IR LOOPS SHOW THE CENTER OF FLOYD MOVG RAPIDLY INTO SRN NEW
ENG ATTM.  MEANWHILE...STG NEG TILT S/W TROF IS PIVOTING ACRS
PA...LIFTING THE MORE IMPRESSIVE RAIN BANDS NWD ACRS NYS.  ALTHO SOME
WRAP ARND/DEF ZN PCPN SHUD BE WITH US FOR ANOTHER 3-6 HRS...THE HVYST
RAINFALL RATES SHUD BE EXITING FROM S TO N.  GIVEN ONGOING FLOODING
PROBLEMS IN PARTS OF THE RGN AND THE FACT THAT THE PCPN HASN/T
COMPLETELY LIFTED OUT YET...WILL LEAVE FFA IN TACT WHERE IT/S IN
EFFECT.  WILL ALSO KEEP WIND ADVSY GOING OVRNT AS PRES GRADIENT WILL
REMAIN STG ON BACK SIDE OF DEPARTING STORM.  IN FACT...TENDENCY UPSTREAM
HAS BEEN FOR WINDS TO BRIEFLY PICK UP OUT OF THE W AND NW ONCE THE CIRC
CENTER GOES BY.  ALSO LOTS OF REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES STILL COMING IN.

MIN TEMPS LEFT ALONE.

WRK ZNS GONE.  FINAL PACKAGE COMING BY 930 PM.

.BGM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND WIND ADVSY CONT OVRNT FOR NY ZNS 45/46/
     55-57/62 AND ALL OF NE PA.

JUREWICZ

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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.