Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Binghamton, NY

Issued

Jul 31, 2000, 2:10 PM EDT (18:10 UTC)

Expired

Jul 31, 2000, 5:00 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Binghamton, NY

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Otsego County, NY

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000 
WGUS51 KBGM 311808
FFWBGM
NYC077-312100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
210 PM EDT MON JUL 31 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  OTSEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.

* AT 210 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF         
  RAINFALL IN THE PAST HOUR FROM COOPERSTOWN TO WORCESTER.

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN 
OTSEGO COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 
FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN OTSEGO 
COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY FROM 
COOPERSTOWN TO WORCESTER.  THIS AREA OF THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY 
RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS AND THE GROUND IS 
SATURATED.

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT
ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.

DO NOT ]DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 4274 7510 4260 7494 4277 7437 4312 7476

$$

HOLMES

NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 31, 1:55 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
155 PM EDT MON JUL 31 2000

UPPER LOW OVER OHIO VALLEY WILL BE OPENING UP TONIGHT AS IT
GRADUALLY EVOLVES INTO AN OPEN TROF BY TOMORROW. THIS WILL ALLOW
SHORT WAVE ENERGY TO EJECT NEWD THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION. WITH
THIS SCENARIO EXPECT SOME SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT ACROSS THE FA TONIGHT
IN THE FORM OF UPPER DIV AND Q CONV. THIS SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMBINE
WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION TO SQUEEZE OUT SOME PCPN.
WILL USE AN EVE PERIOD TO COVER DIURNAL ACTIVITY AS PER THE PAST FEW
DAYS AND WILL THEN CONTINUE LIKELY POPS FOR THE OVERNIGHT.

AS THE SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE LAKES TOMORROW IT LOOKS LIKE IT
WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO KICK OFF ANOTHER ROUND OF TRW...ESP WITH ETA
CAPES PROGGED AROUND 1500 J/KG. APPEARS AS THOUGH THE WRN AND NRN
ZONES WILL HAVE THE BEST CRACK AT PCPN DUE TO PROXIMITY TO THE SHORT
WAVE BUT DO NOT WANT TO TAPER THE POPS TOO MUCH IN THE JUICY AMS SO
WILL GO LIKELY ALL ZONES.

MAY BE IN FOR SOMEWHAT OF A BREAK IN THE ACTION TUESDAY NIGHT. WHILE
SHORT WAVE AXIS WILL BE CROSSING THE REGION LACK OF UPPER DIV AND Q
DIV SHOULD PUT A DAMPER ON THINGS. WILL GO WITH CHC POPS TO COVER IT.

AMS REMAINS VERY JUICY AND UNSTABLE FOR WEDNESDAY AND AS NEXT SYSTEM
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. GIVEN THIS...SEE NO COMPELLING REASON TO
BREAK THE RECENT TREND OF LIKELY POPS DURING THE DAYTIME DESPITE
LOWER FWC NUMBERS.

WILL GO WITH A WARMING TREND THROUGH THE PERIOD CLOSE TO MOS.

WORK ZONES SOON.

.BGM...NONE.

SPORER

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.