Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 70, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Sep 17, 2004, 6:46 PM EDT for Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 17, 2004, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2004, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bradford County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 8:02 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Towanda, PA | COUNTYWIDE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 76 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 221 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 957 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KBGM 172248 FFWBGM PAC015-180445- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 646 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BRADFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA * UNTIL 1245 AM EDT * AT 645 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN BRADFORD COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WYSOX... WYALUSING...TROY...TOWANDA...SAYRE...ROME...MONROETON...CANTON...AND ATHENS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AND INCH OR MORE IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. LAT...LON 4201 7615 4157 7615 4160 7687 4199 7695 $$ MORFORD
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KBGM 180049 FFSBGM PAC015-180445- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 846 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR BRADFORD COUNTY... AT 841 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE AN AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER BRADFORD COUNTY. RAPID RISES ARE OCCURRING ON MANY AREA STREAMS INCLUDING THE TOWANDA CREEK. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS REPORTING THAT MANY AREA ROADS HAVE STANDING WATER OR WATER FLOWING OVER THEM. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT $$ MORFORD
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 Sep 17, 3:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 3:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 320 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT TO SUNDAY)... IVAN SLOWLY MOVING EAST INTO CAROLINAS AS IT SENDS RAIN NORTH INTO CWA. AMOUNTS MOSTLY UNDER AN INCH OR RAIN EXCEPT FAR WEST WITH UP TO 2. TIME PERIOD 12 HOURS WITH ANOTHER 12 TO GO AT LEAST. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH ENHANCEMENT FROM RIGHT REAR QUAD OF UL JET. TONIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO THE DEWPOINTS WHICH WILL BE STEADY. SATURDAY THE CENTER OF IVAN WILL HEAD TO THE COAST OF VA WITH DRIER COOL CONTINENTAL AIR WITH CANADAIAN HIGH. RAIN WILL END STARTING LATE TONIGHT FROM NW TO SE PULLING OUT BY NOON. SAT NGT THE DRY AIR WILL BE HERE BUT THE GRADIENT WILL KEEP THE WIND UP. WILL NOT PUT IN FOG DESPITE THE WET GROUND DUE TO THE WIND FLOW AND DEWPOINTS STILL FALLING INTO 30S. SUNDAY COOL AND SUNNY WITH STILL SOME WIND UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE. && .LONG TERM(SUNDAY NIGHT TO FRIDAY)... A PROLONGED PD OF FAIR WX APPEARS TO BE IN STORE FOR THE BGM FCST AREA AS HIGH PRES REMAINS ANCHORED OVER THE NE U.S.. ITLL BE CHILLY AT NIGHT, WITH SOME U30S PSBL IN THE COOLER VLYS SUN AND MON NGT. OTRW SEASONABLE TO SLIGHTLY ABV NORMAL TEMPS AND MAINLY CLEAR SKIES. && .AVIATION... VFR TO MVFR CIGS FOR SYR/UCA WITH -RA, WHICH SHUD BE TAPERING OFF LATE THIS EVNG. FOR LOCATIONS FURTHER TO THE S, IFR CIGS WITH SOME LIFR CONDITIONS AT ITH AND BGM. RAIN TAPERING OFF LATE TNGT, WITH VFR CONDITIONS WORKING INTO THE RGN TMRW MRNG. && .HYDROLOGY... FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE FOR TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN SO FAR HAS BEEN ACROSS THE MOST WESTERN COUNTIES IN NY. NO PROBLEMS YET. AS SHORT WAVE MOVES EAST WITH AND NORTH OF IVAN THE AXIS OF HEAVY RAIN IN WRN NY AND WRN PA WILL SHIFT ACROSS WATCH AREA. WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES SOME RIVER FLOODING POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO FLASH FLOODING. RAIN WILL END SATURDAY MORNING AS IT TAPERS OFF AND PULLS EAST. TAC && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NY...FLOOD WATCH INTO SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN TIER FROM STEUBEN COUNTY EASTWARD TO DELAWARE AND OTSEGO COUNTIES. NYZ022>025-044>046-055>057-062 PA...FLOOD WATCH INTO SATURDAY FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST PA. PAZ038>040-043>044-047>048-072 &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 17, 11:25 AM EDT, 7 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1125 AM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-181100- BRADFORD PA-BROOME NY-CHEMUNG NY-CHENANGO NY-CORTLAND NY-DELAWARE NY- LACKAWANNA PA-LUZERNE PA-MADISON NY-NORTHERN ONEIDA NY- NORTHERN WAYNE PA-ONONDAGA NY-OTSEGO NY-PIKE PA-SCHUYLER NY- SENECA NY-SOUTHERN CAYUGA NY-SOUTHERN ONEIDA NY-SOUTHERN WAYNE PA- STEUBEN NY-SULLIVAN NY-SUSQUEHANNA PA-TIOGA NY-TOMPKINS NY- WYOMING PA-YATES NY- 1125 AM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY... HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS ALL OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND THE SOUTHERN TIER AND CATSKILLS OF NEW YORK TODAY AND TONIGHT...AS MOISTURE FROM IVAN TEAMS UP WITH A STALLED FRONTAL ZONE. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING FOR THESE AREAS. FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS HEAVY RAIN EVENT AND ASSOCIATED FLOOD POTENTIAL...PLEASE REFER TO THE STATEMENT ALBFFABGM. FURTHER NORTH ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES AND WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY OF NEW YORK RAIN WILL FALL BUT AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LOW ENOUGH NOT TO CAUSE ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... STEADIER RAINS WILL EXIT THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...ANY RUNOFF PROBLEMS COULD LINGER THROUGHOUT THE DAY. RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE CRESTING. NO FURTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... FORMAL SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...RAINFALL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN THEIR REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON. CHAMPNEY
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.