Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2006, 1:22 PM EDT for Cortland County, Tompkins County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 reports 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
- Jul 28, 2006, 1:22 PM EDT (17:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2006, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cortland County, NY, Tompkins County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 1:40 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Groton, NY | STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ROADS AND BRIDGES FLOODED. |
| Jul 28, 1:50 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Cortland, NY | NUMEROUS ROAD WASHOUTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. |
| Jul 28, 2:12 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Cortland, NY | 1 TO 2 FEET OF STANDING WATER ON MANY ROADS WITHIN THE CITY OF CORTLAND. SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED. |
| Jul 28, 2:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mc Graw, NY | NUMEROUS ROADS WASHED OUT. MANY ROADS CLOSED IN BOTH MC GRAW AND CORTLAND. 2.35 INCHES OF RAIN IN MC GRAW IN ABOUT AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES. |
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 4 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 18 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KBGM 281723 FFWBGM NYC023-109-282015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 122 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CORTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK TOMPKINS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK * UNTIL 415 PM EDT * AT 117 PM EDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED IN CORTLAND AND TOMPKINS COUNTIES. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALIZED DOWNPOURS...WILL KEEP MOVING OVER MUCH THE SAME AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST 230 PM. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILLET... VIRGIL...TRUXTON...TRUMANSBURG...TAYLOR...TAUGHANNOCK FALLS...SOUTH CORTLAND...SOLON...SLATERVILLE SPGS...NORTHEAST ITHACA... NEWFIELD...MUNSONS CORNERS...MCGRAW...MARATHON...LANSING...ITHACA TOMPKINS ARPT...ITHACA...HOMER...HARFORD...GROTON...FREEVILLE... ENFIELD...EAST ITHACA...EAST HOMER...EAST FREETOWN...DRYDEN... CUYLER...CORTLAND...CINCINNATUS...CAYUGA HEIGHTS AND BESEMER. 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. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 4253 7673 4234 7668 4246 7586 4275 7589 $$ MJ
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 Jul 28, 10:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 10:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1000 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 .SHORT TERM (TDY - SUN)... UPDATE...SHOWERS THAT CAME INTO NERN ZONES THIS MORNING HAVE DISSIPATED AS EXPECTED. WATCHING ACTIVITY N AND W OF LAKE ONTARIO. CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL FOR SVR TSTMS LATE TODAY MAYBE GETTING INTO NRN ZONES IN NY. HAVE LOWERED POPS TO NEAR 20 AND CLOUD COVER FOR NERN PA WHERE IT IS LOOKING MORE STABLE AND PLACED ISOLD TRW IN WX GRIDS. STAYED WITH 30 POP AND SCT TRW TO THE NORTH WITH BEST CHC AFT 21Z. THE TIMING ON THE COMPLEX MOVING INTO MI BRINGS IT INTO NY OVERNIGHT SO CHC POPS IN NY ZONES OVERNIGHT LOOK GOOD. NO CHANGE TO TEMPS TODAY...HOT AND HUMID. -BMW PREVIOUS DISCUSSION WEAK SFC RDGG TODAY IN THE WAKE OF YSTRDYS CONV COMPLEX. HWVR...SHRT WV WILL DROP THRU THE AREA ONCE AGAIN ON THE NW FLOW. WITH THE RDGG...FCSTD SNDGS DO SHOW A DECENT CAP...BUT HTG AND DESTABLIZATION WITH THE SHRT WV LOOKS TO BE ENUF TO BRK THE CAP. ALSO...LTR RUNS HAVE DROPPED THE WV FURTHER SOUTH. SO..HAVE INCLUDED A CHANCE OF AFTN TRWS ALL ZONES...BUT STILL WLD THINK THE BEST CHANCE WLD BE OVER THE NRN ZONES. WIND PROFILE DOES ALSO SHOW SOME SHEAR...ALONG WITH A BIT OF A MID LVL SPEED MAX. SPC HAS THE AREA IN SEE TEXT AND WLDN/T BE SURPRISED IF THERE WAS SOME ISLTD STORMS NERA OR ABV SVR LVLS WITH WIND AND EVEN SMALL HAIL. TRWS CLD LINGER INTO THE EVE...BUT OVRNGT PD SHD BE DRY AS THE SSHRT WV PULLS OUT. ONCE AGAIN WLD XPCT SOME SCT FOG. FLOW IS VERY FLAT FOR SUNDAY AND SNDGS LOOK FAIRLY STABLE. FOR NOW...WILL KEEP THE SUNDAY FCST DRY. TEMPS WERE ADJUSTED TO THE LATEST MAV GUID WITH AN EYE TWRD THE BLENDED MOS. MORFORD && .AVIATION (29/12Z TO 30/12Z)... MORNING FOG QUICKLY BURNED OFF. VFR CONDS ALL STATIONS TODAY. ISLTD AFTN TRWS WILL NOT HAVE ENUF CVRG TO INCLUDE IN THE TAFS. BEST CHC FOR TSTMS IS ACRS NRN NY IN LATE AFTN AND EVE. SOME FOG OVERNIGHT POSSIBLE AGAIN. -BMW && .LONG TERM... AGAIN STAYED CLOSE TO HPC GUIDANCE. HOT WX WITH PSBL RECORD BREAKING HEAT MON-TUES. MEANDERING FNTL BNDRY WILL EVENTUALLY DROP S OF THE RG LATE IN THE PD WITH SOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT, ALONG WITH A BETTER CHC FOR TSRA. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NY...NONE. .PA...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 3:31 AM EDT, 9 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 331 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-290745- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND- CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD- SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE- SOUTHERN WAYNE- 331 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. ALSO...AREAS OF PERSISTENT RAIN COULD SEE SMALL STREAMS RISE. FLOOD WATCHES OR STATEMENTS MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO FORWARD RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 12:35 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1235 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 NYZ022-024-281715- CHEMUNG NY-STEUBEN NY- 1235 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN STEUBEN AND CHEMUNG COUNTIES... * AT 1234 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ERWINS...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CORNING AND PAINTED POST AT 1240 PM EDT... SOUTH CORNING AND EAST CORNING AT 1245 PM EDT... BIG FLATS AT 1250 PM EDT... FISHERVILLE AND ELMIRA ARPT AT 1255 PM EDT... HORSEHEADS AND ELMIRA HEIGHTS AT 100 PM EDT... HORSEHEADS NORTH AND MILTOOR AT 105 PM EDT... BREESPORT AT 110 PM EDT... ERIN AND SWARTWOOD AT 115 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. MJ
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 1:13 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 113 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 NYZ024-055-281815- CHEMUNG NY-TIOGA NY- 113 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CHEMUNG AND TIOGA COUNTIES... * AT 108 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELMIRA HEIGHTS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ERIN AND OWENS MILL AT 125 PM EDT... LOCKWOOD AND SWARTWOOD AT 130 PM EDT... VAN ETTEN AT 135 PM EDT... SPENCER AND NORTH SPENCER AT 140 PM EDT... WEST CANDOR AT 150 PM EDT... CANDOR AND CATATONK AT 155 PM EDT... OWEGO AT 200 PM EDT... WELTONVILLE AND WEST NEWARK AT 205 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. MJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 1:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Chenango | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.