Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2008, 7:14 PM EDT for Steuben County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2008, 7:14 PM EDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2008, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Steuben County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 524 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1401 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 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 132314 FFWBGM NYC101-140215- /O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0008.080613T2314Z-080614T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 714 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL STEUBEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK... * UNTIL 1015 PM EDT * AT 706 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AVOCA AND RURAL AREAS BETWEEN COHOCTON AND PRATTSBURG. RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...URBAN...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY IN AND NEAR THESE LOCATIONS. 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. MOVE TO 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 4258 7729 4239 7741 4243 7749 4258 7743 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KBGM 140005 FFSBGM FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 800 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 NYC101-140215- /O.CON.KBGM.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080614T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ STEUBEN NY- 800 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL STEUBEN COUNTY... AS OF 745 PM EDT...COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS CONFIRMED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED OVER NORTH CENTRAL PARTS OF THE COUNTY BETWEEN COHOCTON AND ATLANTA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AROUND 3.5 INCHES OF HAD FALLEN OVER THIS AREA...MOSTLY DURING THE HOUR BETWEEN 630 PM AND 730 PM. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AVOCA AND RURAL AREAS BETWEEN COHOCTON AND PRATTSBURG. THIS INCLUDES THE AREAS AROUND TWELVE MILE CREEK...WEST CREEK AND TEN MILE CREEK. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED OVER THE AREA AT THIS TIME...BUT THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO CAUSE RAPID FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN 8 PM AND 10 PM. GET TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU OBSERVE FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV. LAT...LON 4258 7729 4239 7741 4243 7749 4258 7743 TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 180DEG 0KT 4250 7740 $$
000 WGUS71 KBGM 140045 FFSBGM FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 841 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 NYC101-140215- /O.CON.KBGM.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080614T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ STEUBEN NY- 841 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL STEUBEN COUNTY... AT 836 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS IS A RESULT OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING. SEVERAL ROADS IN THE VICINITY OF ROUTE 53 NEAR ATLANTA WERE REPORTED TO BE FLOODED. SEVERAL ROADS WERE ALSO WASHED OUT. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS STOPPED...FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO AS THE WATER TAKES A WHILE TO RECEDE. ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ATLANTA AND RURAL SECTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL STEUBEN COUNTY. 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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 STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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 4258 7729 4239 7741 4243 7749 4258 7743 TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 180DEG 0KT 4250 7740 $$ PB
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 Jun 13, 3:11 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 3:11 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 311 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 .SYNOPSIS... AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BRING INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA DURING SATURDAY. BEHIND THE FRONT...MAINLY DRY WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... SOME CONVECTION POPPING UP THIS AFTN ALONG LAKE ERIE SHORE, WITH MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS LOCATED IN WESTERN PA. WOULDNT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A SHRA OR STORM IN FAR WESTERN OR SOUTHWEST ZONES LATE THIS AFTN, BUT STORMS MOVING TWD MUCH DRIER AIRMASS LOCATED IN ERN NY AND NEW ENGLAND...WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 50S SHOULD HELP STORMS TO DIE OUT AS THEY MOVE EAST...SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW THIS MRNG WITH THE STORMS ACROSS WRN NY. DID INCLUDE JUST LOW CHC POP FAR WEST LATE THIS AFTN/EARLY EVENING BEFORE LOSS OF MAX HEATING. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY/... COLD FRONT APPROACHES SATURDAY, WITH THE NAM AND GFS SIMILAR IN BRINGING THE BOUNDARY INTO FAR WRN NY AROUND 12Z. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WRN FA AROUND MID MORNING, REACHING ERN AREAS AROUND EARLY AFTN. SEVERE POTENTIAL STILL DOES NOT LOOK HIGH GIVEN ONLY WEAK TO MODERATE INSTABILITY AND SHEAR. LOCAL SIMILAR SOUNDINGS FOR TOMORROW SHOW SEVERAL LINES OF SHRA WITH WEAK CONVECTION...POSSIBLY JUST ISOLATED STRONGER CELLS THAT WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED. PRECIP CLEARS THE EASTERN FA BY EARLY EVENING WITH SFC RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE AREA FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL BRING NEXT CHC FOR PRECIP LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS UPPER LOW BEGINS TO DIG SWD INTO UPPER GREAT LAKES. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH COLD FRONT MONDAY NIGHT THEN AN UPPER LEVEL TROF AND COLD CORE TUESDAY ON. ALL MID RANGE MODELS HAVE THIS TROF BUT DO NOT AGREE WITH WHERE IT WILL SET UP AND REMAIN. MOST MODELS HAVE THE TROF CENTERED OVER SE ONTARIO AND SW QUEBEC THEN MOVING EAST OUT OUR CWA LATE IN THE WEEK. WITH THE TROF AND NW FLOW EXPECT SHOWERS AND COOLER WEATHER FOR THE PERIOD. TIMING ON SHOWERS WILL DEPEND ON WHERE THE TROF SETS UP AND SHORT WAVES. BEYOND THAT AFTN WOULD BE MOST LIKELY TIMING DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING. USED HPC GUIDANCE WHICH WAS CLOSE TO PREVIOUS AND GMOS. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH TAF PERIOD. PRIMARILY SCT MID/HIGH CLOUDS. SOME SCATTERED CU AROUND 5K FT THIS AFTN. STILL THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED CONVECTION THIS AFTN BUT DUE TO VERY LIMITED AREAL EXTENT NOT INCLUDED IN TAFS ATTM. MOST LIKELY PLACE FOR SHOWERS AT SYR BUT EVEN THEN LOW CHC. LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY CONVECTIVE DEBRIS FROM SW ONTARIO AND OHIO CONVECTION COULD BE ENOUGH MID LEVEL MOISTURE FOR A BROKEN MID DECK. S WIND AT 5 TO 10 KTS THIS AFTN BECOMING LIGHT SE AGAIN TONIGHT. EXCEPTION AT RME WHERE WINDS SE TO E CHANNELED UP THE MOHAWK VALLEY. ON SATURDAY...WINDS SHIFT TO SW AND INCREASE TO NEARLY 10 KTS BY 18Z. OUTLOOK... SATURDAY AFTN AND EVENING...SHRA/TSRA LIKELY WITH PSBL MVFR RESTRICTIONS AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA. SAT OVERNIGHT...PRECIP CLEARS THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH VFR EXPECTED. SUNDAY...VFR UNDER HIPRES. SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...COLD FRONT APPROACHES MONDAY WITH CHC FOR SHRA/TSRA WITH MVFR RESTRICTIONS. TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY VFR WITH OCNL MVFR RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE BHND DEPARTING SYSTEM. MVFR CONDITIONS IN SCT SHOWERS AND VALLEY FOG. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JML NEAR TERM...JML SHORT TERM...JML LONG TERM...TAC AVIATION...TAC
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 3:23 AM EDT, 15 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 323 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-140730- 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- 323 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON SATURDAY, BRINGING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH NY AND PA. AT THIS POINT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW, DUE TO MARGINAL INSTABILITY IN THE ATMOSPHERE. A FEW STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE CRITERIA, WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. HOWEVER NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE ACTIVITY IS ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PADAVONA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:18 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 618 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 NYZ022-132315- STEUBEN NY- 618 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF TROUPSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ADDISON AT 700 PM EDT... CAMPBELL AT 710 PM EDT... PAINTED POST AND CORNING AT 715 PM EDT... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:01 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 701 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 NYZ015-022-132345- STEUBEN NY-YATES NY- 701 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 657 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES WEST OF ITALY TO ITALY TO PORTER CORNER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 14 MPH. * STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... PENN YAN AND MIDDLESEX AT 740 PM EDT... THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:03 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
703 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG COHOCTON 42.50N 77.50W
06/13/2008 STEUBEN NY PUBLIC
LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.
&&
MJNLocal storm report, Jun 13, 7:14 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
714 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM TSTM WND DMG ATLANTA 42.55N 77.48W
06/13/2008 STEUBEN NY PUBLIC
LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.
&&
MJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 6:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Steuben | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben, Yates | 45 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008
Sources
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.