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River Flood Warning 40, NWS Binghamton, NY

March 9, 2008Broome County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this river flood warning at Mar 9, 2008, 4:11 AM EDT for Broome County, New York. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2008, 4:11 AM EDT (08:11 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2008, 10:49 AM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Flood severity: Minor

County Broome County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Susquehanna River at Binghamton (BNGN6).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01503500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Mar 9, 12:39 AM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 12:39 AM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 12:55 AM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 8, 11:10 PM EST, 4 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1110 PM EST SAT MAR 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 PM     ICE STORM        CORNING                 42.15N 77.06W
03/08/2008                   STEUBEN            NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            10,000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER IN STEUBEN...CHEMUNG AND
            SCHULYER COUNTIES DUE TO A MAJOR ICE STORM. ICE
            ACCUMULATIONS RANGED FROM ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTER
            INCHES. THE HIGHER TERRAIN WAS HIT THE HARDEST.

&&

DJN

Local storm report, Mar 8, 11:49 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1149 PM EST SAT MAR 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 PM     FLOOD            COLCHESTER              42.17N 75.08W
03/08/2008                   DELAWARE           NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BRIDGE STREET IN THE TOWN OF COLCHESTER IS NOW CLOSED DUE
            TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY.

&&

DJN

Local storm report, Mar 9, 12:26 AM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 12:35 AM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 7:30 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Sullivan	3 hr
Mar 8, 10:03 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BGM	Delaware	6 hr
Mar 9, 12:20 AM EST	River Flood Warning	BGM	Madison, Oneida	10 hr
Mar 9, 3:56 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	BGM	Cortland	10 hr
Mar 8, 8:13 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BGM	Bradford	8 hr
Mar 8, 8:13 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BGM	Wyoming	14 hr
Mar 8, 8:13 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BGM	Luzerne	19 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New York, 2008 Every river 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.