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Flash Flood Watch 9, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 13, 2009Sullivan County, New York; 4 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood watch at Aug 13, 2009, 3:19 AM EDT for Sullivan County, New York; 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Aug 13, 2009, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2009, 3:19 AM EDT (07:19 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 13, 2009, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 13, 2009, 3:07 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Flood severity
None

Counties Sullivan County, NY, Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Pike County, PA, Wayne County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Aug 12, 7:40 PM EDT, 7 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 7:40 PM EDT, 7 hours 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 1:51 PM EDT, 13 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
151 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2009

NYZ009-016>018-025-036-037-044>046-055-056-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-
048-072-131800-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-TOMPKINS-MADISON-
SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-BRADFORD-
SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
151 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
THROUGH THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...SLOW
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DUMP LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

NYZ015-022>024-057-062-131800-
YATES-STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-
151 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
THROUGH THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...SLOW
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DUMP LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2009Flash Flood Watches in New York, 2009Every flash flood watch in 2009

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.