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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 10, 2009Delaware County, Sullivan County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this river flood warning at Aug 10, 2009, 2:06 AM EDT for Delaware County, Sullivan County, New York. It took effect at Aug 10, 2009, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 2009, 2:06 AM EDT (06:06 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 10, 2009, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 10, 2009, 6:48 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Delaware County, NY, Sullivan County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Beaver Kill at Cooks Falls (CKFN6). The gauge peaked at 9.64 ft at Aug 10, 2009, 4:00 AM EDT.

actionminormoderate5101508/1008/11
Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01420500, 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 Aug 10, 2:04 AM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 2:04 AM EDT, 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 1:32 AM EDT, 34 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 9:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
923 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009

NYZ015>017-022>025-100400-
CHEMUNG-SCHUYLER-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-STEUBEN-TOMPKINS-YATES-
923 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INBOUND FROM LAKE ONTARIO...

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO
ARE FORECAST TO REACH LOCATIONS FROM GENEVA TO PENN YAN TO HORNELL
BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1130 PM. WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED 50 MPH AS THESE
STORMS HIT.

THE LINE OF STORMS WILL THEN PROGRESS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REST OF
THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER...INCLUDING ITHACA, WATKINS GLEN AND
ELMIRA/CORNING BY 1230 AM.

JAB
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 10:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1038 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009

NYZ015-016-022-023-100345-
SCHUYLER NY-SENECA NY-STEUBEN NY-YATES NY-
1038 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN SCHUYLER...
NORTHERN STEUBEN...SOUTHERN SENECA AND YATES COUNTIES...

* AT 1038 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY
  WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF VINE VALLEY TO 24 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF WAYLAND TO 51 MILES WEST OF ARKPORT...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MIDDLESEX AT 1115 PM EDT...
  COHOCTON AND ARKPORT AT 1120 PM EDT...
  PENN YAN AT 1125 PM EDT...
  HORNELL AND AVOCA AT 1130 PM EDT...
  OVID AND HAMMONDSPORT AT 1135 PM EDT...
  DUNDEE AND BATH AT 1140 PM EDT...
  COVERT AT 1145 PM EDT...

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
Local storm report, Aug 9, 11:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 8:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBroome, Chenango3 hr
Aug 9, 9:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMCayuga, Onondaga3 hr
Aug 9, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Onondaga28 min
Aug 9, 11:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMCayuga, Cortland, Onondaga6 hr
Aug 9, 11:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben43 min
Aug 9, 11:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Sullivan5 hr
Aug 10, 12:00 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMChenango, Cortland3 hr
Aug 10, 12:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego6 hr
Aug 10, 7:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchBGMBroome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 11 more14 hr
Aug 10, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca, Yates49 min
Aug 10, 3:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMCayuga, Onondaga, Seneca4 hr
Aug 10, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Cortland, Onondaga, Seneca62 min
Aug 10, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca, Tompkins44 min
Aug 10, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Tompkins62 min
Aug 10, 4:24 PM EDTTornado WarningBGMCortland, Tompkins30 min
Aug 10, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Onondaga46 min
Aug 10, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Schuyler, Seneca, Tompkins, Yates52 min
Aug 10, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Cortland55 min
Aug 10, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Cortland, Tompkins49 min
Aug 10, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMTioga60 min
Aug 10, 5:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMCortland3 hr
Aug 10, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida57 min
Aug 10, 5:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMTompkins3 hr
Aug 10, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Tioga52 min
Aug 10, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego56 min
Aug 10, 5:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBroome, Chenango3 hr
Aug 10, 5:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBroome, Tioga117 min
Aug 10, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware54 min
Aug 10, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Delaware, Sullivan63 min
Aug 10, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOneida30 min
Aug 10, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan66 min
Aug 10, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Sullivan66 min
Aug 10, 6:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBroome, Delaware, Sullivan100 min
Aug 10, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLackawanna44 min
Aug 10, 6:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMLackawanna3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New York, 2009Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.