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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 13, 2010Lackawanna County, Luzerne County, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2010, 1:34 PM EDT for Lackawanna County, Luzerne County, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2010, 1:34 PM EDT (17:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2010, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 258 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2010-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2010-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-247 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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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, 10:26 AM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 10:26 AM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 8:31 AM EDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
831 AM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010

NYZ009-015>018-036-037-044>046-141245-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-MADISON-
SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-
831 AM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

NYZ022>025-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-141245-
STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-
BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
831 AM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE REGION
TODAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITHIN THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FOR ANY LOCATIONS THAT EXPERIENCE REPEAT
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SAME AREA. ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL
BE ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS.

JAB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 11:06 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1106 AM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010

PAZ039-131600-
SUSQUEHANNA PA-
1106 AM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY...

* AT 1105 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND
  VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRIENDSVILLE...AND
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTROSE AND SOUTH MONTROSE AT 1125 AM EDT...
  DIMOCK AT 1130 AM EDT...
  NEW MILFORD AT 1135 AM EDT...
  ALFORD AT 1140 AM EDT...
  HARFORD AND HOP BOTTOM AT 1150 AM EDT...
  WEST LENOX AND JACKSON AT 1155 AM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

LAT...LON 4181 7552 4164 7571 4174 7592 4188 7610
      4199 7596

JAB
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 11:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1158 AM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010

PAZ039-040-043-044-072-131700-
LACKAWANNA PA-SUSQUEHANNA PA-WAYNE PA-WYOMING PA-
1158 AM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EXTREME NORTHEASTERN WYOMING...
NORTHERN LACKAWANNA...SOUTHEASTERN SUSQUEHANNA AND WEST CENTRAL WAYNE
COUNTIES...

* AT 1156 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND
  VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOP BOTTOM...AND
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LENOXVILLE AND LAKE SHERIDAN AT 1205 PM EDT...
  MARSHBROOK AND ROYAL AT 1210 PM EDT...
  CLIFFORD AND WALLSVILLE AT 1215 PM EDT...
  EAST BENTON AND CRAIG AT 1220 PM EDT...
  TOMPKINSVILLE AND RICHMONDALE AT 1225 PM EDT...
  CLARKS GREEN AND ALDENVILLE AT 1230 PM EDT...
  MAYFIELD AND CARBONDALE AT 1235 PM EDT...
  JERMYN AND ARCHBALD AT 1240 PM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. GUSTY
WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 4171 7538 4153 7532 4137 7561 4172 7586
      4183 7565

JAB
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1220 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010

PAZ043-044-047-131715-
LACKAWANNA PA-LUZERNE PA-WYOMING PA-
1220 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL WYOMING...
NORTHEASTERN LUZERNE AND WEST CENTRAL LACKAWANNA COUNTIES...

* AT 1213 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS UP TO
  40 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  OSTERHOUT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GLENBURN AT 1230 PM EDT...
  RANSOM AT 1240 PM EDT...
  HARDING AND CARVERTON AT 1245 PM EDT...
  EXETER AT 1250 PM EDT...
  OLD FORGE AND TAYLOR AT 1255 PM EDT...
  OAKHILL AND MOOSIC AT 100 PM EDT...
  GLENDALE AND DUPONT AT 105 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4135 7555 4124 7576 4150 7598 4158 7583

JAB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSullivan65 min
Jun 12, 8:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMDelaware, Sullivan3 hr
Jun 13, 9:08 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSteuben112 min
Jun 12, 9:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMWayne3 hr
Jun 12, 10:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMSusquehanna, Wayne6 hr
Jun 13, 11:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSusquehanna54 min
Jun 13, 11:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMLackawanna62 min
Jun 13, 12:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMLackawanna55 min
Jun 13, 1:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMLackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming110 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2010Every flash flood warning in 2010

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.