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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Binghamton, NY

September 30, 20109 counties in New York; Bradford County, Susquehanna County, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Sep 30, 2010, 9:08 PM EDT for 9 counties in New York; Bradford County, Susquehanna County, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 4 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
Sep 30, 2010, 9:08 PM EDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired
Oct 1, 2010, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Broome County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Madison County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wyoming County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 295 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 00:00Z on 2010-10-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 312 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 00:00Z on 2010-10-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 423 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
312 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
423 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
408 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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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 Sep 30, 7:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 7:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 3:44 PM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
344 PM EDT THU SEP 30 2010

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-011945-
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-
344 PM EDT THU SEP 30 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

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

.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.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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

   FLOOD WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TO REPORT RAINFALL TOTALS
AND ANY FLOODING OBSERVATIONS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 30, 5:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
550 PM EDT THU SEP 30 2010

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

0545 PM     FLOOD            COVERT                  42.58N 76.67W
09/30/2010                   SENECA             NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. BASEMENTS FLOODED AND
            CREEKS ARE AT BANKFULL.

&&

PN
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 6:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
620 PM EDT THU SEP 30 2010

NYZ045-046-056-057-062-PAZ039-040-043-044-047-048-072-010130-
BROOME-CHENANGO-DELAWARE-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-NORTHERN WAYNE-OTSEGO-
PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-SULLIVAN-SUSQUEHANNA-WYOMING-
620 PM EDT THU SEP 30 2010

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACCOMPANYING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
REGION EARLY THIS EVENING...

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS...WITH GUSTS IN THE 35 TO 50 MPH RANGE...WILL
AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
THROUGH ABOUT 9 PM. THESE WINDS WILL PRIMARILY IMPACT AREAS ALONG
AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 81 CORRIDOR...AND ALSO ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

SINCE GROUNDS ARE SATURATED DUE TO TODAY'S HEAVY RAINFALL...WEAKLY
ROOTED TREES WILL TOPPLE OVER MORE EASILY...PERHAPS BRINGING POWER
LINES DOWN WITH THEM. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.

LATER THIS EVENING...AFTER 9 PM...WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH.

MJ
Local storm report, Sep 30, 6:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
633 PM EDT THU SEP 30 2010

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

0630 PM     FLOOD            ROME                    43.23N 75.49W
09/30/2010                   ONEIDA             NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER OVER MANY ROADS IN ROME. 6-12 INCHES OF WATER OVER
            ERIE BLVD AND UNDER OVERPASSES ALONG ROAD. WALMART
            PARKING LOT FLOODED.

&&

PN
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 6:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
637 PM EDT THU SEP 30 2010

NYZ009-302300-
ONEIDA NY-
637 PM EDT THU SEP 30 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ONEIDA COUNTY...

* AT 633 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SHOWER OR POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG
  GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  FORESTPORT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WOODGATE AT 645 PM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.

LAT...LON 4360 7510 4346 7509 4336 7516 4343 7539
      4352 7534 4361 7513 4361 7511

MLJ
Local storm report, Sep 30, 6:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
643 PM EDT THU SEP 30 2010

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

0640 PM     FLOOD            MAINE                   42.20N 76.07W
09/30/2010                   BROOME             NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ASHLEY ROAD WASHED OUT IN TOWN OF MAINE

&&

PN
Local storm report, Sep 30, 8:10 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
810 PM EDT THU SEP 30 2010

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

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 N HANCOCK            42.10N 75.28W
09/30/2010                   DELAWARE           NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER LINES AND 20-INCH DIAMETER TREES BLOWN DOWN WITH
            ROADS BLOCKED.

&&

PN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 10:28 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMCortland46 hr
Oct 1, 12:57 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBroome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 8 more6 hr
Oct 1, 6:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMDelaware15 hr
Oct 1, 6:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego, Sullivan3 hr
Oct 1, 6:52 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMSullivan15 hr
Oct 1, 9:29 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Sullivan6 hr
Oct 1, 3:06 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBGMDelaware6 hr
Sep 30, 10:24 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMBradford5 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2010Flash 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.