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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Binghamton, NY

January 25, 2010Delaware County, Sullivan County, New York; Wayne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jan 25, 2010, 12:13 PM EST for Delaware County, Sullivan County, New York; Wayne 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
Jan 25, 2010, 12:13 PM EST (17:13 UTC)
Expired
Jan 25, 2010, 3:54 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Delaware County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Wayne County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:13 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 135 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2010-01-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2010-01-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 505 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
534 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
505 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
575 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jan 25, 11:24 AM EST, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 11:24 AM EST, 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 25, 4:09 AM EST, 8 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
409 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010

NYZ015>018-022>025-036-260915-
YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-
TOMPKINS-MADISON-
409 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY 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.

IN ADDITION TO FLOODING CONCERNS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ABOVE 1500 FEET WIND GUSTS MAY TOP 35 TO 40
MPH FOR A TIME THIS MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO FORWARD RAINFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON.

NYZ044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-260915-
CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-
SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
409 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY 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.

IN ADDITION TO FLOODING CONCERNS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ABOVE 1800 FEET WIND GUSTS MAY TOP 40 MPH
FOR A TIME THIS MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO FORWARD RAINFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON.

NYZ009-037-260915-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-
409 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY 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.

IN ADDITION TO FLOODING CONCERNS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ABOVE 1800 FEET WIND GUSTS MAY TOP 40 MPH
FOR A TIME THIS MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON TUESDAY WITH WESTERLY FLOW
SETTING UP TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN LAKE EFFECT
SNOW. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE TUG HILL PLATEAU BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO FORWARD RAINFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON.

PN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 25, 10:21 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 25, 11:09 AM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 25, 11:32 AM EST, 41 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 25, 11:40 AM EST, 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 25, 5:03 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSteuben3 hr
Jan 25, 6:19 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMChemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Yates3 hr
Jan 25, 6:42 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMSteuben6 hr
Jan 25, 7:27 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBroome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 7 more3 hr
Jan 25, 7:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMChemung, Steuben6 hr
Jan 25, 9:03 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMChemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Yates4 hr
Jan 25, 9:20 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMBroome, Chemung, Schuyler, Tioga, Tompkins6 hr
Jan 25, 9:20 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningBGMBroome30 hr
Jan 25, 9:20 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningBGMBroome, Tioga37 hr
Jan 25, 9:58 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMBroome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Oneida and 6 more6 hr
Jan 25, 10:44 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego5 hr
Jan 25, 11:38 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSullivan3 hr
Jan 25, 2:51 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningBGMChemung13 hr
Jan 25, 3:53 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Sullivan12 hr
Jan 25, 6:35 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningBGMDelaware10 hr
Jan 25, 8:09 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningBGMWyoming6 hr
Jan 25, 8:45 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningBGMBradford10 hr
Jan 25, 9:20 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningBGMBradford37 hr
Jan 25, 9:20 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningBGMWyoming42 hr
Jan 25, 9:20 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningBGMLuzerne49 hr
Jan 25, 1:59 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningBGMBradford61 min
Jan 25, 3:14 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningBGMWyoming2 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.