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Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Binghamton, NY

September 8, 20115 counties in New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 2011, 4:59 AM EDT for 5 counties in New York. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 8, 2011, 4:59 AM EDT (08:59 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Madison County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 00:00Z on 2011-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2011-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
456 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

012 
WGUS51 KBGM 080859
FFWBGM
NYC017-023-053-065-067-081500-
/O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0101.110908T0859Z-110908T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
459 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CHENANGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  NORTHERN CORTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  EASTERN ONONDAGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  ONEIDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT

* AT 455 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BOONVILLE...BRIDGEPORT...CAMDEN...CANASTOTA...CAZENOVIA...
  CHITTENANGO...CICERO...DE WITT...HAMILTON...HINCKLEY...
  LA FAYETTE...MANLIUS...MORRISVILLE...NEDROW...ONEIDA...OTSELIC...  
  ROME...SULLIVAN...SYLVAN BEACH...SYRACUSE...TRUXTON...TULLY AND   
  UTICA.

MORE RAIN IS MOVING NORTH INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 
INCHES IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 5 AM AND NOON. 

RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...URBAN...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
IS LIKELY IN AND NEAR THESE LOCATIONS.

WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL
AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 4333 7507 4330 7514 4326 7515 4323 7508
      4320 7509 4305 7521 4288 7520 4287 7525
      4279 7525 4273 7530 4270 7589 4276 7626
      4318 7616 4322 7608 4316 7589 4332 7587
      4344 7560 4343 7552 4361 7511

$$

TAC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 10:05 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMChemung11 hr
Sep 8, 12:24 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSchuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Yates6 hr
Sep 8, 3:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Sullivan12 hr
Sep 8, 3:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMOrange, Sullivan12 hr
Sep 8, 3:51 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSullivan6 hr
Sep 8, 4:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBroome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Sullivan6 hr
Sep 8, 4:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMCayuga, Chemung, Schuyler, Tioga, Tompkins6 hr
Sep 8, 8:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBroome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Otsego, Tioga6 hr
Sep 8, 9:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Sullivan6 hr
Sep 8, 10:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMCayuga, Schuyler, Tompkins6 hr
Sep 8, 11:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMMadison, Oneida, Onondaga6 hr
Sep 8, 12:36 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMOrange8 hr
Sep 8, 3:41 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBGMDelaware6 hr

Nearby

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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.