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Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Binghamton, NY

September 27, 2011Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Sep 27, 2011, 10:13 PM EDT for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 27, 2011, 10:13 PM EDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 2011, 1:15 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Luzerne County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 27, 11:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOODBack Mountain, PAFLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS REPORTED TO IMPACT NUMEROUS ROADS.
Sep 27, 11:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOODDrums, PAFLASH FLOODING OCCURRED ALONG THE NESCOPECK CREEK FLOODING HOMES AND ROADS.
Sep 27, 11:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOODWhite Haven, PAFLASH FLOODING OF ROADS IN THE WHITE HAVEN AREA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 241 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 2011-09-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1000 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1000 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
961 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-38 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.

667 
WGUS51 KBGM 280213
FFWBGM
PAC079-280515-
/O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0113.110928T0213Z-110928T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1013 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LUZERNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 115 AM EDT

* AT 1010 PM 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 AVOCA...
  DALLAS...DUPONT...EDWARDSVILLE...MOUNTAIN TOP...HARVEYS LAKE...
  HAZLETON...LARKSVILLE...LUZERNE...NANTICOKE...PITTSTON...PLAINS...
  SHICKSHINNY...SWOYERSVILLE...WILKES-BARRE AND WYOMING.

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

TOBY CREEK IS CURRENTLY FLOODING OUT OF ITS BANKS. SOLOMON CREEK IS 
RUNNING NEAR BANKFUL, WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED TO PUSH IT 
TO NEAR FLOOD.

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 4094 7620 4113 7624 4114 7629 4121 7633
      4136 7630 4137 7629 4138 7602 4142 7584
      4139 7582 4134 7569 4129 7569 4126 7565
      4119 7565 4115 7560 4112 7563 4113 7568
      4109 7576 4100 7574 4090 7600

$$

DJP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 9:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMLuzerne, Wyoming3 hr
Sep 27, 10:20 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMWyoming36 hr
Sep 27, 10:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMWyoming3 hr
Sep 27, 11:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSusquehanna3 hr
Sep 27, 11:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBradford3 hr
Sep 28, 1:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBradford4 hr
Sep 28, 2:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchBGMBradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more39 hr
Sep 28, 8:00 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMPike3 hr
Sep 28, 9:52 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningBGMLuzerne5 hr
Sep 28, 12:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMLuzerne2 hr
Sep 28, 1:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMLuzerne3 hr
Sep 28, 1:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMLuzerne, Wyoming3 hr
Sep 28, 5:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMLuzerne, Wyoming9 hr
Sep 28, 5:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBradford3 hr
Sep 28, 6:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wyoming3 hr
Sep 28, 7:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMSusquehanna, Wyoming6 hr
Sep 28, 7:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMLuzerne, Wyoming72 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.