Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at May 20, 2011, 5:57 AM EDT for Steuben County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
- May 20, 2011, 5:57 AM EDT (09:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2011, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Steuben County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 6:45 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Addison, NY | NY 417 CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FROM WOODHULL TO ADDISON |
| May 20, 6:51 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Addison, NY | US 15 CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FROM THE STEUBEN COUNTY LINE TO THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE LINE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
755 WGUS51 KBGM 200957 FFWBGM NYC101-201300- /O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0039.110520T0957Z-110520T1300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 557 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN STEUBEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK... * UNTIL 900 AM EDT * AT 553 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS INDICATED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ADDISON... AVOCA...BATH...CAMPBELL...HAMMONDSPORT AND PAINTED POST. 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. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. LAT...LON 4245 7750 4245 7715 4202 7704 4203 7753 $$ DGM
2 follow-up statements
921 WGUS71 KBGM 201134 FFSBGM FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 734 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2011 NYC101-201300- /O.CON.KBGM.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110520T1300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ STEUBEN NY- 734 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2011 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL STEUBEN COUNTY... BETWEEN 630 AND 700 AM EDT...THE MEDIA REPORTED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL HALF OF STEUBEN COUNTY CAUSED BY HEAVY RAINFALL. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ADDISON... AVOCA...BATH...CAMERON...CAMPBELL...COOPERS PLAINS...ERWINS...GANG MILLS...HAMMONDSPORT...JASPER...KANONA...LINDLEY...PAINTED POST... RHEIMS...SAVONA...SONORA...THURSTON...URBANA AND WOODHULL. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS AND BASEMENTS IN AND AROUND ADDISON...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF COUNTY ROUTES 417...119 AND 89. REMEMBER...NEVER TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD UNDERNEATH THE WATER MAY NO LONGER BE THERE. TUSCARORA CREEK NEAR ADDISON HAS RISEN 4.5 FEET SINCE MIDNIGHT...BUT AS OF 730 AM APPEARS TO BE CRESTING AROUND 6.5 FEET. WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 4245 7750 4245 7715 4202 7704 4203 7753 $$ JAB
293 WGUS71 KBGM 201302 FFSBGM FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 902 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2011 NYC101-201306- /O.EXP.KBGM.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110520T1300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ STEUBEN NY- 902 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 900 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL STEUBEN COUNTY... HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THE FLOOD WARNING HAS THEREFORE EXPIRED. ACCORDING TO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...THERE ARE RESIDUAL TRAVEL PROBLEMS DUE TO ROAD CLOSURES FROM FLOOD DAMAGED OR WATER COVERED ROADS. SOME OF THE ROUTES AFFECTED ARE COUNTY ROUTES 1...2...3...333 AND 85. IN ADDITION...THERE MAY BE DELAYS OR DETOURS ON ROUTES 417...119 AND 89 THROUGH THE MORNING. A PORTION OF ADDISON BACK ROAD IS ALSO CLOSED DUE TO A 4 FOOT HOLE IN THE ROADWAY. BE ALERT TO AVOID THESE AREAS...UNTIL LOCAL OFFICIALS CLEAR THEM FOR TRAVEL...AND REMEMBER TO NEVER CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. LAT...LON 4245 7750 4245 7715 4202 7704 4203 7753 $$ JAB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 4:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Steuben | 3 hr |
| May 20, 1:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Broome, Delaware, Sullivan | 3 hr |
| May 20, 3:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware | 6 hr |
| May 20, 4:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Oneida | 3 hr |
| May 20, 4:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Oneida | 4 hr |
| May 20, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware | 6 hr |
| May 20, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Delaware | 52 min |
| May 20, 5:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego | 4 hr |
| May 20, 6:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Broome, Chenango | 3 hr |
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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.