Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2011, 5:27 PM EDT for Broome County, Chenango County, New York. It was in force for 4 hr. 6 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
- Jun 23, 2011, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2011, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Broome County, NY, Chenango County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 5:40 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Greene, NY | MANY REPORTS OF ROAD FLOODING AND FLOODING OF HOMES IN THE VILLAGE OF GREENE. |
| Jun 23, 5:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Greene, NY | REPORTS OF EVACUATIONS OF HOMES ALONG BIRDSALL CREEK. |
| Jun 23, 6:10 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ne Castle Creek, NY | ROAD WASHOUT ON KING ST. |
| Jun 23, 6:23 PM EDT | FLOOD | Greene, NY | WATER IN BUILDINGS |
| Jun 23, 6:23 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Greene, NY | WATER IN BUILDINGS |
| Jun 23, 6:25 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nnw Chenango Forks, NY | FLOODING WITH SWIFT WATER RESCUES ALONG CLOVERDALE RD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 7 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 13 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
889 WGUS51 KBGM 232127 FFWBGM NYC007-017-240130- /O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0054.110623T2127Z-110624T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 527 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL BROOME COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK... WEST CENTRAL CHENANGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK... * UNTIL 930 PM EDT * AT 521 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 BRISBEN... CASTLE CREEK...GREENE...SMITHVILLE FLATS AND WHITNEY POINT. RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...URBAN...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY IN AND NEAR THESE LOCATIONS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED INCREASING FLOODING IN THE AREA WITH WATER OVER THE ROAD AND POSSIBLE WASHOUTS ALONG BULL CREEK ROAD...BARKER ROAD AND RICH ROAD IN BROOME COUNTY. INDIAN BROOK ROAD IN CHENANGO COUNTY WAS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR FLOODING AND A POSSIBLE WASHOUT. OTHER AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID FLOODING OR DEBRIS FLOWS ACROSS ROADS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION FOR DRIVERS...AND ALSO ANYONE LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. 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 4231 7605 4246 7575 4236 7562 4220 7595 $$ JAB
1 follow-up statement
560 WGUS71 KBGM 232348 FFSBGM FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 748 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 NYC007-017-240130- /O.CON.KBGM.FF.W.0054.000000T0000Z-110624T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BROOME NY-CHENANGO NY- 748 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL CHENANGO AND NORTH CENTRAL BROOME COUNTIES... AT 741 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN BROOME AND CHENANGO COUNTIES REPORTED SEVERAL AREAS WITH FLASH FLOODING AND DAMAGE TO ROADS IN THE HEAVY RAIN AREA. SOME HOMES WERE BEING FLOODED IN THE TOWN OF GREENE AND THE CHENANGO FORKS AREA WITH RESCUE ASSISTANCE BEING PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS. OBEY ROAD CLOSURES AND STAY AWAY FROM FLOOD WATERS! * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BRISBEN... CASTLE CREEK...GREENE...SMITHVILLE FLATS AND WHITNEY POINT. WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && LAT...LON 4231 7605 4246 7575 4236 7562 4220 7595 $$ JAB
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 Jun 23, 3:27 PM EDT, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 3:27 PM EDT, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 327 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL KEEP A SOUTHWEST FLOW OF MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE REGION INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL KEEP SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN OUR FORECAST THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... PERSISTANT SFC TROF OVER THE NRN THIRD OF THE FCST AREA COMBINED WITH S SW FLOW OF UNSTABLE AIR AND YET ANOTHER UPR WV WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF TRWS IN THE FCST TNGT. MESO ANALYSIS SHOWS MOD INSTABILITY OVER MUCH OF THE FCST AREA THIS AFTN. SINKING MONTION IN THE WAKE OF THIS MRNGS CONV AND WV ALLOWED CLRG AND SOME HTG HELPING TO TRIGGER THE NEXT AREA OF STORMS AHD OF THE WV. SOME BETTER SHEAR INVOF THE SFC TROF SO STORMS IN THAT AREA WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED FOR MESOS AND SVR PTNL. ACTIVITY MAY TEND TO WEAKEN AFT MDNT BHD THE WV BUT LL CONV NEAR THE FNT OVER THE NORTH MAY HELP FOCUS CONV. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY/... UPR LOW CONTS TO DRIFT NEWRD THRU THE PD. SYSTEM PUSHES A SERIES OF UPR WVS AND SFC TROF THRU SAT. ON FRI...OCCLUDED FNT PASSES AND PERHAPS BRINGS THE BEST CHANCE FOR SVR WX WITH THE GOOD LL CONV AND UPR LVL PUSH OF COOL AND DRY AIR. SAT BRINGS MORE SCT CONV WITH THE UPR TROF LINE PASSING COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HTG. LOOKS AS THOUGH THE FLOOD THREAT WILL CONT TO DIMINISH THRU THE PD AS SOME MID LVL DRYING HELPS TO LWR PWATS...AS WELL AS INCRSG UPR LVL WLY FLOW HELPS KEEPS STORMS MVG. DRIER AIR ARRIVES ON SUN AS THE UPR LOW PULLS OUT AND A SMALL SFC HIPRES BLDS IN FROM THE WEST. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... XTNDD PD FEATURES A FAIRLY STRONG UPR WV AND SFC TROF MVG THRU MON NGT AND TUE. THIS SYSTEM WILL TRIGGER SHWRS AND TRWS THEN BE FLWD BY DRY WX AS HIPRES BLDS IN FROM THE CNTRL LAKES. ECMWF AND GFS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT SO POPULATED THE PD WITH HPC GUIDE AND TWEAKED SOME TEMPS TWRD GFS MOS NUMBERS. && .AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... UPDATED AS OF 146 PM THU...EXPECTING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 00Z THIS EVENING. ADDED CB GROUPS TO COVER THIS POSSIBILITY FOR MVFR CONDITIONS. AFTER 00Z TONIGHT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE REGION WILL PRODUCE THE CHANCE FOR MVFR CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...MVFR DUE TO FOG IS POSSIBLE AT MOST SITES THROUGH 14Z. AFTER 14Z FRIDAY...FOG SHOULD BURN OFF AND VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION. OUTLOOK... FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...PERIODS OF MVFR...IN SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SUNDAY AND MONDAY...VFR. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DGM NEAR TERM...DGM SHORT TERM...DGM LONG TERM...DGM AVIATION...MSE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 4:10 AM EDT, 13 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 410 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-240815- 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- 410 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IS OVER THE AREA TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS ARE DAMAGING CONVECTIVE WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT INTO FRIDAY...WITH THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 23, 11:49 AM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1149 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1030 AM FLOOD MOSCOW 41.34N 75.53W
06/23/2011 LACKAWANNA PA POST OFFICE
STREET FLOODING IN MOSCOW. CHURCH STREET FLOODED.
&&
MSELocal storm report, Jun 23, 11:51 AM EDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1151 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1040 AM FLOOD LAKE ARIEL 41.45N 75.38W
06/23/2011 WAYNE PA POST OFFICE
STREETS FLOODED IN THE LAKE ARIEL AREA.
&&
MSELocal storm report, Jun 23, 11:52 AM EDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1152 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 AM FLOOD BEACH LAKE 41.60N 75.15W
06/23/2011 WAYNE PA POST OFFICE
STREETS FLOODED IN THE BEACH LAKE AREA. BRANNING ROAD
CLOSED.
&&
MSELocal storm report, Jun 23, 4:32 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
432 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM FLOOD SHERRILL 43.07N 75.60W
06/23/2011 ONEIDA NY 911 CENTER
WATER PONDING ON ROUTE 5
&&
JABThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Tompkins | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Seneca, Yates | 57 min |
| Jun 22, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Seneca | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 10:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Cortland | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 11:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Chenango, Cortland | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 4:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Schuyler, Steuben | 54 min |
| Jun 23, 5:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Schuyler, Tompkins, Yates | 56 min |
| Jun 23, 6:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Tompkins | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 7:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Chenango, Madison, Oneida | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 7:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Sullivan | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 11:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 97 min |
| Jun 23, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Oneida | 66 min |
| Jun 23, 3:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Madison, Oneida | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Tioga | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Chenango | 51 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.