Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Watches in 2011
Flash Flood Watch 11, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood watch at Sep 28, 2011, 2:43 AM EDT for 17 counties in New York; 7 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2011, 2:43 AM EDT (06:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Flood severity
- None
All 24 counties
Broome County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Madison County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Yates County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Pike County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 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
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Sep 28, 2:05 AM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 2:05 AM EDT, 38 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 27, 2:50 PM EDT, 11 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 250 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011 NYZ009-015>018-022>024-036-037-044>046-057-062-PAZ040-044-048-072- 281900- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO- DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-NORTHERN WAYNE-LACKAWANNA-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 250 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HEDEN NYZ025-055-056-PAZ038-039-043-047-281900- TOMPKINS-TIOGA-BROOME-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-WYOMING-LUZERNE- 250 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY RAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH THE SATURATED GROUND COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HEDEN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 27, 9:39 PM EDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
939 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0548 PM FLASH FLOOD TUNKHANNOCK 41.54N 75.95W
09/27/2011 WYOMING PA 911 CENTER
SIX HOMES ARE ISOLATED AND TWO HOMES ARE SURROUNDED BY
WATER AT MCCHORD AND HARRISON STREETS
0548 PM FLASH FLOOD TUNKHANNOCK 41.54N 75.95W
09/27/2011 WYOMING PA 911 CENTER
MILE ROAD IN TUNKHANNOCK TOWNSHIP IS COVERED WITH WATER
FROM STATE ROUTE 29 TO STATE ROUTE 6
0647 PM FLASH FLOOD TUNKHANNOCK 41.54N 75.95W
09/27/2011 WYOMING PA 911 CENTER
WATER RESCUE FOR OCCUPENTS OF A VEHICLE THAT FELL INTO
A SINK HOLE ON KEELERSBURG ROAD IN TUNKHANNOCK TOWNSHIP
0720 PM FLASH FLOOD HAZLETON 40.95N 75.97W
09/27/2011 LUZERNE PA 911 CENTER
ROADS WASHED OUT
0720 PM FLASH FLOOD WEST PITTSTON 41.33N 75.80W
09/27/2011 LUZERNE PA 911 CENTER
ROADS WASHED OUT
0730 PM FLASH FLOOD CLARKS SUMMIT 41.49N 75.71W
09/27/2011 LACKAWANNA PA 911 CENTER
CREEK OUT OF BANKS CROSSING ROADWAY NEAR NORTHERN BLVD
&&
RRMLocal storm report, Sep 27, 10:16 PM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1016 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0940 PM FLASH FLOOD MOUNTAIN TOP 41.17N 75.90W
09/27/2011 LUZERNE PA PUBLIC
WATER OVER ROADS
&&
BLLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 11:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 1:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben | 4 hr |
| Sep 28, 8:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Sullivan | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 10:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 4 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Steuben, Yates | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Chemung, Tioga | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 6:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Luzerne, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 10:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 10:20 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Wyoming | 36 hr |
| Sep 27, 10:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 11:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Susquehanna | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 9:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 5 hr |
| Sep 28, 12:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 2 hr |
| Sep 28, 1:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Luzerne | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 1:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Luzerne, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Luzerne, Wyoming | 9 hr |
| Sep 28, 7:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wyoming | 6 hr |
| Sep 28, 7:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Luzerne, Wyoming | 72 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in New York, 2011Flash Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2011Every flash flood watch in 2011
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.