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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 19, 20116 counties in New York; 7 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood watch at Aug 19, 2011, 2:13 PM EDT for 6 counties in New York; 7 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 2011, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2011, 7:03 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Flood severity
None

Counties Broome County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Tioga 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), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 18, 7:37 PM EDT, 18 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 7:37 PM EDT, 18 hours 36 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 10:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCortland61 min
Aug 19, 10:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Cortland, Tioga48 min
Aug 19, 11:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChenango53 min
Aug 19, 11:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMTioga62 min
Aug 19, 12:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChenango62 min
Aug 19, 12:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Otsego46 min
Aug 19, 1:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBroome54 min
Aug 19, 1:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBroome, Delaware50 min
Aug 19, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOtsego54 min
Aug 19, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSteuben50 min
Aug 19, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBroome57 min
Aug 19, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung, Schuyler, Steuben60 min
Aug 19, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOtsego32 min
Aug 19, 2:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBroome, Delaware3 hr
Aug 19, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSullivan64 min
Aug 19, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMTioga63 min
Aug 19, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBroome62 min
Aug 19, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins63 min
Aug 19, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSullivan20 min
Aug 19, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMYates53 min
Aug 19, 3:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMChemung, Tioga3 hr
Aug 19, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSeneca56 min
Aug 19, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMTioga, Tompkins54 min
Aug 19, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChenango62 min
Aug 19, 4:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMChenango, Madison2 hr
Aug 19, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCortland61 min
Aug 19, 5:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMChenango, Cortland100 min
Aug 19, 11:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBradford57 min
Aug 19, 12:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBradford54 min
Aug 19, 12:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford52 min
Aug 19, 12:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming51 min
Aug 19, 12:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMPike62 min
Aug 19, 1:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBradford, Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wyoming3 hr
Aug 19, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSusquehanna, Wyoming38 min
Aug 19, 1:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMLuzerne, Wyoming3 hr
Aug 19, 2:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMWayne3 hr
Aug 19, 2:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMLuzerne, Wyoming4 hr
Aug 19, 2:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMLuzerne4 hr
Aug 19, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford42 min
Aug 19, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCarbon38 min
Aug 19, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLuzerne49 min
Aug 19, 2:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMWayne3 hr
Aug 19, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMWayne49 min
Aug 19, 3:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMLuzerne3 hr
Aug 19, 3:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMLackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne3 hr
Aug 19, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBradford56 min
Aug 19, 3:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBradford2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2011Flash Flood Watches in New York, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.