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Flood Watch 9, NWS Binghamton, NY

May 2, 201115 counties in New York; 5 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flood watch at May 2, 2011, 3:31 PM EDT for 15 counties in New York; 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at May 3, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2011, 3:31 PM EDT (19:31 UTC)
In effect from: May 3, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 4, 2011, 9:49 AM EDT
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Flood severity: None

Counties Broome County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Madison County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Yates County, NY, Bradford County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wyoming County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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 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 flood watch went out at May 2, 3:16 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 3:16 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 11:24 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	BGM	Tioga	63 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in New York, 2011 Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2011 Every 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.