Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2012, 6:35 PM EDT for Otsego County, New York. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2012, 6:35 PM EDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2012, 8:36 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Otsego County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 780 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 965 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
038
WGUS51 KBGM 092235
FFWBGM
NYC077-100130-
/O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0001.120809T2235Z-120810T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
635 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
OTSEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 628 PM 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 CHERRY
VALLEY...COOPERSTOWN...HARTWICK AND MARYLAND.
RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...URBAN...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
IS LIKELY IN AND NEAR THESE LOCATIONS. CHERRY VALLEY CREEK LIKELY
WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES AND POTENTIALLY FLOOD RAPIDLY. IF YOU
LIVE NEAR THIS CREEK YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TO
PROTECT LIVE AND PROPERTY.
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-888-603-1402...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 4252 7471 4250 7477 4251 7484 4247 7493
4246 7532 4264 7530 4285 7495 4283 7490
4290 7488 4286 7472 4281 7465 4276 7466
4263 7462
$$
DJN2 follow-up statements
128
WGUS71 KBGM 092346
FFSBGM
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
746 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
NYC077-100130-
/O.CON.KBGM.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120810T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OTSEGO NY-
746 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR
OTSEGO COUNTY...
AT 741 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED TO THE SOUTH OF THE WARNING AREA.
HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN BETWEEN COOPERSTOWN AND WESTVILLE. RUNOFF FROM RAINS EARLIER
THIS EVENING CONTINUES THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINS ARE NOT EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS SO ANY AREAS THAT
ARE EXPERIENCING HEAVY RUNOFF AND FLOODING SHOULD SEE IMPROVING
CONDITIONS BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHERRY
VALLEY...COOPERSTOWN...HARTWICK AND MARYLAND.
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-888-603-1402...OR BY EMAIL
AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 4252 7471 4250 7477 4251 7484 4247 7493
4246 7532 4264 7530 4285 7495 4283 7490
4290 7488 4286 7472 4281 7465 4276 7466
4263 7462
$$
DJN712
WGUS71 KBGM 100036
FFSBGM
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
836 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
NYC077-100046-
/O.CAN.KBGM.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120810T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OTSEGO NY-
836 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR OTSEGO COUNTY...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-888-603-1402...OR BY EMAIL
AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 4252 7471 4250 7477 4251 7484 4247 7493
4246 7532 4264 7530 4285 7495 4283 7490
4290 7488 4286 7472 4281 7465 4276 7466
4263 7462
$$
TACThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Schuyler | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Chemung | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Oneida | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Herkimer | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Oneida | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Chenango, Otsego | 54 min |
| Aug 9, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Broome | 55 min |
| Aug 9, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Chenango | 62 min |
| Aug 9, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 58 min |
| Aug 9, 6:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Otsego | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Otsego | 56 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.