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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Binghamton, NY

September 18, 2012Sullivan County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Sep 18, 2012, 4:22 PM EDT for Sullivan County, New York. It was in force for 8 hr. 7 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: Sep 18, 2012, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2012, 12:15 AM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Sullivan County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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
Sep 18, 4:42 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.65	Livingston Manor, NY	FROM FACEBOOK.
Sep 18, 5:45 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Livingston Manor, NY	3 HOMES INHABITABLE WITH FOUNDATIONS WASHED OUT. 3 SMALL BRIDGES CLOSED AND 1 DESTROYED.
Sep 18, 5:53 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 5.24	Jeffersonville, NY
Sep 18, 5:55 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 5.58	Livingston Manor, NY	FROM FACEBOOK. UPDATED TOTAL.
Sep 18, 6:04 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Livingston Manor, NY	WIDSPREAD FLASH FLOODING. COUNTYWIDE.
Sep 18, 6:14 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Livingston Manor, NY	WILLOWEMOC CREEK IN LIVINGSTON MANOR OUT OF ITS BANKS. 1 FOOT OF WATER ON MAIN ST. CALLICOON CREEK IN JEFFERSONVILLE IS ALSO OUT OF ITS BANKS WITH 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER ON SEVERAL ROADS.
Sep 18, 8:35 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 5.99	Livingston Manor, NY	FROM FACEBOOK. UPDATED TOTAL AGAIN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 251 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

945 
WGUS51 KBGM 182022
FFWBGM
NYC105-190215-
/O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0002.120918T2022Z-120919T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
422 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 416 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS          
  RAIN-GAGE REPORTS HAVE INDICATED THAT 3.5 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
  FALLEN SINCE EARLIER THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2            
  INCHES...AND LOCALLY HIGHER...CAN BE ANTICIPATED THROUGH EARLY     
  THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BETHEL...
  CALLICOON...GRAHAMSVILLE...LIBERTY...LIVINGSTON MANOR...LOCH
  SHELDRAKE AND MONTICELLO.

RAPID FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...URBAN...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
IS LIKELY IN AND NEAR THESE LOCATIONS.

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...

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.

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 4175 7456 4172 7453 4168 7455 4145 7482
      4149 7498 4159 7505 4169 7505 4171 7507
      4172 7505 4176 7506 4178 7508 4181 7507
      4182 7509 4200 7473 4187 7446

$$

MLJ

3 follow-up statements

776 
WGUS71 KBGM 190029
FFSBGM

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
829 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

NYC105-190215-
/O.CON.KBGM.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120919T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SULLIVAN NY-
829 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR
SULLIVAN COUNTY...

AT 823 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
HEAVIER RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA. ALTHOUGH SOME 
ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL OCCUR THROUGH LATE 
EVENING...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO WORSEN EXISTING 
FLOOD PROBLEMS.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT FLOODING PROBLEMS LINGER 
IN LIVINGSTON MANOR AND JEFFERSONVILLE...ALONG BOTH THE WILLOWEMOC 
AND CALLICOON CREEKS. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FREMONT...
  BETHEL...CALLICOON...COCHECTON CENTER...COCHECTON...ELDRED...
  FALLSBURG...FOSTERDALE...GLEN SPEY...GRAHAMSVILLE...HARRIS...
  HAZEL...HIGHLAND LAKE...HORTONVILLE...HURLEYVILLE...
  JEFFERSONVILLE...KIAMESHA...LAVA...LIBERTY...LIVINGSTON MANOR...
  LOCH SHELDRAKE...MAPLEWOOD...MONGAUP VALLEY...MONTICELLO...
  NEVERSINK...PARKSVILLE...SOUTH FALLSBURG...SWAN LAKE...
  THOMPSONVILLE...WHITE LAKE...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...WILLOWEMOC...
  WOODBOURNE AND WOODRIDGE.

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...

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 4175 7456 4172 7453 4168 7455 4145 7482
      4149 7498 4159 7505 4169 7505 4171 7507
      4172 7505 4176 7506 4178 7508 4181 7507
      4182 7509 4200 7473 4187 7446

$$

MLJ

114 
WGUS51 KBGM 190210
FFWBGM
NYC105-190415-
/O.EXT.KBGM.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120919T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1010 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT

* AT 1003 PM EDT...LINGERING FLOODING PROBLEMS CONTINUE IN           
  CLARYVILLE...JEFFERSONVILLE...AND LIVINGSTON MANOR...FROM EARLIER  
  HEAVY RAINS. MORE SHOWERS WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION THROUGH     
  MIDNIGHT...BUT AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIGHT.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BETHEL...
  CALLICOON...GRAHAMSVILLE...LIBERTY...LIVINGSTON MANOR...LOCH
  SHELDRAKE AND MONTICELLO.

FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...URBAN...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL 
PERSIST IN AND NEAR THESE LOCATIONS.

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...

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.

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 4175 7456 4172 7453 4168 7455 4145 7482
      4149 7498 4159 7505 4169 7505 4171 7507
      4172 7505 4176 7506 4178 7508 4181 7507
      4182 7509 4200 7473 4187 7446

$$

MLJ

985 
WGUS71 KBGM 190414
FFSBGM

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1214 AM EDT WED SEP 19 2012

NYC105-190419-
/O.EXP.KBGM.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120919T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SULLIVAN NY-
1214 AM EDT WED SEP 19 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM EDT FOR SULLIVAN
COUNTY...

LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER SULLIVAN COUNTY THROUGH 1 AM 
BUT FLOODING RAINS HAVE ENDED. LINGERING FLOODING PROBLEMS STILL 
CONTINUE IN THE CLARYVILLE AREA BUT CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING.

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 4175 7456 4172 7453 4168 7455 4145 7482
      4149 7498 4159 7505 4169 7505 4171 7507
      4172 7505 4176 7506 4178 7508 4181 7507
      4182 7509 4200 7473 4187 7446

$$

RRM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 18, 4:03 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	BGM	Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Oneida and 4 more	16 hr
Sep 18, 12:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Chemung, Schuyler	58 min
Sep 18, 1:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chemung, Schuyler, Tioga, Tompkins	57 min
Sep 18, 1:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cayuga, Cortland, Onondaga, Tompkins	62 min
Sep 18, 2:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chemung, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Tioga and 1 more	59 min
Sep 18, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Tioga	53 min
Sep 18, 2:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Delaware, Sullivan	6 hr
Sep 18, 2:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BGM	Sullivan	9 hr
Sep 18, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Madison, Oneida	54 min
Sep 18, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Sullivan	32 min
Sep 18, 5:36 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	BGM	Delaware, Sullivan	14 hr

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.