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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 1, 2013Broome County, Tioga County, New York; Bradford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2013, 5:31 PM EDT for Broome County, Tioga County, New York; Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2013, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2013, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Broome County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Bradford County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 209 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2013-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 232 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2013-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
232 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 warning went out at Jul 1, 5:23 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 5:23 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 9:54 AM EDT, 7 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
954 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

NYZ009-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-
021400-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-
TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-
WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
954 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW
YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

THERE WILL BE A DAILY CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...
CONTAINING HEAVY DOWNPOURS. LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN
AREAS THAT RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN. THE BEST CHANCE FOR FLASH FLOODING
WILL BE TODAY AND TUESDAY. RIVER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

NYZ022>025-021400-
STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-
954 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

THERE WILL BE A DAILY CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...
CONTAINING HEAVY DOWNPOURS. LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN ANY
AREAS THAT RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

NYZ015>018-021400-
YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-
954 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE WILL BE A DAILY CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...
CONTAINING HEAVY DOWNPOURS. LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN ANY
AREAS THAT RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 4:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
420 PM EDT MON JUL 01 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0418 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CORTLAND                42.60N  76.18W
07/01/2013                   CORTLAND           NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            RUSHING WATER... TREES AND DEBRIS ACROSS ALL ROADS
            COUNTYWIDE

&&

PN
Local storm report, Jul 1, 5:22 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 1, 5:28 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMChenango, Madison3 hr
Jul 1, 6:12 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSullivan3 hr
Jul 1, 8:51 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSullivan3 hr
Jul 1, 9:44 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMChemung, Steuben, Tioga3 hr
Jul 1, 12:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMChemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Tioga, Tompkins3 hr
Jul 1, 2:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMChenango, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga3 hr
Jul 1, 2:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMCortland9 hr
Jul 1, 3:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSullivan3 hr
Jul 1, 3:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMMadison, Oneida12 hr
Jul 1, 4:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMTioga, Tompkins6 hr
Jul 1, 4:53 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMCortland39 hr
Jul 1, 5:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMChenango, Cortland, Madison11 hr
Jul 1, 6:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMOtsego6 hr
Jul 1, 6:59 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMChenango33 hr
Jul 1, 7:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBroome3 hr
Jun 30, 10:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBradford3 hr
Jun 30, 11:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBradford3 hr
Jul 1, 5:21 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMPike3 hr
Jul 1, 4:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMLackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2013Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2013Every flash flood warning in 2013

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.