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Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Sep 11, 2013, 5:24 PM EDT for 5 counties in 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
- Sep 11, 2013, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2013, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA
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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 Sep 11, 3:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 3:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 342 PM EDT WED SEP 11 2013 .SYNOPSIS... VERY WARM HUMID WEATHER WILL COVER THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WILL DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT... THEN A COLD FRONT WILL TRIGGER ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. MUCH COOLER WEATHER WILL FOLLOW BEHIND THE FRONT ON FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY/... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON IN A VERY MOIST... UNSTABLE AIRMASS AS THE UPPER RIDGE SLOWLY BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN IN RESPONSE TO PASSAGE OF A WEAK SHORT WAVE. STORMS HAVE EXHIBITED MODERATELY STRONG UPDRAFTS... WITH A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE REPORTS THROUGH 330 PM... HOWEVER THEY HAVE NOT BEEN LONG-LIVED OR WELL ORGANIZED ENOUGH TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER AS OF YET. SHEAR WILL REMAIN MARGINAL FOR ORGANIZED CONVECTION THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN NY AND NORTHERN PA... BUT IS A BIT STRONGER ACROSS CENTRAL NY. BASED ON THIS STORMS COULD EXHIBIT MORE ORGANIZATION AS THEY MOVE INTO THE SYR/RME/UCA AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. REGARDLESS LARGE AMOUNTS OF INSTABILITY WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR AT LEAST AN ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT INTO THIS EVENING... AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH 9 PM. STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH OVERNIGHT BUT MAY NOT COMPLETELY DIE OUT AS MID-LEVEL HEIGHTS CONTINUE TO FALL SLOWLY AND THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE. BASED ON THIS HAVE GONE WITH 40-50 POPS FOR MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... THEN LOWERED TO 20 TO 30 POPS OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL REMAIN UNSEASONABLY WARM WITH LOWS ONLY REACHING NEAR 70 IN MOST PLACES. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... STRONG COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY ACCOMPANIED BY ONE OR TWO MORE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE SEVERITY OF THIS EVENT MAY DEPEND ON HOW MUCH RAIN AND CLOUDINESS OCCURS IN THE MORNING. MODELS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH DEVELOPING CONVECTION WELL AHEAD OF THE FRONT THURSDAY MORNING IN A REGION OF CONTINUED MID-LEVEL HEIGHT FALLS AND POSSIBLY A LEE SURFACE TROUGH. THIS SHOULD KEEP THE ATM FROM GETTING AS UNSTABLE AS TODAY... BUT LARGE-SCALE FORCING WILL BE MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT AND ANY STORMS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THURSDAY AFTERNOON COULD STILL BE SEVERE. AT THIS POINT WE ARE STILL EXPECTING MLCAPE VALUES OF 1000-1500 J/KG THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHICH SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR SEVERE STORMS GIVEN THE STRONG FORCING AND INCREASING DEEP LAYER WINDS AND SHEAR ACCOMPANYING THE APPROACHING MID-LEVEL TROUGH. STORMS WILL END THURSDAY EVENING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. MUCH COOLER AIR WILL FOLLOW BEHIND THE FRONT WITH LAKE CLOUDS AND SHOWERS DEVELOPING SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO BY FRIDAY MORNING AS 850 MB TEMPERATURES FALL TO AROUND +5 DEGREES C. CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL NY AND NORTHERN PA THROUGH FRIDAY AS 850 MB TEMPERATURES FALL TO AROUND +2... WHICH WILL BE EASILY COOL ENOUGH FOR SOME LAKE ENHANCEMENT ESPECIALLY OVER OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES. TEMPERATURES FRIDAY WILL STRUGGLE TO CLIMB OUT OF THE 50S IN SOME PLACES. SATURDAY WILL BE DRY AND COOL WITH MORE SUNSHINE AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS TOWARD THE AREA. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT THROUGH EXTENDED PERIOD. THE NORTHEAST WILL BEGIN THE PERIOD IN AN UPPER LEVEL TROF WITH A GRADUALLY BUILDING RIDGE LATE IN THE PERIOD AS THE MID WEST RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE GREAT LAKES. OVERALL A FAIRLY DRY BUT COOL EXTENDED FORECAST. ONLY PRECIP MAKER WILL BE A SFC COLD FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE SLIGHT CHC/CHC POPS FOR THIS BOUNDARY. && .AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS RESIDES OVER THE REGION AND WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH UNTIL 01Z. TO COVER THIS CONVECTION INCLUDED A THREE HOUR TEMPO MVFR THUNDERSTORM GROUP AT ALL TERMINALS FOR THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. OVERNIGHT, WIDESPREAD MVFR VSBYS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HAZE/FOG. DENSE FOG IS NOT EXPECTED ATTM DUE TO BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS. ON THURSDAY, A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS.. FOR ALL BUT KAVP INCLUDED TEMPO GROUP FOR MVFR THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON PERIOD. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 10 KNOTS WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 KNOTS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND LAKE PLAIN. LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT FOLLOWED BY SOUTHWEST WINDS AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING. OUTLOOK... FRI...EARLY MVFR CIGS/-SHRA...MAY IMPROVE BY LTR IN THE DAY. SAT/SUN...VFR...BUT MAYBE SOME EARLY MORNING FOG/IFR AT KELM. SUN NIGHT/MONDAY...RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE IN SCATTERED SHOWERS. && .CLIMATE... TUESDAY UPDATE... TODAY TO WED NGT SHOULD BE A FEW DEGREES SHY OF THE RECORD HIGHS. ESPECIALLY WITH THE LONGER THREADED SYRACUSE AND AVOCA RECORDS BACK TO THE EARLY 1900S. SEPT 10 RECORD HIGHS BGM 92 IN 1964 SYR 94 IN 1931 AVP 96 IN 1931 9/10 ACTUAL HIGHS BGM 84 SYR 89 AVP 92 SEPT 11 RECORD HIGHS BGM 87 IN 1983 SYR 97 IN 1931 AVP 95 IN 1931 SEPT 11 RECORD HIGH LOWS BGM 65 IN 1971 SYR 71 IN 1947 AVP 73 IN 1947 SEPT 12 RECORD HIGH LOWS BGM 68 IN 1961 SYR 70 IN 1906 AVP 74 IN 1931 && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MSE NEAR TERM...MSE SHORT TERM...MSE LONG TERM...RRM AVIATION...RRM CLIMATE...
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 3:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 346 PM EDT WED SEP 11 2013 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-122000- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO- OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA- NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 346 PM EDT WED SEP 11 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 520 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ON THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH STRONG DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. MSE
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Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Sep 11, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Tioga | 48 min |
| Sep 11, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Broome | 41 min |
| Sep 11, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Cortland, Tioga | 50 min |
| Sep 11, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung, Schuyler, Tioga, Tompkins | 49 min |
| Sep 11, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego | 45 min |
| Sep 11, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga | 62 min |
| Sep 11, 4:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Broome, Cortland, Tioga | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 60 min |
| Sep 11, 4:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga | 6 hr |
| Sep 11, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Oneida | 63 min |
| Sep 11, 4:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Chenango | 6 hr |
| Sep 11, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Chemung, Tioga | 55 min |
| Sep 11, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 67 min |
| Sep 11, 4:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 6 hr |
| Sep 11, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Delaware | 56 min |
| Sep 11, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Delaware | 64 min |
| Sep 11, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Madison, Oneida, Onondaga | 62 min |
| Sep 11, 5:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 6 hr |
| Sep 11, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Delaware | 49 min |
| Sep 11, 5:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Madison, Oneida | 6 hr |
| Sep 11, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Sullivan | 58 min |
| Sep 11, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Wyoming | 39 min |
| Sep 11, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Bradford | 42 min |
| Sep 11, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Susquehanna | 48 min |
| Sep 11, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 40 min |
| Sep 11, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Lackawanna | 25 min |
| Sep 11, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Lackawanna | 44 min |
| Sep 11, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Wayne | 56 min |
| Sep 11, 4:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Susquehanna | 45 min |
| Sep 11, 5:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BGM | Lackawanna | 10 hr |
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