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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 2, 2014Yates County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2014, 9:25 PM EDT for Yates County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
Aug 2, 2014, 9:25 PM EDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2014, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Yates County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 2, 10:10 PM EDTFLOODPenn Yan, NYWATER BEING PUMPED FROM SOME BASEMENTS. SOME WATER ON ROADWAYS BUT SO FAR NOT MAJOR. STILL RAINING.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2014-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2014-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-134 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

771 
WGUS51 KBGM 030125
FFWBGM
NYC123-030430-
/O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0021.140803T0125Z-140803T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
925 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT

* AT 921 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR RAINFALL    
  ESTIMATES OF 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES HAVE BEEN NOTED...JUST SINCE ABOUT 
  9 PM...WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN LOCALLY SO FAR THIS EVENING.     
  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY THROUGH AT LEAST 1030 PM.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            
  RUSHVILLE...BENTON...PENN YAN...AND MIDDLESEX.

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 4277 7731 4277 7729 4276 7695 4272 7694
      4267 7690 4264 7689 4259 7700 4255 7713
      4257 7715 4258 7715 4258 7716 4274 7734

$$

MLJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 8:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMCortland, Onondaga3 hr
Aug 2, 8:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMMadison, Oneida3 hr
Aug 2, 9:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMSteuben3 hr
Aug 2, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOnondaga47 min
Aug 3, 10:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchBGMCayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga and 6 more12 hr
Aug 3, 2:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSteuben3 hr
Aug 3, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCayuga44 min
Aug 3, 3:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMChemung, Schuyler, Tompkins3 hr
Aug 3, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOneida51 min
Aug 3, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOnondaga60 min
Aug 3, 3:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMTompkins3 hr
Aug 3, 3:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMChemung, Steuben3 hr
Aug 3, 3:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMCayuga, Cortland, Onondaga3 hr
Aug 3, 4:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSeneca, Steuben, Yates3 hr
Aug 3, 4:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMCayuga, Onondaga3 hr
Aug 3, 4:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMYates3 hr
Aug 3, 4:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMCayuga, Onondaga4 hr
Aug 3, 4:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMCayuga, Seneca3 hr
Aug 3, 4:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca4 hr
Aug 3, 5:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMChenango, Madison3 hr
Aug 3, 5:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMChenango, Madison3 hr
Aug 3, 5:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMChenango, Madison, Otsego3 hr
Aug 3, 6:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMMadison, Oneida, Onondaga3 hr
Aug 3, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOtsego52 min
Aug 3, 7:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMOneida3 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.