Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Binghamton, NY
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 10:10 PM EDT | FLOOD | Penn Yan, NY | WATER 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.
- 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
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
$$
MLJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 8:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Cortland, Onondaga | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Madison, Oneida | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 9:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Steuben | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 9:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Onondaga | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 10:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BGM | Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga and 6 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Steuben | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Cayuga | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 3:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Chemung, Schuyler, Tompkins | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Oneida | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Onondaga | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 3:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Tompkins | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Chemung, Steuben | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Cayuga, Cortland, Onondaga | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Seneca, Steuben, Yates | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Cayuga, Onondaga | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Yates | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Onondaga | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Cayuga, Seneca | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Seneca | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Chenango, Madison | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Chenango, Madison | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Chenango, Madison, Otsego | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Madison, Oneida, Onondaga | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Otsego | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 7:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Oneida | 3 hr |
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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.