Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Watches in 2014
Flash Flood Watch 9, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood watch at Jul 28, 2014, 11:12 AM EDT for 10 counties in New York. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2014, 11:12 AM EDT (15:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2014, 3:49 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Madison County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Yates County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:12 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Jul 28, 10:32 AM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 10:32 AM EDT, 40 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 4:07 AM EDT, 7 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 407 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-290815- 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- 407 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DJN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 28, 6:39 AM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1005 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014
NYZ015>018-022-281600-
CAYUGA NY-ONONDAGA NY-SENECA NY-STEUBEN NY-YATES NY-
1005 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014
...LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN STEUBEN...
ONONDAGA...SENECA...SOUTHERN CAYUGA AND YATES COUNTIES...
* AT 1000 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN STEUBEN...
ONONDAGA...SENECA...SOUTHERN CAYUGA AND YATES COUNTIES. RAINFALL
RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR CAN BE ANTICIPATED IN HEAVIER
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF LOCALLY 1
TO 2 INCHES THROUGH 12 NOON.
* LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE SENECA FALLS...WATERLOO...
PENN YAN...BALDWINSVILLE...SYRACUSE AND AUBURN.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...AND COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4253 7773 4254 7767 4259 7766 4258 7737
4271 7736 4277 7731 4277 7699 4302 7696
4303 7650 4323 7648 4324 7631 4321 7627
4324 7627 4321 7622 4327 7620 4317 7598
4309 7597 4307 7591 4288 7590 4232 7774
MLJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 12:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Steuben | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 12:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Steuben | 4 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, Yates | 115 min |
| Jul 28, 11:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Schuyler, Seneca and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 1:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Yates | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.