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Flash Flood Watch 9, NWS Binghamton, NY

July 28, 201410 counties in New York

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.

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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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2014-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 66 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2014-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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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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, Jul 28, 10:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 12:28 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSteuben3 hr
Jul 28, 12:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMSteuben4 hr
Jul 28, 10:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, Yates115 min
Jul 28, 11:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Schuyler, Seneca and 1 more2 hr
Jul 28, 1:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOtsego44 min
Jul 28, 1:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMYates3 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.