Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Oct 21, 2016, 6:32 AM EDT for Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 21, 2016, 6:32 AM EDT (10:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 21, 2016, 9:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bradford County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:32 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 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
622 WGUS51 KBGM 211032 FFWBGM PAC015-211330- /O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0013.161021T1032Z-161021T1330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 632 AM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BRADFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... * UNTIL 930 AM EDT * AT 628 AM EDT...LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN HAD CAUSED FLASH FLOODING AND ROAD CLOSURES AROUND THE AREA. OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVERNIGHT. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING, AND THE STREAM GAUGE ON TOWANDA CREEK HAD EXCEEDED MODERATE FLOOD STAGE. SCHRADER CREEK AND SUGAR RUN MAY ALSO BE FLOODING AT THIS TIME. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... TOWANDA...CANTON...WEST FRANKLIN...TROY...WEST BURLINGTON... MONROE...NEW ALBANY...OVERTON...ALBA AND MONROETON. * WATER LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY DROP THROUGH THE MORNING, HOWEVER, MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA WHICH WILL LIKELY CREATE NEW FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE. && LAT...LON 4179 7688 4176 7641 4156 7643 4160 7688 $$ JAB
1 follow-up statement
981 WGUS71 KBGM 211333 FFSBGM FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 933 AM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016 PAC015-211342- /O.EXP.KBGM.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-161021T1330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BRADFORD PA- 933 AM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BRADFORD COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... HEAVIER RAIN MOVED OUT OF THE REGION EARLIER THIS MORNING. NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER THE NEAR TERM. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 4179 7688 4176 7641 4156 7643 4160 7688 $$ MLJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 10:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford, Wyoming | 27 min |
| Oct 20, 11:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Bradford | 31 min |
| Oct 21, 12:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford | 3 hr |
| Oct 21, 12:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 6 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:39 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna | 3 hr |
| Oct 21, 5:40 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 13 hr |
| Oct 21, 1:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford, Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 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.