Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 2016, 6:29 PM EDT for Lackawanna County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. 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
- Jul 30, 2016, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2016, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lackawanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 7:41 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 6 | Moscow, PA | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
247
WGUS51 KBGM 302229
FFWBGM
PAC069-127-310130-
/O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0009.160730T2229Z-160731T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
629 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LACKAWANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 628 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MOSCOW...STERLING...LEHIGH...ANGELS...MOUNT COBB...GREENTOWN...
ARLINGTON...JESSUP...DRINKER...QUICKTOWN...WIMMERS...
NEWFOUNDLAND...FELLS CORNERS AND DALEVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 4145 7553 4142 7525 4137 7526 4137 7533
4138 7534 4137 7535 4135 7534 4134 7535
4134 7532 4133 7531 4127 7534 4126 7555
$$
KAH/RRM1 follow-up statement
240
WGUS71 KBGM 302358
FFSBGM
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
758 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016
PAC069-127-310130-
/O.CON.KBGM.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160731T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LACKAWANNA PA-WAYNE PA-
758 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LACKAWANNA AND SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...
AT 753 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN
MOSCOW AND STERLING PENNSYLVANIA. UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MOSCOW...STERLING...LEHIGH...ANGELS...MOUNT COBB...GREENTOWN...
ARLINGTON...JESSUP...DRINKER...QUICKTOWN...WIMMERS...NEWFOUNDLAND...
FELLS CORNERS AND DALEVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 4145 7553 4142 7525 4137 7526 4137 7533
4138 7534 4137 7535 4135 7534 4134 7535
4134 7532 4133 7531 4127 7534 4126 7555
$$
KAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 4:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Wayne, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 5:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne | 6 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Pike, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 7:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BGM | Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and 1 more | 8 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.