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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 2, 2017Wayne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2017, 2:02 PM EDT for Wayne 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
Aug 2, 2017, 2:02 PM EDT (18:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2017, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Wayne County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 194 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2017-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 312 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2017-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
312 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1098 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

021 
WGUS51 KBGM 021802
FFWBGM
PAC127-022100-
/O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0039.170802T1802Z-170802T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
202 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2017

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Wayne County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 500 PM EDT
  
* At 202 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have
  already fallen.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Sterling, Greentown and Arlington. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.

&&

LAT...LON 4142 7545 4142 7531 4137 7531 4137 7533
      4138 7534 4137 7535 4135 7534 4134 7535
      4134 7532 4133 7531 4131 7532 4131 7544

$$

KAH
1 follow-up statement
561 
WGUS71 KBGM 021853
FFSBGM

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
253 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2017

PAC127-021902-
/O.CAN.KBGM.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-170802T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Wayne PA-
253 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has moved out of the area. Flooding is no longer 
expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining 
road closures.

LAT...LON 4142 7545 4142 7531 4137 7531 4137 7533
      4138 7534 4137 7535 4135 7534 4134 7535
      4134 7532 4133 7531 4131 7532 4131 7544

$$

KAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 12:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMPike30 min
Aug 2, 12:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMWayne24 min
Aug 2, 12:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSusquehanna31 min
Aug 2, 12:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSusquehanna, Wayne115 min
Aug 2, 12:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMSusquehanna3 hr
Aug 2, 12:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBradford3 hr
Aug 2, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMWayne38 min
Aug 2, 1:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMWyoming36 min
Aug 2, 1:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMWayne3 hr
Aug 2, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSusquehanna39 min
Aug 2, 2:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMWayne3 hr
Aug 2, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMLackawanna, Luzerne26 min
Aug 2, 2:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMLuzerne, Wyoming3 hr
Aug 2, 4:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBradford3 hr
Aug 2, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMBradford34 min

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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.