Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Binghamton, NY
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.
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
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.
- 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
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
$$
KAH1 follow-up statement
561
WGUS71 KBGM 021853
FFSBGM
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
253 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2017
PAC127-021902-
/O.CAN.KBGM.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-170802T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Wayne PA-
253 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The heavy rain has moved out of the area. Flooding is no longer
expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining
road closures.
LAT...LON 4142 7545 4142 7531 4137 7531 4137 7533
4138 7534 4137 7535 4135 7534 4134 7535
4134 7532 4133 7531 4131 7532 4131 7544
$$
KAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 12:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Pike | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 12:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Wayne | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Susquehanna | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 12:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 115 min |
| Aug 2, 12:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Wyoming | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 1:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Susquehanna | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 2:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 2:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Luzerne, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Bradford | 34 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.