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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Binghamton, NY

April 6, 2017Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this river flood warning at Apr 6, 2017, 9:18 PM EDT for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Apr 8, 2017, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2017, 9:18 PM EDT (01:18 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 8, 2017, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 8, 2017, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Luzerne County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Susquehanna River at Wilkes Barre (WBRP1). The gauge peaked at 20.78 ft at Apr 8, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01536500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Apr 6, 7:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 7:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 8:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Broome, Chenango, Tioga	111 min
Apr 6, 9:15 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	BGM	Broome	43 hr
Apr 6, 9:16 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	BGM	Cortland	47 hr
Apr 6, 9:21 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	BGM	Onondaga	7 days
Apr 6, 11:22 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	BGM	Tompkins	11 days
Apr 7, 12:26 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	BGM	Broome, Tompkins	6 days
Apr 6, 9:18 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	BGM	Bradford	36 hr
Apr 6, 9:18 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	BGM	Wyoming	44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.