Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2018, 9:43 AM EDT for Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 6 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 14, 2018, 9:43 AM EDT (13:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2018, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Wyoming County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:42 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
117
WGUS51 KBGM 141343
FFWBGM
PAC131-141945-
/O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0049.180814T1343Z-180814T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
943 AM EDT TUE AUG 14 2018
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Wyoming County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 345 PM EDT Tuesday.
* At 943 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned
area.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Falls, Tunkhannock, Factoryville, Mehoopany, Nicholson, Meshoppen,
Forkston, Laceyville, Osterhout and Evans Falls.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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 4148 7624 4155 7622 4165 7615 4165 7612
4164 7611 4164 7574 4162 7574 4159 7577
4157 7577 4153 7580 4150 7578 4144 7582
$$
DJN1 follow-up statement
514
WGUS71 KBGM 141702
FFSBGM
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
102 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2018
PAC131-141945-
/O.CON.KBGM.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-180814T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Wyoming PA-
102 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR
WYOMING COUNTY...
At 1259 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated rain has ended. Flash
flooding is on-going with several roads either flooded or closed and
people being evacuated. This is a dangerous situation.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Falls, Tunkhannock, Factoryville, Mehoopany, Nicholson, Meshoppen,
Forkston, Laceyville, Osterhout and Evans Falls.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
&&
LAT...LON 4148 7624 4155 7622 4165 7615 4165 7612
4164 7611 4164 7574 4162 7574 4159 7577
4157 7577 4153 7580 4150 7578 4144 7582
$$
NICOSIAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 8:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Lackawanna | 24 hr |
| Aug 13, 9:39 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 44 hr |
| Aug 13, 9:40 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Wyoming | 41 hr |
| Aug 13, 10:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Lackawanna, Pike, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 9 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 9 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna | 8 hr |
| Aug 14, 8:04 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 9:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 9:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 9:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming | 4 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:22 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 31 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:22 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 29 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:22 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Wyoming | 32 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:22 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 44 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna | 5 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.