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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 14, 2018Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2018-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 65 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 2018-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

DJN
1 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

$$
NICOSIA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 8:13 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMLackawanna24 hr
Aug 13, 9:39 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMSusquehanna44 hr
Aug 13, 9:40 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMWyoming41 hr
Aug 13, 10:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMLackawanna, Pike, Wayne3 hr
Aug 14, 6:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBradford9 hr
Aug 14, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMWyoming3 hr
Aug 14, 7:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMSusquehanna9 hr
Aug 14, 7:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBradford, Susquehanna8 hr
Aug 14, 8:04 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMBradford6 hr
Aug 14, 9:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMSusquehanna6 hr
Aug 14, 9:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMSusquehanna, Wayne6 hr
Aug 14, 9:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBradford6 hr
Aug 14, 1:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMLackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming4 hr
Aug 14, 3:22 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMBradford31 hr
Aug 14, 3:22 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMBradford29 hr
Aug 14, 3:22 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMWyoming32 hr
Aug 14, 3:22 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMLuzerne44 hr
Aug 14, 3:39 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBGMBradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming6 hr
Aug 14, 7:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBradford, Susquehanna5 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.