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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 13, 2018Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this river flood warning at Aug 13, 2018, 8:13 PM EDT for Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Aug 13, 2018, 9:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 13, 2018, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 13, 2018, 9:00 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 14, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Lackawanna County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The river

Written for the forecast point Lackawanna River at Old Forge (OFRP1).

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01536000, 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 Aug 13, 7:24 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 7:24 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 3:21 PM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
321 PM EDT Mon Aug 13 2018

NYZ009-015>018-036-037-141930-
Northern Oneida-Yates-Seneca-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Madison-
Southern Oneida-
321 PM EDT Mon Aug 13 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

A slow moving low pressure system over Pennsylvania will bring
showers and thunderstorms to the area, some of which may contain
very heavy rain. This heavy rain may cause flooding of low lying
areas and culverts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Additional rain is expected Tuesday which could be locally heavy.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NYZ022>025-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-141930-
Steuben-Schuyler-Chemung-Tompkins-Cortland-Chenango-Otsego-Tioga-
Broome-Delaware-Sullivan-Bradford-Susquehanna-Northern Wayne-Wyoming-
Lackawanna-Luzerne-Pike-Southern Wayne-
321 PM EDT Mon Aug 13 2018

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York and
northeast Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

 Flash Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Additional rain is expected Tuesday which could be locally heavy.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 13, 6:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
604 PM EDT MON AUG 13 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0604 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CLARKS SUMMIT           41.49N  75.71W
08/13/2018                   LACKAWANNA         PA   911 CALL CENTER

            SEWER BACKING UP INTO HOUSE

&&

HLC

Local storm report, Aug 13, 6:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 13, 6:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 13, 6:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 13, 7:27 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
727 PM EDT MON AUG 13 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0725 PM     HEAVY RAIN       EXETER                  41.33N  75.82W
08/13/2018  E4.00 INCH       LUZERNE            PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NEARLY 4IN FROM 2-7PM

&&

HLC

Local storm report, Aug 13, 7:38 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
738 PM EDT MON AUG 13 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0737 PM     FLASH FLOOD      PECKVILLE               41.48N  75.62W
08/13/2018                   LACKAWANNA         PA   911 CALL CENTER

            FLOODED ROADWAY NEAR PLANET FITNESS

&&

HLC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 9:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Broome, Tioga, Tompkins	3 hr
Aug 13, 9:39 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	BGM	Broome	44 hr
Aug 13, 10:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Broome, Chenango	3 hr
Aug 14, 2:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins, Yates	3 hr
Aug 14, 4:15 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Schuyler, Seneca, Yates	12 hr
Aug 14, 5:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	BGM	Schuyler, Seneca, Yates	3 hr
Aug 14, 5:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Cayuga, Seneca, Yates	3 hr
Aug 14, 7:08 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Chemung, Schuyler	9 hr
Aug 14, 7:18 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Broome	9 hr
Aug 14, 7:45 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Tioga	8 hr
Aug 14, 9:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Broome	6 hr
Aug 14, 9:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Broome, Tioga	6 hr
Aug 14, 9:36 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Tioga	6 hr
Aug 14, 11:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Broome, Chenango, Cortland	3 hr
Aug 14, 1:18 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	BGM	Broome, Tioga	26 hr
Aug 14, 3:22 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	BGM	Tioga	31 hr
Aug 14, 3:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BGM	Broome, Tioga	6 hr
Aug 14, 4:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Onondaga	2 hr
Aug 14, 5:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Delaware	73 min
Aug 14, 5:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Delaware	71 min
Aug 14, 5:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Chenango	3 hr
Aug 14, 6:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Tioga, Tompkins	3 hr
Aug 14, 6:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Chenango, Madison, Oneida	3 hr
Aug 14, 6:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Broome, Chenango, Tioga	3 hr
Aug 14, 7:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Broome, Tioga, Tompkins	5 hr
Aug 14, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Madison	54 min
Aug 14, 7:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Oneida	89 min
Aug 14, 7:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Chenango, Madison, Oneida, Otsego	4 hr
Aug 14, 7:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Broome, Tioga	5 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, 8:04 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	BGM	Bradford	6 hr
Aug 14, 9:43 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Wyoming	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	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

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.