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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 18, 2018Delaware County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this river flood warning at Aug 18, 2018, 6:02 AM EDT for Delaware County, New York. It took effect at Aug 18, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 18, 2018, 6:02 AM EDT (10:02 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 18, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Aug 18, 2018, 9:11 PM EDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Delaware County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point West Branch Delaware River at Walton (WALN6). The gauge peaked at 10.24 ft at Aug 18, 2018, 1:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 9.5 ft
Minor stage: 11.5 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01423000, 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 17, 3:49 PM EDT, 14 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 3:49 PM EDT, 14 hours 13 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
Aug 17, 8:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Delaware	115 min
Aug 18, 4:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Delaware	2 hr
Aug 18, 8:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Tioga	63 min
Aug 18, 9:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Broome	50 min
Aug 18, 10:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Delaware	50 min
Aug 18, 11:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Sullivan	52 min
Aug 18, 12:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Sullivan	29 min

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.