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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2019, 5:18 PM EDT for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 97 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2019, 5:18 PM EDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2019, 6:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 97 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Luzerne County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Aug 18, 3:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 3:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Binghamton NY 328 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2019 .SYNOPSIS... Southerly winds will pull hot and humid air into NY and PA on Monday with thunderstorms possible again during the afternoon. However, storms will be mostly diurnally driven on Monday with the lack of any significant forcing. More showers and thunderstorms are expected Tuesday and especially Wednesday as as a strong cold front pushes through Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday night. Surface high pressure and cool conditions for the end of the week. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... More widespread thunderstorms developing across the region today as a short wave crosses. Some storms could severe, as CAPE values top out above 1500 J/kg and 0-6km bulk shear of 30 to 35 knots. There is also a threat for flash flooding into this evening, with forecast soundings showing PWATs topping out over 1.75" and short Corfidi vectors indicate a good possibility for back building cells/training. Southwest return flow pushes hot and humid air into NY and PA for Monday. Temperatures will rise to between 85 and 90 degrees across the Twin Tiers with heat indices possibly reaching the mid-90s. Another round of thunderstorms is likely during the afternoon peak heating, but any perturbations pushing through the westerly zonal flow aloft tomorrow appear weak, so forcing will be quite limited. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... Surface high pressure pushes over the NE U.S. with upper trough starting to dip down from Ontario Tuesday evening. Highest chances for thunderstorms will be across the southern forecast area during max heating, but rain chances will depend on positioning of the high. Euro keeps most of the region dry, with most rainfall to the south of the area. Tend to lean more towards the Euro solution as the GFS seems to be digging upper trough too quickly into the region Tuesday afternoon. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... No major changes made to the long term forecast with cooler high pressure pushing into the region towards the end of the week after a cold front passes Wednesday into Thursday. 345 AM Update... Warmth and humidity sneak back into the area one more time Wednesday, in southwest flow ahead of an approaching cold front. This will provide fuel for a likely batch of thunderstorms as the front passes through sometime in the late Wednesday- Wednesday night time frame. Some potential for stronger storms from higher shear values but details will be sorted out with more confidence in coming days. It would not be unheard of for a pre-frontal trough to complicate the set-up as often happens in our region. There is still at least a small chance for lingering convection Thursday, but most model guidance has post-frontal cool and dry air advection quickly getting underway which will lead to a quiet period lasting right into next weekend. Previous discussion... Used National Blend of Models (NBM) as a starting point for this period. All synoptic models show a large upper trough building into the northeast U.S by Friday with a large canadian high pressure following the trough. This trough will push a cold front through the region from Wednesday night to Thursday night depending on which model you look at. So used the blend to populate the POPs in this time period. All synoptic models and the NBM agree that cooler and drier air covers the region for Friday and Saturday so have POPs less than 15 percent both days. && .AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... New day, same story...showers and thunderstorms will spread across the region this afternoon and evening and should dissipate after sunset. Any storm could certainly bring IFR restrictions, but will have to amend as necessary if any site is to see a direct hit. Forecast confidence is low for overnight and into early Monday morning. Some model guidance is bringing in mid to upper level cloud cover and that should be enough to hinder fog development. However, if any site sees significant rainfall from thunderstorms today, IFR fog may certainly develop, even with cloud cover overnight. Outlook... Monday afternoon to Thursday...Restrictions possible in showers and storms. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...None. NY...None. && SYNOPSIS...MPK NEAR TERM...MPK SHORT TERM...MPK/MDP LONG TERM...MPK/MDP AVIATION...MPK
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 3:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Binghamton NY 329 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2019 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-191930- Northern Oneida-Yates-Seneca-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Steuben- Schuyler-Chemung-Tompkins-Madison-Southern Oneida-Cortland-Chenango- Otsego-Tioga-Broome-Delaware-Sullivan-Bradford-Susquehanna- Northern Wayne-Wyoming-Lackawanna-Luzerne-Pike-Southern Wayne- 329 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York and northeast Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. A marginal risk for severe thunderstorms exists this afternoon and evening. A few thunderstorms will produce very heavy downpours and gusty winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. ...POTENTIAL FOR HEAT INDICES IN THE 90S MONDAY... Temperatures will approach 90 degrees in many areas on Monday and combine with high humidity to produce heat indices in the 90s. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed.
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Sullivan | 19 min |
| Aug 18, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Steuben | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Yates | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 1:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Schuyler | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung, Schuyler, Tioga, Tompkins | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Cayuga | 25 min |
| Aug 18, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Onondaga | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tioga, Tompkins | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Oneida | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Tioga | 63 min |
| Aug 18, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Oneida | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Seneca | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung, Tioga | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Delaware | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango | 22 min |
| Aug 18, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Delaware | 28 min |
| Aug 18, 4:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Cayuga, Seneca | 67 min |
| Aug 18, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 48 min |
| Aug 18, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Delaware, Otsego | 65 min |
| Aug 18, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Sullivan | 35 min |
| Aug 18, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Sullivan | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware, Sullivan | 18 min |
| Aug 18, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Yates | 35 min |
| Aug 18, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben, Yates | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Luzerne | 25 min |
| Aug 18, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Susquehanna, Wyoming | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Lackawanna, Wayne | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 5:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Luzerne | 109 min |
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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.