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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 8, 2021Pike County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2021, 11:41 AM EDT for Pike County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 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: Jun 8, 2021, 11:41 AM EDT (15:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Pike County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 289 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1170 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

204 
WGUS51 KBGM 081541
FFWBGM
PAC103-081845-
/O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0004.210608T1541Z-210608T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
1141 AM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Pike County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 245 PM EDT.

* At 1141 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2 inches of 
  rain has fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Doppler radar.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Lackawaxen, Blooming Grove, Paupack, Shohola, Pecks Pond, Greeley, 
  Millrift, Lords Valley, Rowland, Promised Land State Park and Twin 
  Lakes.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you 
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 4124 7529 4136 7531 4137 7527 4138 7526
      4149 7498 4148 7498 4148 7497 4148 7494
      4148 7491 4146 7491 4145 7489 4144 7489
      4144 7486 4143 7483 4144 7481 4142 7479
      4143 7475 4142 7473 4125 7520

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Kistner

2 follow-up statements

587 
WGUS71 KBGM 081613
FFSBGM

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
1213 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

PAC103-081845-
/O.CON.KBGM.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210608T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Pike PA-
1213 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT THIS 
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY...

At 1213 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3 inches of rain 
has already fallen and an additional 1 to 2 inches is possible. 
Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Doppler radar.

IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
         drainage and low lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Lackawaxen, Blooming Grove, Paupack, Shohola, Pecks Pond, Greeley, 
  Millrift, Lords Valley, Rowland, Promised Land State Park and Twin 
  Lakes.

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.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you 
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 4124 7529 4136 7531 4137 7527 4138 7526
      4149 7498 4148 7498 4148 7497 4148 7494
      4148 7491 4146 7491 4145 7489 4144 7489
      4144 7486 4143 7483 4144 7481 4142 7479
      4143 7475 4142 7473 4125 7520

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Kistner

495 
WGUS71 KBGM 081840
FFSBGM

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
240 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

PAC103-081850-
/O.EXP.KBGM.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210608T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Pike PA-
240 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR 
CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 4124 7529 4136 7531 4137 7527 4138 7526
      4149 7498 4148 7498 4148 7497 4148 7494
      4148 7491 4146 7491 4145 7489 4144 7489
      4144 7486 4143 7483 4144 7481 4142 7479
      4143 7475 4142 7473 4125 7520

$$

Kistner

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 10:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Susquehanna	36 min
Jun 8, 10:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Lackawanna	32 min
Jun 8, 10:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Lackawanna, Wyoming	2 hr
Jun 8, 11:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Lackawanna	38 min
Jun 8, 11:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Wayne	3 hr
Jun 8, 11:35 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming	4 hr
Jun 8, 11:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Lackawanna, Pike, Wayne	44 min
Jun 8, 12:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Pike	39 min
Jun 8, 12:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Luzerne	118 min
Jun 8, 2:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Luzerne	86 min
Jun 8, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Wayne	45 min
Jun 8, 5:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Susquehanna, Wayne	116 min
Jun 8, 5:53 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Susquehanna, Wayne	63 min
Jun 8, 6:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BGM	Wyoming	115 min
Jun 8, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BGM	Susquehanna	52 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.