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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 18, 2021Bradford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2021, 8:22 PM EDT for Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 2021, 8:22 PM EDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2021, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Bradford County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 18, 9:10 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 Sse Litchfield, PAWATER OVER A BRIDGE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 286 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
286 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

835 
WGUS51 KBGM 190022
FFWBGM
PAC015-190230-
/O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0048.210819T0022Z-210819T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
822 PM EDT Wed Aug 18 2021

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Bradford County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 1030 PM EDT.

* At 822 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 0.5 inches of rain have 
  fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. 
  Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches are possible in the 
  warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Sayre, Waverly, Athens, Litchfield, South Waverly, Windham, Rome, 
  Le Raysville, Little Meadows, Warren Center, Milan, Orwell and 
  West Warren.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.

&&

LAT...LON 4193 7614 4181 7613 4187 7646 4200 7660
      4200 7655 4200 7652 4200 7649 4200 7645
      4200 7638 4200 7625 4200 7615 4199 7615
      4198 7614

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

NICOSIA
1 follow-up statement
585 
WGUS71 KBGM 190141
FFSBGM

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
941 PM EDT Wed Aug 18 2021

PAC015-190230-
/O.CON.KBGM.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210819T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bradford PA-
941 PM EDT Wed Aug 18 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT THIS 
EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN BRADFORD COUNTY...

At 941 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated that the heavy rain has moved 
out of northeast Bradford County. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain 
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible 
in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
         drainage and low-lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Sayre, Waverly, Athens, Litchfield, South Waverly, Windham, Rome, Le 
Raysville, Little Meadows, Warren Center, Milan, Orwell and West 
Warren.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.

&&

LAT...LON 4193 7614 4181 7613 4187 7646 4200 7660
      4200 7655 4200 7652 4200 7649 4200 7645
      4200 7638 4200 7625 4200 7615 4199 7615
      4198 7614

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

DJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 11:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMLackawanna, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne117 min
Aug 19, 12:41 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMPike, Wayne2 hr
Aug 19, 9:53 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMBradford6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.