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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 8, 2021Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2021, 2:32 PM EDT for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 86 min. 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: Jun 8, 2021, 2:32 PM EDT (18:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2021, 3:58 PM EDT
In force: 86 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Luzerne County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 8, 3:10 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Nne Sweet Valley, PA	DOBSON ROAD HAD SHOULDER WASHOUT, ALSO MULTIPLE ROADS IN AND AROUND SWEET VALLEY HAVE LARGE ROCKS/DEBRIS FROM WATER OVERFLOW THAT ARE BEING CLEARED BY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TODAY.

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 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 243 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

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The text

As transmitted.

615 
WGUS51 KBGM 081832
FFWBGM
PAC079-082130-
/O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0005.210608T1832Z-210608T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 530 PM EDT.

* At 232 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 2.5 inches of 
  rain has already 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...
  Muhlenberg, Sweet Valley, Nanticoke, Plymouth, Larksville, Lehman, 
  Dallas, Pikes Creek, Glen Lyon, Lynwood and Shavertown.

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.

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. 
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately. 
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate 
precautions to protect life and property.

&&

LAT...LON 4132 7595 4131 7622 4117 7620 4120 7595

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Kistner

1 follow-up statement

165 
WGUS71 KBGM 081958
FFSBGM

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

PAC079-082008-
/O.CAN.KBGM.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210608T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Luzerne PA-
358 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN LUZERNE 
COUNTY...

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

LAT...LON 4132 7595 4131 7622 4117 7620 4120 7595

$$

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, 11:41 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Pike	3 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.