Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2021, 9:15 PM EDT for Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports 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 22, 2021, 9:15 PM EDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2021, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Wayne County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 9:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Tresslarville, PA | FROM PA511: FLOODING ON ADVENT ROAD BOTH DIRECTIONS BETWEEN LAKE ARIEL HIGHWAY AND GOLF PARK DRIVE. ALL LANES CLOSED. |
| Aug 22, 9:53 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ne Quicktown, PA | FROM PA511: FLOODING ON MOON ROAD/POND ROAD BOTH DIRECTIONS BETWEEN HOLLISTERVILLE ROAD AND TWIN ROCKS ROAD. ALL LANES CLOSED. |
| Aug 22, 11:30 PM EDT | FLOOD | 2 Wsw Angels, PA | FLOODED BASEMENT ON SENECA DRIVE. |
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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 376 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
843
WGUS51 KBGM 230115
FFWBGM
PAC127-230415-
/O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0057.210823T0115Z-210823T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
915 PM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Wayne County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 1215 AM EDT.
* At 915 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated tropical thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3
inches of rain have fallen. 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...
Sterling, Arlington, Lake Ariel, Tresslarville, Greentown, Angels,
South Canaan, Lakeville, Newfoundland and La Anna.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 4156 7545 4146 7519 4142 7524 4142 7525
4137 7530 4137 7531 4137 7533 4138 7534
4137 7535 4134 7535 4133 7531 4127 7534
4126 7535 4126 7534 4125 7535 4124 7536
4123 7549 4126 7544
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JAB1 follow-up statement
561
WGUS71 KBGM 230202
FFSBGM
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
1002 PM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021
PAC127-230415-
/O.CON.KBGM.FF.W.0057.000000T0000Z-210823T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Wayne PA-
1002 PM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT MONDAY
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY...
At 1002 PM EDT, local law enforcement significant flooding across
the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Flash
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Sterling, Arlington, Lake Ariel, Tresslarville, Greentown, Angels,
South Canaan, Lakeville, Newfoundland and La Anna.
Numerous flooded basements and roads with stranded cars have been
reported. Significant flash flooding was also occurring in nearby
Lackawanna county.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 4156 7545 4146 7519 4142 7524 4142 7525
4137 7530 4137 7531 4137 7533 4138 7534
4137 7535 4134 7535 4133 7531 4127 7534
4126 7535 4126 7534 4125 7535 4124 7536
4123 7549 4126 7544
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
JABThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 8:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Susquehanna | 8 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Pike, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Lackawanna | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 10:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 10:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford | 2 hr |
| Aug 22, 11:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Luzerne, Wyoming | 5 hr |
| Aug 23, 12:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BGM | Lackawanna | 8 hr |
| Aug 23, 12:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BGM | Wayne | 8 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 4:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Susquehanna, Wyoming | 67 min |
| Aug 23, 6:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Lackawanna | 4 hr |
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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.