Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 2021, 4:09 PM EDT for Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 4 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
- Aug 27, 2021, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2021, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Wayne County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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, 8.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted.
371
WGUS51 KBGM 272009
FFWBGM
PAC127-280015-
/O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0061.210827T2009Z-210828T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
409 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Wayne County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 815 PM EDT.
* At 409 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across 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...
Honesdale, Damascus, Waymart, Hawley, Prompton, Bethany,
Rutledgedale, Lake Ariel, Tresslarville, Arlington, Pleasant
Mount, South Canaan, Beech Grove, Seelyville, Prompton State Park,
Laurella, Headley, Aldenville, Beach Lake and Rileyville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.
&&
LAT...LON 4179 7543 4171 7506 4171 7507 4170 7506
4169 7505 4146 7519 4144 7520 4143 7520
4143 7521 4142 7522 4143 7523 4142 7523
4142 7525 4141 7525 4140 7545
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
DJPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 3:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Lackawanna, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Wayne | 34 min |
| Aug 27, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Bradford | 52 min |
| Aug 27, 5:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Bradford | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Susquehanna | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 7:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.