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Flash Flood Warning 62, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 27, 2021Bradford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT for Bradford 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
Aug 27, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Bradford County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 321 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

310 
WGUS51 KBGM 272145
FFWBGM
PAC015-280045-
/O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0062.210827T2145Z-210828T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
545 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

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

* Until 845 PM EDT.

* At 545 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...
  Canton, Troy, Sylvania, Burlington, Le Roy, West Franklin, West 
  Burlington, Alba, Leona, West Le Roy, Mount Pisgah State Park and 
  Minnequa.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4183 7690 4183 7660 4165 7660 4167 7688
      4178 7690 4179 7690 4180 7690 4181 7690
      4182 7690

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

DJP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 3:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMLackawanna, Wayne3 hr
Aug 27, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMWayne34 min
Aug 27, 4:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMWayne4 hr
Aug 27, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMBradford52 min
Aug 27, 6:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSusquehanna, Wayne2 hr
Aug 27, 6:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMSusquehanna2 hr
Aug 27, 7:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMBradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming2 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.