Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Oct 4, 2021, 6:49 PM EDT for Steuben County, New York. 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
- Oct 4, 2021, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Steuben County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 6:55 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ssw Bradford, NY | ROAD FLOODED, TRAILER FLOODED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
978
WGUS51 KBGM 042249
FFWBGM
NYC101-050100-
/O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0071.211004T2249Z-211005T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
649 PM EDT Mon Oct 4 2021
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Steuben County in central New York...
* Until 900 PM EDT.
* At 649 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the
warned area. Between 1 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...
Savona, Sonora and Bradford.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.
&&
LAT...LON 4232 7710 4230 7711 4229 7721 4238 7722
4238 7710 4237 7710 4233 7710
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
DJN2 follow-up statements
440
WGUS71 KBGM 050012
FFSBGM
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
812 PM EDT Mon Oct 4 2021
NYC101-050100-
/O.CON.KBGM.FF.W.0071.000000T0000Z-211005T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Steuben NY-
812 PM EDT Mon Oct 4 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL STEUBEN COUNTY...
At 812 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated that between 1 and 3 inches
of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Bradford.
Mud Creek remains vulnerable to flooding.
Less than a half inch of additional rain is expected, but responses
to the earlier heavy rain are ongoing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 4232 7710 4230 7711 4231 7719 4237 7717
4238 7710 4237 7710 4233 7710
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
MDP932
WGUS71 KBGM 050056
FFSBGM
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
856 PM EDT Mon Oct 4 2021
NYC101-050106-
/O.EXP.KBGM.FF.W.0071.000000T0000Z-211005T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Steuben NY-
856 PM EDT Mon Oct 4 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR EAST
CENTRAL STEUBEN COUNTY...
Scattered showers will continue this evening but the heavy rain has
ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please
continue to heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 4232 7710 4230 7711 4231 7719 4237 7717
4238 7710 4237 7710 4233 7710
$$
MDPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 4:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Cortland | 3 hr |
| Oct 4, 4:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Cortland | 5 hr |
| Oct 4, 5:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 2 hr |
| Oct 4, 5:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Cortland | 4 hr |
| Oct 4, 6:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Steuben | 23 min |
| Oct 4, 7:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Steuben | 110 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.