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Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS Binghamton, NY

October 26, 2021Madison County, Oneida County, Onondaga County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Oct 26, 2021, 4:20 PM EDT for Madison County, Oneida County, Onondaga County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 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
Oct 26, 2021, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Madison County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 26, 5:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 W Bridgeport, NYFLOODING ON BULL STREET IN CICERO. TIME ESTIMATED.
Oct 26, 6:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOODCamillus, NYNUMEROUS FLOODED ROADWAYS AND HOMES. VOLUNTARY EVACUATION OF 14 HOMES DUE TO FLOODING.
Oct 26, 6:00 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 2.92Chittenango, NYSTORM TOTAL AMOUNT THROUGH 6 PM 10/26, INCLUDES MONDAY NIGHT 10/25 RAIN OF 0.41 INCHES.
Oct 26, 7:00 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 2.641 Sse Euclid, NY

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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 344 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
344 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
343 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

922 
WGUS51 KBGM 262020
FFWBGM
NYC053-065-067-262330-
/O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0077.211026T2020Z-211026T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
420 PM EDT Tue Oct 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Madison County in central New York...
  Oneida County in central New York...
  Northern Onondaga County in central New York...

* Until 730 PM EDT.

* At 420 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the 
  warned area and this rain will continue over the next few hours. 
  Between 2 and 2.5 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...
  Syracuse, Rome, Oneida, Baldwinsville, Hamilton, Camden, 
  Boonville, New Hartford, Cicero, Lysander, Sullivan, Lenox, Lee, 
  Verona, Westmoreland, Vienna, Chittenango, Canastota, Trenton and 
  Floyd.

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.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 4316 7588 4332 7589 4348 7581 4342 7553
      4361 7511 4333 7508 4326 7516 4324 7511
      4274 7561 4273 7589 4304 7592 4303 7649
      4323 7648 4322 7626 4324 7627 4320 7622
      4327 7620 4320 7608

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Kistner

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 9:13 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMDelaware, Sullivan96 min
Oct 26, 10:23 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Sullivan16 hr
Oct 26, 10:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Sullivan5 hr
Oct 26, 11:13 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMDelaware, Otsego, Sullivan29 min
Oct 26, 11:20 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMDelaware, Otsego24 min
Oct 26, 11:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego, Sullivan4 hr
Oct 26, 11:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego4 hr
Oct 26, 12:37 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMTompkins20 days
Oct 26, 1:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMChenango, Madison, Oneida3 hr
Oct 26, 2:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMBroome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Onondaga, Tioga and 1 more6 hr
Oct 26, 2:49 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMDelaware9 hr
Oct 26, 2:52 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMCortland52 hr
Oct 26, 3:04 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMSullivan36 hr
Oct 26, 3:05 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMSullivan42 hr
Oct 26, 3:06 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMDelaware23 hr
Oct 26, 3:11 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego3 hr
Oct 26, 3:30 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego, Sullivan3 hr
Oct 26, 3:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMOnondaga3 hr
Oct 26, 3:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBGMCayuga, Seneca, Steuben, Yates3 hr
Oct 26, 3:53 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Sullivan3 hr
Oct 26, 4:08 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMBroome, Tioga37 hr
Oct 26, 4:10 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMChenango, Delaware10 hr
Oct 26, 4:15 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyConsiderable damage threatBGMCayuga4 hr
Oct 26, 4:15 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMChenango22 hr
Oct 26, 4:26 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMBroome32 hr
Oct 26, 4:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMTompkins3 hr
Oct 26, 5:34 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatBGMCayuga, Schuyler, Seneca, Yates5 hr
Oct 26, 6:17 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego3 hr
Oct 26, 6:26 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatBGMBroome, Tioga4 hr
Oct 26, 6:57 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMBroome35 hr
Oct 26, 7:10 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMOnondaga7 hr
Oct 26, 7:10 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBGMOnondaga21 days
Oct 26, 7:44 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBGMTompkins2 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.