Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 78, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Oct 26, 2021, 4:41 PM EDT for Tompkins County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Tompkins County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 7:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Ithaca, NY | NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED. |
| Oct 26, 7:15 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.71 | 1.2 Se Mecklenburg, NY |
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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
786
WGUS51 KBGM 262041
FFWBGM
NYC109-262345-
/O.NEW.KBGM.FF.W.0078.211026T2041Z-211026T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
441 PM EDT Tue Oct 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Tompkins County in central New York...
* Until 745 PM EDT.
* At 441 PM EDT, Emergency management reported heavy rain across the
warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen.
Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the
warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.
SOURCE...Emergency management reported.
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...
Ithaca, Newfield, Enfield, Danby, Trumansburg, Besemer,
Brooktondale, South Danby, Taughannock Falls, Slaterville Springs,
Cayuga Heights, Lansing, Robert H. Treman State Park, Buttermilk
Falls State Park, South Hill, Allan H. Treman State Marine Park,
East Ithaca, Newfield Hamlet, Northwest Ithaca and West Danby.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4255 7656 4233 7625 4230 7625 4230 7629
4231 7629 4231 7635 4232 7635 4232 7642
4226 7642 4226 7647 4228 7648 4228 7669
4255 7669
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
$$
MJM1 follow-up statement
468
WGUS71 KBGM 262112
FFSBGM
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
512 PM EDT Tue Oct 26 2021
NYC109-262345-
/O.CON.KBGM.FF.W.0078.000000T0000Z-211026T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Tompkins NY-
512 PM EDT Tue Oct 26 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN TOMPKINS COUNTY...
At 512 PM EDT, Emergency management reported heavy rain, and
significant road flooding across the warned area. Between 1.5 and
3.0 inches of rain have already fallen. Additional rainfall amounts
up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Considerable flash
flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Emergency management reported.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Ithaca, Newfield, Enfield, Danby, Trumansburg, Besemer,
Brooktondale, South Danby, Taughannock Falls, Slaterville Springs,
Cayuga Heights, Lansing, Robert H. Treman State Park, Buttermilk
Falls State Park, South Hill, Allan H. Treman State Marine Park,
East Ithaca, Newfield Hamlet, Northwest Ithaca and West Danby.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.
&&
LAT...LON 4255 7656 4233 7625 4230 7625 4230 7629
4231 7629 4231 7635 4232 7635 4232 7642
4226 7642 4226 7647 4228 7648 4228 7669
4255 7669
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
MJMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 9:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Delaware, Sullivan | 96 min |
| Oct 26, 10:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware, Sullivan | 16 hr |
| Oct 26, 10:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware, Sullivan | 5 hr |
| Oct 26, 11:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Delaware, Otsego, Sullivan | 29 min |
| Oct 26, 11:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Delaware, Otsego | 24 min |
| Oct 26, 11:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware, Otsego, Sullivan | 4 hr |
| Oct 26, 11:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware, Otsego | 4 hr |
| Oct 26, 12:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Tompkins | 20 days |
| Oct 26, 1:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Chenango, Madison, Oneida | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 2:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Onondaga, Tioga and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 26, 2:49 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware | 9 hr |
| Oct 26, 2:52 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Cortland | 52 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:04 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 36 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 42 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:06 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware | 23 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware, Otsego | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware, Otsego, Sullivan | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Onondaga | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Cayuga, Seneca, Steuben, Yates | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware, Sullivan | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 4:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 37 hr |
| Oct 26, 4:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Chenango, Delaware | 10 hr |
| Oct 26, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Cayuga | 4 hr |
| Oct 26, 4:15 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Chenango | 22 hr |
| Oct 26, 4:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Madison, Oneida, Onondaga | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 4:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Broome | 32 hr |
| Oct 26, 5:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Schuyler, Seneca, Yates | 5 hr |
| Oct 26, 6:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware, Otsego | 3 hr |
| Oct 26, 6:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 4 hr |
| Oct 26, 6:57 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Broome | 35 hr |
| Oct 26, 7:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Onondaga | 7 hr |
| Oct 26, 7:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Onondaga | 21 days |
| Oct 26, 7:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BGM | Tompkins | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.