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Flash Flood Watch 13, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood watch at Oct 29, 2021, 2:55 PM EDT for Chemung County, Steuben County, New York; Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Oct 29, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 2021, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 29, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2021, 2:07 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chemung County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Bradford County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
084 WGUS61 KBGM 291855 FFABGM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Binghamton NY 255 PM EDT Fri Oct 29 2021 NYZ022-024-PAZ038-300300- /O.NEW.KBGM.FF.A.0013.211029T2100Z-211030T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Steuben-Chemung-Bradford- Including the cities of Elmira, Hornell, Sayre, Corning, and Towanda 255 PM EDT Fri Oct 29 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a * Flash Flood Watch for portions of central New York and northeast Pennsylvania, including the following areas, in central New York, Chemung and Steuben. In northeast Pennsylvania, Bradford. * Through late tonight. * Steady, occasionally locally heavy rain begins to move into the area this evening, continuing through the night. Totals in excess of an inch are possible in the Watch area by early Saturday morning. * Given recent heavy rain, streams and rivers are running high. Smaller creeks and streams could quickly over-top their banks where heavy rain occurs. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$ HLC
2 follow-up statements
055 WGUS61 KBGM 300136 FFABGM Flood Watch National Weather Service Binghamton NY 936 PM EDT Fri Oct 29 2021 NYZ022-024-PAZ038-300900- /O.CON.KBGM.FF.A.0013.000000T0000Z-211030T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Steuben-Chemung-Bradford- Including the cities of Elmira, Hornell, Sayre, Corning, and Towanda 936 PM EDT Fri Oct 29 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SATURDAY... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * Portions of central New York and northeast Pennsylvania, including the following areas, in central New York, Chemung and Steuben. In northeast Pennsylvania, Bradford. * Until 5 AM EDT Saturday. * Steady, occasionally locally heavy rain continuing through the night. Totals in excess of an inch are possible in the Watch area by early Saturday morning. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$ MWG
433 WGUS61 KBGM 300607 FFABGM Flood Watch National Weather Service Binghamton NY 207 AM EDT Sat Oct 30 2021 NYZ022-024-PAZ038-300715- /O.CAN.KBGM.FF.A.0013.000000T0000Z-211030T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Steuben-Chemung-Bradford- Including the cities of Elmira, Hornell, Sayre, Corning, and Towanda 207 AM EDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... The Flash Flood Watch for portions of central New York and northeast Pennsylvania, including the following areas, in central New York, Chemung and Steuben. In northeast Pennsylvania, Bradford has been cancelled. The Flash Flood Watch is cancelled. While flash flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat, there is still water and in some cases debris on several roadways. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. Streams remain elevated as well. $$ BJG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 7:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BGM | Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Yates | 4 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.