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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 2, 2024Steuben County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2024, 4:24 PM EDT for Steuben County, New York. 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2024, 4:24 PM EDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2024, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Steuben County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2024-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 166 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2024-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
166 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 2, 3:58 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:58 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 2:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
258 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-031900-
Northern Oneida-Yates-Seneca-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Steuben-
Schuyler-Chemung-Tompkins-Madison-Southern Oneida-Cortland-Chenango-
Otsego-Tioga-Broome-Delaware-Sullivan-Bradford-Susquehanna-
Northern Wayne-Wyoming-Lackawanna-Luzerne-Pike-Southern Wayne-
258 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York and
northeast Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Scattered showers and storms with heavy rainfall expected today. Any
slow-moving and/or training showers and storms may produce heavy
downpours that could lead to localized flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
220 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024

NYZ022>024-055-056-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-022030-
Steuben-Schuyler-Chemung-Tioga-Broome-Bradford-Susquehanna-
Northern Wayne-Wyoming-Lackawanna-Luzerne-Pike-Southern Wayne-
220 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY
WINDS THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTHEAST PA AND THE SOUTHERN TIER OF
NY...

Showers and embedded thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall
and gusty winds will move across northeast Pennsylvania and
the southern tier of central New York from mid to late afternoon.

Thunderstorms will be capable of producing locally heavy rainfall
that could cause urban and poor drainage flooding. Thunderstorms
also could produce gusty winds to 50 mph.

If are outdoors be prepared to take shelter if a storm
approaches. If you are driving this afternoon, watch out for
ponding on roadways. Never drive through flooded roadways.

NICOSIA
Local storm report, Aug 2, 3:57 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 9:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSteuben41 min
Aug 2, 3:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMSteuben114 min
Aug 2, 5:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMWayne16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.