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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Binghamton, NY

June 20, 2024Steuben County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 20, 2024, 2:40 PM EDT for Steuben County, New York. It was in force for 76 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2024, 2:40 PM EDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2024, 3:56 PM EDT
In force
76 min
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 18:39 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, 6.7 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 2024-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 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 2024-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-392 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 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 Jun 20, 1:50 PM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 1:50 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 7:40 PM EDT, 19 hours before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
740 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2024

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-202345-
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-
740 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2024

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Heat Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Heat Advisory.

There is also a slight risk for scattered severe thunderstorms
Thursday afternoon and evening over the region. A few storms may
produce heavy downpours, hail and strong damaging winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. Please relay
any information about severe weather to the NWS.

PAZ043-044-047-048-072-202345-
Wyoming-Lackawanna-Luzerne-Pike-Southern Wayne-
740 PM EDT Wed Jun 19 2024

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Heat Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Heat Advisory.

There is a marginal risk for isolated severe thunderstorms Thursday
afternoon and evening over the region. A few storms may produce heavy
downpours, hail and strong damaging winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. Please relay
any information about severe weather to the NWS.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 12:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
1250 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024

NYZ022-201715-
Steuben NY-
1250 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL STEUBEN COUNTY THROUGH
115 PM EDT...

At 1250 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
West Cameron, or 12 miles east of Hornell, moving south at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Bath, Thurston, Cameron, West Cameron, Cameron Mills, Risingville,
and North Cameron.

This includes the following highway exits...
 Interstate 86/Route 17 between 38 and 39.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 4234 7748 4240 7730 4215 7721 4212 7757
TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 353DEG 8KT 4230 7742

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

MWG
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
115 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024

NYZ022-201800-
Steuben NY-
115 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN STEUBEN COUNTY THROUGH
200 PM EDT...

At 114 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Bath to near Hartsville. Movement was southeast
at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Bath, Campbell, Canisteo, Thurston, Cameron, Savona, Greenwood,
Hartsville, West Cameron, and Cameron Mills.

This includes the following highway exits...
 Interstate 86/Route 17 between 38 and 41.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Heavy rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4224 7774 4238 7729 4225 7711 4208 7766
      4217 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 300DEG 7KT 4232 7734 4221 7772

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

MWG
Local storm report, Jun 20, 1:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMMontgomery28 min
Jun 19, 10:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMYates42 min
Jun 20, 12:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSeneca38 min
Jun 20, 1:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMHerkimer28 min
Jun 20, 1:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMSeneca113 min
Jun 20, 12:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSteuben25 min
Jun 20, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMSteuben45 min
Jun 20, 1:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMSteuben2 hr
Jun 20, 1:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMSteuben39 min
Jun 20, 2:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCortland37 min
Jun 20, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMMadison41 min
Jun 20, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMChenango46 min
Jun 20, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMOtsego43 min
Jun 20, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMTioga49 min
Jun 20, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMChenango, Cortland38 min
Jun 20, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCortland49 min
Jun 20, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMMadison43 min
Jun 20, 3:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBGMChenango, Cortland2 hr
Jun 20, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCortland36 min
Jun 20, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCortland38 min
Jun 20, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMCortland51 min
Jun 20, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBGMMadison31 min
Jun 20, 3:03 PM EDTExcessive Heat WatchBGMLackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming23 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.