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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2024, 2:21 PM EDT for Lackawanna County, Susquehanna County, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 9 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 18, 2024, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2024, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lackawanna County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Wayne County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 18, 1:26 PM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 1:26 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 2:05 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Binghamton NY 205 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024 NYZ062-PAZ039-040-043-044-047-048-072-191815- Sullivan-Susquehanna-Northern Wayne-Wyoming-Lackawanna-Luzerne-Pike- Southern Wayne- 205 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 634 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York and northeast Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about severe weather to the NWS. NYZ009-015>018-023-025-036-037-044>046-191815- Northern Oneida-Yates-Seneca-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Schuyler- Tompkins-Madison-Southern Oneida-Cortland-Chenango-Otsego- 205 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Showers and thunderstorms are expected today, a few possibly containing heavy rainfall, especially afternoon through early evening. Isolated flash flooding will be possible for locations that receive multiple rounds of rain. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NYZ022-024-055-056-PAZ038-191815- Steuben-Chemung-Tioga-Broome-Bradford- 205 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York and northeast Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Also, a few of the thunderstorms this afternoon to early evening could become severe with damaging winds. An isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about severe weather to the NWS. NYZ057-191815- Delaware- 205 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 634 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. Showers and thunderstorms are expected today, a few possibly containing heavy rainfall, especially afternoon through early evening. Isolated flash flooding will be possible for locations that receive multiple rounds of rain. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about severe weather to the NWS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 2:05 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
205 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024
NYZ057-PAZ039-040-044-072-181830-
Delaware NY-Southern Wayne PA-Susquehanna PA-Northern Wayne PA-
Lackawanna PA-
205 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE...
SOUTHEASTERN SUSQUEHANNA...NORTHEASTERN LACKAWANNA AND NORTHERN WAYNE
COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT...
At 205 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Pleasant Mount, or 12 miles north of Carbondale, moving northeast at
35 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...
Forest City, Hancock, Vandling, Union Dale, Starrucca, Hiawatha,
Shehawken, Starlight, Pleasant Mount, and Stalker.
This includes the following highway exits...
Interstate 86/Route 17 near 87.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
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.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
central New York...and northeastern Pennsylvania.
&&
LAT...LON 4157 7546 4165 7558 4200 7536 4186 7513
4186 7514 4184 7512 4181 7510
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 218DEG 30KT 4174 7542
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
BJGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Steuben | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Steuben | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 2:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Chenango, Madison, Oneida | 5 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Broome | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BGM | Broome | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Oneida | 5 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Oneida | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Wayne | 25 min |
| Aug 18, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Wayne | 29 min |
| Aug 18, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 28 min |
| Aug 18, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Lackawanna | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BGM | Wayne | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wayne | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 3:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Wayne | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 4:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BGM | Wayne | 7 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 5 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BGM | Lackawanna | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.