1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 16, 1:35 AM EST, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 235 AM EDT MON APR 16 2001 A SIG PCPN EVENT ON TAP FOR THE TWIN TIERS. CUTOFF WILL TRACK JUST TO OUR SOUTH WITH SFC LOW WRAPPING UP TO OUR EAST. BEST DYNAMICS MAX OUT ACRS OUR CNTRL ZONES. ETA/NGM PROFILES ARE QUITE SIMILAR FOR MOST OF THE EVENT SHOWING A FAIRLY DEEP (100-125 MB) SFC BASED LAYER OF ABOVE-FREEZING TEMPS UNTIL LATE TUES/TUES EVNG WHEN THE ENTIRE LAYER BEGINS TO COOL. THIS INDICATES ANY SNOW WHICH FALLS THROUGH TUES SHUD BE CONFINED TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS (ALTHO ENHANCED VERTICAL LIFT COULD LOWER THE SNOW LVL). HOWEVER THE WHITESVILLE ETA PROFILE (AND 850 THERMAL FIELDS) INDICATE THAT FAR WRN ZONES (STEUBEN) MAY SEE ALL SNOW ON TUESDAY...AND SOME INDICATIONS THAT SNOW LVLS WILL BE LOWERING AFTER MIDNIGHT TNGT ACRS NE PA. ALSO OF CONCERN IS THE POTNL FOR HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING PRBLMS. OUR NRN PA ZONES ARE ALREADY GETTING PRIMED FROM THIS MRNG'S RAINFALL. THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX AND DIFFICULT FCST. WILL BASE FCST PCPN TYPES ON ETA PROFILES. MOST AREAS WITH ELEVATION TYPE WORDING ON MON NGT AND TUES...BUT WILL PLAY UP THE SNOW ACRS STEUBEN COUNTY ON TUES. WON'T ISSUE ANY ADVISORIES OR WATCHES AT THIS POINT...BUT WILL ISSUE AN SPS (NOT INCLUDING NRN FINGER LAKES/WRN MOHAWK VLY) DESCRIBING EXPECTED SCENARIO. SHORT TERM...PCPN SHOULD BE PULLING OUT THIS MRNG. WILL KEEP CLDY/MOSTLY CLDY SKIES FOR TDA AND MENTION SOME LINGERING PCPN SRN ZONES THIS MRNG. SOME PCPN MAY REACH INTO FAR WRN ZONES LATE BUT WILL LEAVE OUT FOR SIMPLICITY. XCLNT COORD W/PHL/ALY/BUF/CTP. THANX AND GOOD LUCK. .BGM...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR CAYUGA LAKE. BRADY
NYZ015-022>025-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-162030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 450 AM EDT MON APR 16 2001 ...WET SNOW IS LIKELY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE GREAT LAKES LATER TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF AS SNOW SHOWERS ON TUESDAY NIGHT. LOW LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL BE CRITICAL IN DETERMINING WHETHER THE PRECIPITATION FALLS AS RAIN OR SNOW. AT THE PRESENT TIME...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE IN THE VALLEYS AND AT LOWER ELEVATIONS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. HOWEVER...THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT OVER STEUBEN COUNTY IN NEW YORK WHERE UP TO 3 INCHES COULD ACCUMULATE BY TUESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE TWIN TIERS...POCONOS AND WESTERN CATSKILLS BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. RAIN OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON TUESDAY AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH WET SNOW GENERALLY CONFINED TO THE HILLTOPS. THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE TWIN TIERS...WESTERN CATKILLS AND POCONOS COULD SEE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON TUESDAY. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS THE RAIN MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX STORM...AND LATER FORECASTS WILL REFINE THE POTENTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS EARLY SPRING STORM. WEATHETR INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/BGM. BRADY
NYZ015-022>025-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-161800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE PIKE COUNTY PA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 543 AM EDT MON APR 16 2001 ...WET SNOW IS LIKELY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE GREAT LAKES LATER TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF AS SNOW SHOWERS ON TUESDAY NIGHT. LOW LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL BE CRITICAL IN DETERMINING WHETHER THE PRECIPITATION FALLS AS RAIN OR SNOW. AT THE PRESENT TIME...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE IN THE VALLEYS AND AT LOWER ELEVATIONS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. HOWEVER...THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT OVER STEUBEN COUNTY IN NEW YORK WHERE UP TO 3 INCHES COULD ACCUMULATE BY TUESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE TWIN TIERS...POCONOS AND WESTERN CATSKILLS BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. RAIN OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON TUESDAY AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH WET SNOW GENERALLY CONFINED TO THE HILLTOPS. THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE TWIN TIERS...WESTERN CATSKILLS AND POCONOS COULD SEE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON TUESDAY. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS THE RAIN MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX STORM...AND LATER FORECASTS WILL REFINE THE POTENTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS EAARLY SPRING STORM. WEATHER INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/BGM. BRADY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Rainfall and snowelt caused Oneida Lake to overflow its banks. Cicero Beach Road in Cicero was closed and several homes received minor damage from flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, April 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5242606.