1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 9, 2:35 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 335 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003 ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR ENTIRE CWA EXCEPT FAR NRN ZONES. PERSISTENT SHORT WAVES OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION HAS GIVEN THE UPPER LEVEL TROF OVER THE NE A SLIGHT NEGATIVE TILT. THIS HAS RESULTED IN A GOOD TROPICAL FEED ALONG WITH A LONG FETCH OF ATLANTIC INFLOW. THIS ALONG WITH DECENT UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE THROUGH 06Z WILL RESULT IN PLENTY OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE NIGHTTIME PERIOD. WITH WET ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS A FLOOD WATCH WAS WARRANTED. SUNDAY...WITH WEAK SFC WAVE IN VCNTY AND WEAK SFC TROF TO CROSS AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON...CONTINUED WITH LIKELY AFTERNOON POPS AND CHC FOR MORNING HOURS. SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...LITTLE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST. WILL CONTINUE WITH CHC POPS SUNDAY NIGHT AND LIKELY POPS MONDAY AFTERNOON IN ALL ZONES BUT FAR SE ZONES AS SFC COLD FRONT APPROACHES REGION LATE DAY. EXTENDED PERIOD (MON NGT - SAT) MODELS INDICATING A MORE PROGRESSIVE +PNA PATTERN THROUGH NEXT WEEK. ENSEMBLES INDICATING THAT FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CWA SOMETIME TUESDAY MORNING...BUT STILL THINK ITS TOO EARLY TO FINE TUNE TIMING OF PRECIP...SO WILL KEEP CHC POPS IN THROUGH THE DAY...BUT REMOVE THEM TUES NIGHT. MODELS ALSO INDICATING SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR WILL BE PUSHING IN...SO HAVE ADJUSTED TEMPS AND DEW POINTS...STAYING NEAR (FOR MINS) OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE (FOR MAXES) SEASONAL NORMS. ONCE THE SFC RIDGE MOVES IN ON WED...LOOKS LIKE IT WILL HOLD THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. AVIATION... SHRA/TSRA CONTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON...DROPPING VFR CONDITIONS TO MVFR...AND POSSIBLY EVEN LIFR...AT ANY TIME. AS FLOW OFF ATLANTIC INCREASES PREVAILING CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE TO MVFR THIS EVENING. CEILINGS WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER OVERNIGHT...AND THAT COMBINED WITH FOG WILL SEND SOME LOCATIONS DOWN TO IFR/LIFR (MOST LIKELY ELM/BGM/ITH) AFTER MIDNIGHT. .BGM...FLOOD WATCH THOUGH TONIGHT... NYZ022>025-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072. SHORT TERM...RRM EXTENDED/AVIATION...CEMPA
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-101045- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 650 AM SAT AUG 9 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND A MOIST ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER OR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING OR URBAN AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY.
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-092230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1115 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003 ...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... A JUICY AIRMASS REMAINS OVER THE REGION AGAIN TODAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE SLOW MOVERS AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. SINCE MANY AREAS HAVE RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER HAS RECEIVED THE GREATEST RAINFALL RECENTLY AND IS THEREFORE MOST SENSITIVE TO ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...YOU ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WATCHES OR WARNINGS WHICH MAY BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV, FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. MUNDSCHENK
NYZ009-037-092145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TYPO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 440 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WIND MOVING THROUGH THE AREA... AT 439 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WIND AND TORRENTIAL RAIN NEAR WEST OF THE ROME/UTICA AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... TABERG AND LEE AT 500 PM. BOONVILLE AT 505 PM. GLENMORE AND BLOSSVALE AT 515 PM. CAMDEN AND FLORENCE AT 530 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE EASTERLY WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH, AND ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A ONE HOUR PERIOD. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV. GILT
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms dumped 2.5 inches of rain in less than 2 hours causing flash flooding of numerous roads. There were numerous washouts along route 53 from Dineharts to Wheeler. One bridge was reported to be under water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, August 2003
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