1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 12, 9:30 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1030 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004 .SHORT TERM (OVERNIGHT - FRIDAY)... BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO TRAIN UP THROUGH OUR EASTERN ZONES...WHERE SEVERAL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ONGOING. STEADY LIGHT TO MODERATE STRATIFORM RAINFALL...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY...IS ALSO AFFECTING THE REST OF CENTRAL NY AND NORTHEAST PA AS TROPICAL MOISTURE INTERACTS WITH THE STALLED FRONTAL ZONE. THIS SCENARIO WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT. LOOKING AT THE LATEST SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY...AS WELL AS MODEL GUIDANCE...IT APPEARS THAT THE MOST PERSISTENT RAIN SHOULD EXIT THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING...PERHAPS A LITTLE EARLIER THAN ORIGINALLY EXPECTED. NONETHELESS...NO CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO THE PRESENT AREAL COVERAGE OR TIMING OF THE FLOOD WATCH. ANY HYDRO-RELATED PROBLEMS FROM OVERNIGHT RAINFALL COULD WELL LAST INTO FRIDAY. WE MADE MINOR TWEAKS TO THE OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT GRIDS BASED ON PRESENT READINGS. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY)... RAIN SHOULD END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING. SATURDAY WILL BE THE CALM IN THE STORM AS REMAINS OF BONNIE MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. ALL EYES THEN TURN TO CHARLEY... WHICH HAS CURRENTLY INTENSIFIED INTO A CAT 2 HURRICANE SOUTH OF CUBA. .LONG TERM (SAT NITE-THURS)... LITTLE TIME FOR DETAILED EXTENDED DISCN WITH ONGOING STRONG TO SVR CONVECTION IN AREA ATTM. HRCN MDLS AND GFS BRING CIRCULATION OF CHARLEY UP ACROSS NE PA AND SE NY SAT NITE AND SUNDAY MORNING. LOTS OF UNCERTAINTY AT THIS TIME RANGE...BUT STILL HAVE ENOUGH CONSISTENCY IN MODEL RUNS AND TPC FCSTS TO GO WITH POPS AT LEAST A LITTLE BETTER THAN FLIP OF A COIN OVER WRN CATS/POCS AND NE PA LATER SAT NITE AND SUN AM WITH CHC POPS FURTHER WEST AND NORTH. FLOW ALOFT REMAINS IN A MEAN TROF THRU THE PERIOD BUT HIGH PRES WORKING IN UNDERNEATH SHOULD GIVE A FEW DAYS TO DRY OUT ON MON-TUES...THEN MOIST RETURN FLOW ON BACKSIDE OF HIGH AND APCH FRONT WILL GRDLY BRING IN HIGHER CHCS FOR SHRA/TSRA ON TUES NITE-THURS. GENLY ACCEPTED MEX GUIDANCE TEMPS. && .AVIATION... NO MOVEMENT IN STATIONARY BOUNDARY THIS EVENING. TROPICAL MOISTURE FLOWING NORTHWARD IS PRECIPITATING IN BANDS ACROSS OUR REGION. HEAVY RAIN UNDER THE BANDS WILL RESTRICT VISBYS TO LESS THAN 2 MILES AT TIMES AND LOWER CIGS TO 700 FEET OR LESS. MODERATE RAIN WILL BRING LESS EXTREME CIG AND VIS RESTRICTIONS...HOWEVER RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE BETTER PART OF FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH THE REMNANTS OF BONNIE WILL AFFECT THE REGION LATER IN THE FORECAST PERIOD...STORM WEAKENS CONSIDERABLY AND DOES NOT APPEAR AS IF IT WILL BRING A WIND THREAT. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NY...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA REGION...WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...AND THE CATSKILLS. PA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY ALL OF NE PA. && MSE/BREWSTER/MJ/DP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 304 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2004 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-120903- BRADFORD PA-BROOME NY-CHEMUNG NY-CHENANGO NY-CORTLAND NY-DELAWARE NY- LACKAWANNA PA-LUZERNE PA-MADISON NY-NORTHERN ONEIDA NY- NORTHERN WAYNE PA-ONONDAGA NY-OTSEGO NY-PIKE PA-SCHUYLER NY- SENECA NY-SOUTHERN CAYUGA NY-SOUTHERN ONEIDA NY-SOUTHERN WAYNE PA- STEUBEN NY-SULLIVAN NY-SUSQUEHANNA PA-TIOGA NY-TOMPKINS NY- WYOMING PA-YATES NY- 304 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...HOWEVER THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AS THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
803 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0211 PM TSTM WND DMG LIVINGSTON MANOR 41.90N 74.83W
08/12/2004 SULLIVAN NY COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES AND WIRES DOWN.
0720 PM FLASH FLOOD LIVINGSTON MANOR 41.90N 74.83W
08/12/2004 SULLIVAN NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROADS FLOODED.
0720 PM FLASH FLOOD BARRYVILLE 41.48N 74.93W
08/12/2004 SULLIVAN NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL ROAD WASHOUTS ALONG ROUTE 97 IN WESTERN SULLIVAN
COUNTY.
0730 PM FLASH FLOOD SHOHOLA 41.47N 74.92W
08/12/2004 PIKE PA COUNTY OFFICIAL
NUMEROUS ROAD WASHOUTS FROM FLASH FLOODING. ALSO REPORTED
IN LORDS VALLEY AND PECKS POND.
&&
NICOSIAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
953 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 PM FLASH FLOOD BARRYVILLE 41.48N 74.93W
08/12/2004 SULLIVAN NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL ROAD WASHOUTS ALONG ROUTE 97 IN WESTERN SULLIVAN
COUNTY.
0720 PM FLASH FLOOD LIVINGSTON MANOR 41.90N 74.83W
08/12/2004 SULLIVAN NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROADS FLOODED.
0730 PM FLASH FLOOD SHOHOLA 41.47N 74.92W
08/12/2004 PIKE PA COUNTY OFFICIAL
NUMEROUS ROAD WASHOUTS FROM FLASH FLOODING. ALSO REPORTED
IN LORDS VALLEY AND PECKS POND.
0900 PM FLASH FLOOD GREENTOWN 41.32N 75.32W
08/12/2004 WAYNE PA LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROADS FLOODED. SEVERAL BASEMENTS FLOODED.
0915 PM FLASH FLOOD LAKE ARIEL 41.45N 75.38W
08/12/2004 WAYNE PA COUNTY OFFICIAL
ROAD FLOODING.
0920 PM FLASH FLOOD BARRYVILLE 41.48N 74.93W
08/12/2004 SULLIVAN NY COUNTY OFFICIAL
ROAD WASHOUTS CONTINUE ALONG ROUTE 97.
&&
NICOSIAThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain amounting to 2 to 4 inches brought the Beaver Kill at Cooks Falls up to its flood stage of 10 feet early in the morning. The river crested at 10.01 feet at 1 AM EST.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, August 2004
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: 5421203.