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 Jul 28, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 300 PM EDT WED JUL 28 2004 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT-FRI) UPR LOW LIFTING NE WITH A BAND OF SHOWERS OVER THE WRN CWA MOVING E AND NE. GRADUAL CLEARING OVERNIGHT WITH SOME FOG IN THE VALEEYS. A DRIER WARMER DAY THURS. 5H RDG AND HI PRES OVER AREA. SW FLOW BEGINS BRINGING CLOUDS BACK INTO AREA FRI WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS BY LATE AFTERNOON. WENT WITH SLOWER SOLUTION OF THE GFS. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY-WEDNESDAY)... ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS JUST TO OUR WEST...SETTING UP THE REGION FOR A WET WEEKEND. THIS TROUGH FLATTENS OUT EARLY NEXT WEEK. WEAK SHORT WAVES MOVE ACROSS THE REGION BUT ATMOS APPEARS TO BE DRYING OUT AS MAIN MOISTURE AREA SLIDES OFF THE EAST COAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. TEMPS CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR LATE JUL EARLY AUG OVER THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION... BATCH OF SHOWERS ROTATING AROUND UPPER LOW NOW IN OUR WRN CWA. WILL MOVE THIS AREA THROUGH OUR TAFS AS TEMPO MVFR -TSRA FOR THE NEXT 3-4 HOURS. THE STAGE IS SET FOR SOME RADIATION FOG TONIGHT AS SKIES CLEAR...WINDS GO CALM...AND A VERY WET GROUND. WILL TAKE ELM TO LIFR FG AND MVR BR ELSEWHERE...DISSIPATING THE FG/BR EARLY THURSDAY. VFR AND LIGHT WINDS FOR THE REST OF THURSDAY MORNING. .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NY...NONE. PA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...WATSON LONG TERM AND AVIATION...CHIAMONTE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 350 AM EDT WED JUL 28 2004 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-280936- 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- 350 AM EDT WED JUL 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. RAIN AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT WAVERLY IS EXPECTED TO CREST JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING DUE TO RAIN THE LAST TWO DAYS. FLOODING WILL BE MINOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THIS RAIN COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL MINOR FLOODING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... FORMAL SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...RAINFALL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN THEIR REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 350 PM EDT WED JUL 28 2004 NYZ044-045-055-056-282045- BROOME NY-CHENANGO NY-CORTLAND NY-TIOGA NY- 350 PM EDT WED JUL 28 2004 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MOVING INTO THE AREA... AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MOST OF TOMPKINS...CORTLAND...TIOGA...AND NORTHERN BROOME COUNTIES. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE RAIN WILL AFFECT MOST LOCATIONS ACROSS TOMPKINS...CORTLAND... TIOGA AND BROOME COUNTIES THROUGH 5 PM. YOU CAN EXPECT LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF ABOUT 1 INCH THROUGH 5 PM. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 540 PM EDT WED JUL 28 2004 NYZ046-282245- OTSEGO NY- 540 PM EDT WED JUL 28 2004 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA... AT 537 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL NEAR COOPERSTOWN...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF BURLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EXETER CENTER AT 545 PM. OAKSVILLE AT 555 PM. RICHFIELD SPRINGS AND COOPERSTOWN AT 600 PM. BOWERSTOWN AT 605 PM. SPRINGFIELD AT 620 PM. EAST SPRINGFIELD AT 625 PM. EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE PATH OF THE STORM. LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH AND ONE HALF IN ONE HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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. ** NAME ***
The Albany radar (KENX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:47 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Bridge washed out on State Route 51 in West Exeter. Several roads closed and/or washed out across northern sections of the county.
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, July 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: 5415882.