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 7, 2:50 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 350 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - FRIDAY)... SHORT WAVE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY ALONG WITH PREFRONTAL TROF CROSSING CWA LATER THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE WIDESPREAD AREA OF CONVECTION INTO THE EVENING HOURS. CAPE AND WIND FIELDS NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SVR CONVECTION BUT K INDEX/WARM CLOUD LAYER AND HIGH PWATS INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS IN ANY STRONG CONVECTION. ETA MODEL SHOWS STRONG UVV OVER CWA BETWEEN 00-06Z, THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO SHORT WAVE, UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AND ASSOCIATED MID LEVEL JET ALTHOUGH NOT VERY STRONG. BY LATE EVENING CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH ACROSS WESTERN ZONES AND AROUND 06Z CNTRL AND EASTERN ZONES. THURSDAY...SFC COLD FRONT CROSSES REGION LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON PERIOD. ETA MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE CAPES AROUND 1000 J/KG. MID/UPPER LEVELS DRY OUT SIGNIFICANTLY BUT ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND CAPE CONTINUE TO JUSTIFY AFTERNOON CHC POPS FOR TSRA. THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY...AFTER LINGERING EVENING ACTIVITY ACROSS EASTERN ZONES CONVECTION WILL DISSIPATE. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL NOSE IN ONFRIDAY BUT H5 COLD POOL AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL MAKE FOR A PARTLY SUNNY BUT RATHER COOL DAY FOR MID SUMMER. .LONG TERM (FRI NIGHT - WED)... MODELS INDICATING 500 MB ZONAL FLOW REGIME BECOMING ESTABLISHED ACROSS US/CAN BORDER BY THE WEEKEND. LOOKS LIKE FLOW WILL HAVE MORE A WNW SLANT ATTM...AND WITH LOW PRESSURE ENTRENCHED IN VCINITY OF HUDSONS BAY...EXPECTED FLOW TO BE FAIRLY ENERGENTIC...PARTICUARLY AFTER THE WEEKEND. TATHER THAN TRY TO TIME FEATURES OR DETERMINE WHAT IS CONV FEEDBACK...HAVE OPTED TO JUST PAINT THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH CHC POPS. HAVE GONE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL WITH MAX TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD...ALTHOUGH 850 TEMPS ARE DOWN A BIT FROM PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS. && .AVIATION... IN GENERAL...EXPECT SHRA/TSRA TO POP UP AT ANY TIME THIS AFTERNOON AND EVE...WITH ANY CONVECTION PRODUCING MVFR VIS WITH BRIEF IFR/LIFR VISBYS IN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FOG. MOST SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION LOOKS LIKE IT WILL OCCUR IN THE 22Z-03Z TIMEFRAME. CONVECTION EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE AROUND 06Z. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NY...NONE. PA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RRM LONG TERM/AVIATION...CEMPA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 434 AM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-071033- 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- 434 AM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS LATE IN THE DAY AND THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. MJ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 601 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 NYZ015>018-072300- CAYUGA NY-ONONDAGA NY-SENECA NY-YATES NY- 601 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS MOVING INTO THE AREA... AT 558 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...NEAR PENN YAN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...CANOGA AND UNION SPRINGS AT 630 PM...AUBURN AND SKANEATELES AT 645 PM...MARYSVILLE AND ELBRIDGE AT 700 PM. EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE PATH OF THE STORM. LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES IN ONE HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IN TOWNS AND LOW LYING AREAS. WINDS MAY ALSO GUST AROUND 35 MPH AS THESE STRONG STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. IF THE STORM STRENGTHENS...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. JAB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 622 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 NYZ036-037-072315- MADISON NY-ONEIDA NY- 622 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS MOVING INTO THE AREA... AT 619 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ONEIDA TO LAFAYETTE TO CORTLAND....MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...STOCKBRIDGE AND PETERBORO AT 645 PM...YORKVILLE AND NEW YORK MILLS AT 700 PM...DEERFIELD AND MORRISVILLE AT 715 PM. EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE PATH OF THE STORM. LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING OF TOWN ROADS. 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. JAB
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:36 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms with heavy rain caused flash flooding. Laurel Hill Road in the town of Erin was closed due to water on the road from a creek out of its banks. A few underpasses were flooded in other parts of the county. 2 to 4 inches of rain fell.
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: 5415821.