1 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 Sep 10, 2:10 AM EST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 310 AM EDT FRI SEP 10 2004 .SHORT TERM (TODAY-SATURDAY)... TODAY..SKIES CURRENTLY CLOUDY ACROSS CENTRAL NY/NORTHEAST PA...ALONG WITH PATCHY DRIZZLE. MODELS INDICATE THAT CLOUDS WILL BE SLOW TO DISSIPATE TODAY...WHICH SEEMS REASONABLE GIVEN RECENT RAIN AND INVERSION SETTING UP AROUND 900MB. WILL MENTION MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THIS MORNING IN ALL ZONES AND GRADUALLY CLEAR SKIES FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. WILL ALSO MENTION DRIZZLE THIS MORNING ACROSS ERN ZONES. TONIGHT..SKIES CLEAR AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE AREA. FOG SHOULD DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND COULD BECOME DENSE. SATURDAY..THE FOG SHOULD DISSIPATE BY 14Z WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES THE REST OF THE DAY. TEMPS WILL BE MILD WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE MID 70S. && .LONG TERM (SAT NIGHT - THU)... BY SUNDAY...A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT IS PROGGED TO CROSS THE REGION. ALTHOUGH THE TREND IS FOR THIS SYSTEM TO BE WEAKER...WELL STILL CARRY A CHANCE OF SHOWERS SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. DRY AND COOLER AIR IS FORECAST TO BUILD IN FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK... THANKS TO CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE. LONGER RANGE GUIDANCE AGREES FAIRLY WELL IN BUILDING THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE AREA FROM TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY...WITH CONTINUED RAIN-FREE CONDITIONS AND MODERATING TEMPERATURES. THE FUTURE TRACK OF IVAN COULD HAVE A BEARING ON OUR LOCAL WEATHER DURING THE LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK. FOR NOW...THOUGH...WELL GO ALONG WITH THE LONG RANGE MODEL CONSENSUS THAT ITS MOISTURE WILL STAY SOUTH OF NY AND PA THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. && .AVIATION (06Z-06Z)... MVFR AND OCNL IFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY LIFT AND DISSIPATE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE TERMINALS TODAY BETWEEN 12Z-16Z...AND REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. A NORTHWEST FLOW OF 8 TO 12 KNOTS IS EXPECTED DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS WITH LIGHT WINDS AT OTHER TIMES. OUTLOOK BEYOND 06Z SHOULD SEE HIGH PRES CRESTING OVER THE AREA WITH XCLNT RAD COOLING OVER WET TOPSOIL. WILL LIKELY BE HITTING USUAL SPOT (ELM) WITH LIFR FOG/CIG FOR LATTER PART OF NEXT FCST PACKAGE. && .HYDROLOGY... RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE ON THE CHEMUNG AT BIG FLATS AND CHEMUNG. CHEMUNG WILL CREST SHORTLY JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND THE STAGE AT BIG FLATS IS FALLING AND SHOULD BE BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY NOON TODAY. AS THIS WATER DUMPS OUT OF THE CHEMUNG BASIN INTO THE NORTH BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA IN PA...EXPECT RISES THERE...THOUGH ALL POINTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FLOOD LEVELS. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NY...RIVER FLOOD WARNING AT ELMIRA/BIG FLATS AND CHEMUNG. PA...NONE. && DAYS 1-2 & HYDROLOGY...VAN AUSDALL AVIATION...BREWSTER DAYS 3-7...JUREWICZ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 315 AM EDT FRI SEP 10 2004 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-110714- 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- 315 AM EDT FRI SEP 10 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. VAN AUSDALL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall from the remnants of hurricane Frances caused the Chemung River at Chemung to rise slightly above its flood stage of 16 feet. Rainfall amounts were 1.5 to 4 inches with locally higher amounts across the Chemung River basin.
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, September 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: 5423213.