An upper level disturbance and associated surface low tracked across southern New York and northern Pennsylvania. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain fell across the region.
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An upper level disturbance and associated surface low tracked across southern New York and northern Pennsylvania. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain fell across the region.
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 Jun 13, 1:47 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 247 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA TO THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD TODAY. THIS STORM WILL SPREAD A SOAKING RAIN INTO NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA, POTENTIALLY BRINGING SMALL STREAM AND MINOR RIVER FLOODING TO PORTIONS OF THE REGION. AFTER THIS SYSTEM MOVES EAST LATE TONIGHT, HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING CLEARING SKIES AND WARMING TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... 225 PM UPDATE... CONTINUING ALONG WITH RADAR TRENDS, NOW CONFIRMED BY RAP, WE HAVE OPTED TO DROP THE FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL AREAS SAVE FOR THE FAR EASTERN FA. FRONTOGENESIS WILL BE BEST FROM OTSEGO/DELAWARE COUNTY EASTWARD, BUT THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR MODERATE RAIN WILL RAPIDLY CLOSE AFTER 22Z. THE MOST INTERESTING ASPECT OF THE WX TO WATCH FROM THIS POINT FORTH MAY BE CONVECTION FIRING IN THE SLIGHTLY MORE UNSTABLE AIR FROM THE WYOMING VALLEY EASTWARD. ANY STORMS WHICH FIRE WILL BE VERY EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS, THOUGH ACTIVITY WILL BE QUITE LIMITED. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT UNDER INFLUENCE OF UPPER VORTEX. 105 PM UPDATE... LATEST RAP NOW SHOOTS THE 700MB FRONTOGENESIS OFF TO THE NORTHEAST, WHICH IS IN AGREEMENT WITH OBSERVED RADAR TRENDS. WITH THIS IN MIND, WE HAVE DROPPED THE SOUTHWESTERN SECTION OF THE FLOOD WATCH. 1205 PM UPDATE... RAP REMAINS INSISTENT THAT AREA OF MODERATE PRECIP WILL SHIFT SOUTHWARD TOWARD CHENANGO AND DELAWARE COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT HOUR, AND INTENSIFY OVER THIS AREA OVER THE NEXT 3-4 HOURS. MODELS HAVE PERFORMED QUITE POORLY WITH BOTH THE QPF AND FRONTOGENESIS FIELDS SO FAR, SO IT IS NATURAL TO HAVE A HEALTHY DOSE OF SKEPTICISM. HOWEVER WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING RADAR/SAT TRENDS FOR A SHIFT IN THE PRECIP AXIS. WILL BE ASSESSING FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHWESTERN FA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 945 AM UPDATE... MORNING THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR SOUTHERN FA HAS PASSED, SO WE HAVE CANCELLED THE WATCH FOR LUZERNE CO. THIS MORNING...A GENERAL QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF RAIN HAS BEEN OBSERVED TO THIS POINT, WITH AROUND A HALF INCH TO 1 INCH EXPECTED TO HAVE ACCUMULATED BY EARLY AFTERNOON. IMPRESSIVE DRY SLOT DEVELOPED EARLIER AND WILL HAVE A LARGE EFFECT ON OUR POPS/QPF THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. MESOSCALE MODELS TRY TO FILL IN THE DRY SLOT BETWEEN 1 PM AND 4 PM, IN ADVANCE OF 700MB LOW AND RELATED FRONTOGENESIS AHEAD OF IT. MODEL PROJECTIONS WOULD BRING THIS FAVORABLE AREA SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE TWIN TIERS DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND THEN INTO THE EASTERN FA FOR LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WE ARE PLAYING THE 700MB LOW / FRONTOGENESIS AS THE AREA WHERE PRECIP WILL INCREASE FOR THE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. TOTAL STORM QPF VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES, WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN FA WHERE LOW HANGS UP LATE IN THE DAY. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... QUIET WEATHER RETURNS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS STILL POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES EAST OFF THE EAST COAST AND A LITTLE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY LINGERS INTO MID AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH DRY SEASONABLY MILD WEATHER EXPECTED. NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SUNDAY AS THE NEXT SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST ALONG WITH A DEVELOPING WAA PATTERN. INSTABILITY INCREASES WITH MODELS GENERALLY INDICATING AROUND 400-800 J/KG BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES... WITH LESS TO THE EAST. BASED ON THIS SCENARIO HAVE GONE WITH CHC POPS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY WITH HIGHEST CHANCES IN THE WEST. USED A MODEL BLEND WITH THE PREVIOUS FORECAST FOR TEMPERATURES... HIGHS GENERALLY NEAR 70 ON FRIDAY... INTO THE MID 70S ON SATURDAY... AND MID TO UPPER 70S ON SUNDAY. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... GENERAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GFS AND THE LATEST 12Z ECMWF IS INDICATED ON THE OVERALL PATTERN EARLY NEXT WEEK... HOWEVER SOME DIFFERENCES IN TIMING ARE SEEN. BOTH MODELS INDICATE A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA ON MONDAY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. COMBINATION OF INCREASING INSTABILITY AND MODERATELY STRONG WIND FIELDS COULD LEAD TO A SEVERE WEATHER RISK MONDAY AFTERNOON AND THIS WILL BE MONITORED. THE LATEST GFS IS SLOWER AND DEEPER WITH THE APPROACHING TROUGH... LEADING TO A CHC OF SHOWESR AND STORMS CONTINUING ON TUESDAY... WHILE THE ECMWF INDICATES THAT THE TROUGH PASSES EAST OF THE AREA EARLY TUESDAY. WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON TUESDAY... BUT A LOWER CHANCE THAN ON MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA WITH DRY MILD WEATHER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. && .AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... 1 PM UPDATE... LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH SHOWERS AND MOSTLY MVFR CONDITIONS WITH AREAS OF IFR CIGS AND LOCALIZED IFR VSBYS IN ANY HEAVIER SHOWERS. SHOWERS WILL END THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY MOSTLY CLOUDY WEATHER OVERNIGHT WITH MAINLY MVFR CIGS. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE ON FRIDAY WITH MOSTLY VFR BY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE EAST AT 5 TO 15 KTS TODAY SHIFTING TO NORTH AT 10 KTS OR LESS TONIGHT THEN NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 KTS ON FRIDAY. OUTLOOK... FRI...IMPRVNG TO VFR. FRI NGT/SAT/SAT NGT...VFR BUT POTENTIAL VALLEY FOG SAT AM AT ELM. SUN TO MON...MAINLY VFR...BUT MVFR IN SHRA/TSRA. && .HYDROLOGY... POSSIBLE RIVER AND FLASH FLOODING TODAY INTO FRIDAY. 1 TO 3 INCHES AND MAYBE MORE. STILL QUESTIONS ON PLACEMENT OF HEAVIEST RAIN. MOST MODELS HAVE IT IN THE SRN TIER TO CATSKILLS OF NY WHILE THE EURO AND WPC IS FURTHER SOUTH IN THE NRN TIER OF NE PA. BOTH WAYS FINGER LAKES TO MOHAWK VALLEY AROUND AN INCH AND NOT IN THE FLOOD WATCH. WITH HIGH PWATS AND TSTMS RAINFALL RATES COULD EXCEED AN INCH AN HOUR FOR SHORT PERIODS. 2 INCHES WILL START TO CAUSE PROBLEMS AND 3 AND MORE WILL BE WORSE. NOT EXPECTING WIDESPREAD 3 PLUS SO RIVER FLOODING WILL ONLY BE MINOR. FOR NOW SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT VESTAL AND WAVERLY/SAYRE ARE FORECAST TO HAVE MINOR FLOODING. WALTON ON THE WEST BRANCH DELAWARE WILL GET CLOSE. HEADWATERS AT CORTLAND AND SHERBURNE NOT IN THE HEAVY RAIN AXIS BUT IF IT SETS UP 50 MILES FURTHER NORTH THESE POINTS WILL FLOOD. FOR NOW RIVER FLOODING EXPECTED FRIDAY SO NO WARNINGS ISSUED UNTIL RAIN COMES IN AND CONFIDENCE INCREASES. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NY...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR NYZ045-046-057-062. && SYNOPSIS...DJP NEAR TERM...DJP SHORT TERM...MSE LONG TERM...MSE AVIATION...MSE HYDROLOGY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 220 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 NYZ045-046-057-062-141830- CHENANGO-OTSEGO-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN- 220 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044-055-056-PAZ038>040-043-044-047- 048-072-141830- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-TIOGA- BROOME-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA- LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 220 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:20 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water from Saquoit Creek was rising rapidly, and affecting school grounds along NY Route 5A. The Clinton Street ramp was also closed due to flooding near NY Route 69 and NY 5A.
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