A moist and unstable airmass resulted in strong to severe storms developing with heavy rainfall and flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS BGM wrote it up.
A moist and unstable airmass resulted in strong to severe storms developing with heavy rainfall and flash flooding.
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 27, 6:56 PM EST, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
756 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
RAIN...POTENTIALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION
TONIGHT. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL THEN CONTINUE RIGHT THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AS A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE
AREA.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
745 PM UPDATE...
MCV/S CONT TO AFFECT THE VICINITY OF THE CWA. ONE SUCH WV IS
PUSHING INTO WRN NY AND ANOTHER ONE IS MVG NORTH ACRS ERN PA AND
CAN BE SEEN ON REGIONAL RADAR MOSAICS. THIS CAUSING ENTIRE SYSTEM
TO CONGEAL INTO HVY RAIN EVENT FOR THE CWA WITH FLASH FLOODING
APPEARING IMMINENT OVRNGT.
AS SFC LOW HEADS OFF TO THE NORTHEAST IT WL DEEPEN THRU MRNG.
THEREFORE STILL LOOKING AT MODERATE TO HVY RAIN TONIGHT WITH
EMBEDDED THUNDER. NUMEROUS BNDRYS LURKING ACRS THE REGION THUS
EXPECT CONTD DVLPMNT THRU MOST OF THE OVRNGT. WL KEEP FLASH FLOOD
WATCH GOING FOR ENTIRE AREA THRU FRIDAY AFTN WITH MORE RAIN TO
COME FM LWR MICHIGAN IN ASSOC WITH MAIN UPR LVL LOW. WL ALLOW
LATER SHIFTS TO DECIDE ON WHETHER TO EXTND FFA THRU FRIDAY.
3 PM UPDATE...
VERY NEAR TERM FCST PERIOD SHAPING UP TO BE EXTREMELY ACTIVE WITH
DUAL FLASH FLOOD AND SEVERE CONCERNS PERSISTING WELL INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HRS. LATEST (QUICK LOOK) SFC ANALYSIS PLACES STATIONARY
FRONT ALONG A IPT...MPO...MGJ LINE WITH DEWPOINTS SOUTH OF THIS
FRONT HOVERING IN THE LOW 70S WITH MIDDLE 60S TO ITS NORTH.
CURRENT LINE OF THINKING IS THAT THIS BOUNDARY WILL HAVE LIMITED
IMPACT ON SEVERE POTENTIAL AS AREAS NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY STILL
SHOWING WEAK TO MODERATE INSTABILITY (1000-1500 J/KG) PER LATEST
SPC MESO PAGE. DEEP LAYER SHEAR APPEARS TO BE INCREASING THIS HR
IN ADVANCE OF A MCV (NOTED ON AFTERNOON VIS IMAGERY) MOVING NORTH
FROM CENTRAL MD THIS HR. IN ADVANCE OF THIS FEATURE...SPC MESO
GRAPHICS SHOW A NORTHWARD LIFTING CORRIDOR OF 30-35KT DEEP LAYER
SHEAR APPROACHING SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR FCST AREA. THAT
SAID...SEVERE POTENTIAL LOOKS TO INCREASE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW
HRS...WITH THE TREAT MAINLY CONFINED TO AREAS IN NORTHEASTERN PA
AND THE FAR SOUTHERN CATSKILLS. AS ALWAYS WITH A LINGERING LOW-
LEVEL BOUNDARY IN PLACE...TRENDS WILL DEFINITELY HAVE TO BE
MONITORED AS THESE FEATURES NOTORIOUSLY ENHANCE LOW-LEVEL SHEAR
AND HELICITY WHICH CAN DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE SEVERE WX
POTENTIAL ACROSS THESE AREAS. IN ANY EVENT...WE THINK SEVERE TREAT
WILL GRADUALLY COME TO END BY 8-9PM WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING
WITH FOCUS RAPIDLY TRANSITIONING TO A HYDRO EVENT.
EARLY EVENT REPORTS FROM CENTRAL PA ARE ANYTHING BUT COMFORTING
THIS HR WITH EVENT TOTAL RAINFALL ALREADY ECLIPSING 6" IN SOME
LOCATIONS ACROSS CTP/S FCST AREA. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY OVER THE
PAST FEW HRS HAS SHOWN A GRADUAL SLOWDOWN OF THE UPPER-LEVEL VORT
CENTER CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH WESTERN PA. AHEAD OF THIS
SYSTEM...LOW-LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION CONTINUING TO INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON AS THE LOWER BRANCH OF A DEVELOPING COUPLED DIRECT JET
CIRCULATION CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN OVER TIME. 12Z FCST MODELS IN
FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THIS AFTERNOON THAT 850-HPA WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO NEAR 40 KTS BY EARLY EVENING...PROVING MORE THAN
SUFFICIENT TO TRANSPORT AN ANOMALOUSLY TROPICAL AIRMASS NORTHWARD
(PWATS NEAR 2") INTO CENTRAL NY AND NORTHEASTERN PA. QUICK LOOK
AT VARIOUS ISENTROPIC MAPS CLEARLY SHOWS THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONT
EVENTUALLY ROTATING NORTHWEST THROUGH THE EVENING/OVERNIGHT AS
MID-LEVEL WAVE TAKES ON A MORE AND MORE NEGATIVE TILT WITH TIME.
AS THIS OCCURS...MODEL CONSENSUS IS FOR INCREASING ISENTROPIC
ASCENT ALONG THE 295-300K SURFACES WITH BEST UPGLIDE EXPECTED FROM
THE LWR WYOMING VLY NORTHEAST THROUGH POCONOS AND WESTERN
CATSKILLS. AS A RESULT...BEST FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL APPEARS TO BE
EAST OF THE I-81 CORRIDOR WITH HEAVY EMPHASIS PLACED ON THE
AFOREMENTIONED LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY AS THE OVERNIGHT HRS
CONTINUE ON. THAT SAID...REMAINDER OF THE FCST AREA IS BY NO MEANS
OUT OF DANGER AS PRECIP RATES OF 2-3"/HR WILL OVERSPREAD A GOOD
MAJORITY OF THE FCST REGION. FOR THESE REASONS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH
WILL REMAIN INTACT AS IS WITH NO CHANGES PLANNED AT THIS TIME. IN
TOTAL...BASIN AVERAGE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1-2" CERTAINLY APPEAR
LIKELY ACROSS THE ENTIRE FCST AREA...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 3-5"
POSSIBLE ACROSS AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE ANY TRAINING OF HEAVY RAIN
CENTROIDS. IN SHORT...A VERY BUSY EVENING/OVERNIGHT PERIOD
IS EXPECTED.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
3 PM UPDATE...
VERY UNSETTLED WEATHER TO PERSIST RIGHT THROUGH THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND AS UPPER WAVE CLOSES OFF OVER OUR REGION. HAVE OFFERED
MAINLY SCT POPS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HRS WITH A DIURNAL INCREASE
TO NUMEROUS SHWRS/ISO STORMS DURING THE DAYLIGHT HRS. COOLER
TEMPS EXPECTED TOMORROW AS NORTHWEST FLOW PREVAILS ACROSS THE
REGION ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE FIRST WAVE PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH
TONIGHT...WITH SLIGHT MODERATION EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW INCREASE ALOFT AS SYSTEM CLOSES OFF TO OUR
WEST. GENERALLY USED MET/MAV BLEND FOR TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
1 PM THU DISC... GLOBAL MODEL/WPC CONSENSUS CONTS TO SUGGEST QUITE AN
AMPLIFIED PATN FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...WITH A SIG WRN
CONUS/CANADIAN RIDGE...AND ERN CONUS TROUGH. THIS LIKELY SPELLS A
WET PATN FOR NY/PA...WITH A SUSTAINED DEEP SRLY FLOW...AND LIKELY
S/WV IMPULSES RIDING NWD/NEWD UP THE FRONT SIDE OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED TROUGH AXIS. THUS...SCTD-NUMEROUS/LIKELY POPS WILL
BE RETAINED FOR MUCH OF THE PD.
ALTHOUGH MUGGY CONDS ARE FORESEEN...PERSISTENT PCPN SHOULD KEEP
HIGH TEMPS IN THE 70S-LWR 80S EACH DAY.
PREV DISC... 400 AM EDT UPDATE...
PREVIOUS FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE. MINOR CHANGES TO THE TEMPS WERE
MADE. KEPT POPS THE SAME.
EARLIER DISC... 420 PM WED UPDATE... CONCERNS CONTINUE TO RISE
THIS AFTERNOON FOR A POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT HYDROLOGIC EVENT FOR
PORTIONS OF THE EAST COAST LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO MIDWEEK AS A
STAGNANT NORTH-SOUTH MERIDIONAL FLOW PATTERN TRANSPORTS LARGE
AMOUNTS OF TROPICAL MOISTURE NORTH INTO THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC AND
NEW ENGLAND REGIONS. LATEST 12Z GEFS STANDARDIZED ANOMALY GRAPHICS
CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE AN INCREASINGLY BLOCKY PATTERN WITH VERY
AMPLIFIED HIGH PRESSURE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST
WITH ADDITIONAL DOWNSTREAM RIDGING EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN OVER
TIME ACROSS THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC. AS HAS BEEN ADVERTISED OVER THE
PAST FEW DAYS...VERY DEEP TROUGHING WILL DEVELOP WEST OF OUR
FORECAST REGION WITH THE ASSOCIATED TROUGH AXIS EXPECTED TO EXTEND
WELL SOUTH INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO BY EARLY WEEK. AS AN INDICATION
OF HOW ANOMALOUS THE DEVELOPING PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO BE...LATEST
WPC EXTENDED DISCUSSIONS NOW SPEAKING OF POSSIBLE ALL-TIME RECORD
HIGHS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. MEANWHILE FOR AREAS
CLOSER TO US...PWAT ANOMALY GRAPHICS ARRIVING THIS AFTERNOON
SHOWING STRONG TROPICAL MOISTURE CONNECTIONS TO THE SOUTH
ATLANTIC/CARIBBEAN...WITH AN ADDITIONAL COMPONENT EXPECTED TO
ARRIVE FROM THE EAST-CENTRAL PACIFIC. THE CONVERGENCE OF BOTH LOW
/MID-LEVEL AIR STREAMS WILL FUNNEL ITS WAY NORTH WITH TIME
RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD RAIN/POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPMENT. A
LITTLE TOO EARLY TO DIVE INTO EXACT DETAILS THIS FAR OUT BUT
CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO INCREASE THAT FLOODING RAINS ARE POSSIBLE
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD BEGINNING THIS WEEKEND AND
LASTING THROUGH AT LEAST MIDWEEK. IN ANY EVENT...HAVE CONTINUED
LIKELY POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD AND WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE
HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL IN THE HWO PRODUCT.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
00Z UPDATE...
MVFR RAIN ACROSS ALL TERMINALS TONIGHT WITH ONLY EMBEDDED
CONVECTION EXPECTED. PLAN TO AMEND TAFS IF -TSRA BECOMES IMMINENT
AT ANY ONE LOCATION. AS RAIN COMES TO AN END AFTER 08Z AND WINDS
BECOME LIGHT, EXPECT IFR RESTRICTIONS AT KITH/KELM/KBGM AND KAVP.
VFR EXPECTED AGAIN AFTER 13Z-15Z FRIDAY THEN DIMINISHING TO MVFR
LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS.
OUTLOOK...SAT THROUGH TUE...
SAT THROUGH TUE... OCNL RESTRICTIONS ARE LIKELY EACH DAY...WITH
SHRA/TSRA IN THE VICINITY. THE MOST PERSISTENT RESTRICTIONS MAY
COME BY MON/MON NGT.
&&
.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072.
NY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NYZ009-015>018-
022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062.
&&
SYNOPSIS...CMG
NEAR TERM...CMG/PVN
SHORT TERM...CMG
LONG TERM...CMG/KAH/MLJ
AVIATION...PVNHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 931 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2013 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-290145- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO- OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA- NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 931 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. FROM SUNDAY INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...THERE WILL BE DAILY CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...CONTAINING HEAVY DOWNPOURS. WHERE HEAVIER RAINFALL IS THE MOST PERSISTENT...THERE WILL BE A HEIGHTENED FLOOD THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RAINFALL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO FORWARD ALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON. PN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
917 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0916 PM HEAVY RAIN HARVEYS LAKE 41.36N 76.03W
06/27/2013 M1.50 INCH LUZERNE PA TRAINED SPOTTER
FELL IN ONE AND A HALF HOURS
&&
BLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
930 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0928 PM FLASH FLOOD KINGSTON 41.26N 75.89W
06/27/2013 LUZERNE PA PUBLIC
WATER UP TO BETWEEN THE BUMPER AND TAIL LIGHTS OF CARS.
CARS STUCK IN WATER.
&&
BLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
946 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0945 PM HEAVY RAIN TOWANDA 41.77N 76.45W
06/27/2013 M1.00 INCH BRADFORD PA CO-OP OBSERVER
FELL IN 20 MINUTES
&&
BLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
952 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0952 PM FLOOD BINGHAMTON 42.10N 75.91W
06/27/2013 BROOME NY PUBLIC
MUDSLIDE ON PROSPECT STREET
&&
BLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1003 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1002 PM HEAVY RAIN FORTY FORT 41.29N 75.87W
06/27/2013 M2.96 INCH LUZERNE PA PUBLIC
FELL IN A LITTLE OVER TWO AND A HALF HOURS
&&
BLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1106 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1105 PM FLASH FLOOD SCRANTON 41.40N 75.67W
06/27/2013 LACKAWANNA PA PUBLIC
GREEN RIDGE STREET AND ELECTRIC STREET CLOSED
&&
BLLThe Binghamton radar (KBGM), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:10 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple road closures and washouts of roads were occurring across the area, including the Town of Sherburne. State Highway 80 to the east of Sherburne is closed due to flooding.
Numerous roads in Sherburne are underwater and washed out by flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, June 2013
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: 451978, 451979.