A few weak disturbances tracked along the northern periphery of a strong upper ridge, triggering scattered thunderstorms. Many of the storms developed near a frontal boundary that was approaching the New York-Pennsylvania border.
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The episode as NWS BGM wrote it up.
A few weak disturbances tracked along the northern periphery of a strong upper ridge, triggering scattered thunderstorms. Many of the storms developed near a frontal boundary that was approaching the New York-Pennsylvania border. With heat, humidity and instability in place, some thunderstorms moved very slowly producing 1 to 2 inches of rainfall within an hour which contributed to flooding in the metropolitan areas surrounding Wilkes-Barre.
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 21, 7:01 PM EST, 23 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
801 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024
.SYNOPSIS...
Hot and humid conditions with scattered thunderstorms continue
this evening and redevelop Saturday and Sunday. A few stronger
storms any of these days may produce damaging winds and
torrential rainfall. Heat and humidity will subside Monday.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
240 PM update...
Primary concerns in the near term are focused on the continued
threat for hazardous heat/humidity today and Saturday, along
with potentially severe thunderstorms the rest of this afternoon
and again Saturday afternoon.
Large dome of high pressure centered over the southern
Appalachian Mtns is expected to persist into this weekend with
hot and humid conditions reaching north into the mid Atlantic
and Northeast. Heat Advisories for the southern tier of NY and
northeast PA continue today and through the day Saturday.
Afternoon temperatures have climbed into the upper 80s and lower
90s today, with dew points in the upper 60s and lower 70s
making it feel like 90 to 100 from Syracuse-Utica south to
Scranton/W-B.
The heat and humidity today has led to a broad axis of
instability over southern NY and northern PA. Weak inhibition
earlier this morning led to rapid convective development with
little time for the storms to build up steam. The lack of
steering flow and a very limited amount of deep layer shear has
brought about unorganized storms and chaotic storm motions. The
robust amount of deep moisture allowed a few of the storms so
far to produce some wet microbursts, and this will continue to
be the main threat into the early evening hours. Many of these
storms have left behind outflow boundaries that other convection
may focus on today, so timing and location of additional
convection will be difficult to nail down.
The storms will subside after sunset this evening and
conditions will stabilize. Plenty of moisture in the boundary
layer and a weak near sfc inversion will allow for another round
of low clouds and fog tonight. Temperatures will only fall into
the upper 60s and 70s tonight.
The threat for heat/humidity ramps back up late Saturday
morning and continues into the afternoon...especially for the
southern tier of NY and ne PA. Temperatures back into the upper
80s near 90 for central NY and into the lower to mid 90s for ne
PA are expected with heat indices 90 to 100.
Another round of thunderstorms will develop Saturday
afternoon...similar to today within a similar type air
mass/environment. So we can expect the storms to be slow-moving
again with the threats being heavy rain, lightning and brief
strong, possibly severe, wind gusts. The timing on Saturday
looks to be around 1 PM to around 6 PM.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
The pattern is finally expected to shift Sunday as the strong upper-
level ridge responsible for the long duration heat and humidity
begins breaking down as a shortwave trough and surface cold front
approach from the west. This will lead to an increasing chance of
showers and thunderstorms Sunday, especially during the afternoon
and evening when precipitation appears likely. With the cold front
trending a little bit faster early this morning, moving into our
area during peak heating hours, along with 1000-1500 J/kg of surface-
based CAPE in place and 30-40 knots of shear, there will be the
potential for some stronger storms to develop. Mid-level lapse rates
are not very impressive at this point, so this looks to be more of a
wind threat with any potential stronger storms along with heavy
downpours with PWAT values in excess of 1.5 inches. The SPC has
outlooked the entire CWA in a marginal risk this day. With
uncertainty with the timing of the front, cloud cover and the
convection, temperatures on Sunday will be tricky to forecast. Highs
have trended down several degrees across CNY in the low and mid 80s
with the faster progression of the front, while the Twin Tiers into
NE PA range from the mid 80s to the low 90s. This still gets some
heat index values to around 95 for the Southern Tier of NY into NE
PA. So the heat advisory was extended through Sunday with the
afternoon forecast package.
As the front pushes east, the upper trough will lag behind over the
area on Monday, keeping the chance for scattered showers and
maybe a thunderstorm around. However, cooler, drier air will be
moving in for most areas as dew points fall back into the upper
50s and low 60s by the afternoon. Highs Monday are expected to
be from the mid 70s to the low 80s. With the Wyoming Valley
being one of the last spots for this more refreshing air to move
into, highs this day can still reach the mid and upper 80s. It
will feel more comfortable Monday night with lows in the upper
50s and low 60s.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
Only subtle changes to the previous long term discussion. GFS
trended more toward the ECMWF suite with a cooler and more
progressive look later next week. High pressure briefly builds in
overhead Tuesday leading to a dry day before another front looks to
bring the chance for showers and storms back into the area Wednesday
into Thursday. With ridging aloft Tuesday, high temperatures are
expected to trend back into the 80s, but it's not expected to feel
too humid as dew points remain in the upper 50s and low 60s, but
they will be trending up Wednesday ahead of the front. Wednesday is
expected to also expected to have highs in the 80s, and perhaps
nearing 90 degrees in a few places, before cooler air moves in again
for the second half of the week.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
LIFR, heavy thunderstorms will be impacting AVP over the next
hour or so (until 22/01z).
Conditions will stabilize after 00-01Z and areas of low clouds
and fog are expected to develop once again through the overnight
hours. The most favorable locations for fog are ELM, BGM and
AVP; where the heaviest rainfall occurred. ELM should see a
period of IFR or lower fog, mainly between 07-11z Saturday morning.
Conditions will return to VFR at most sites, after the fog
lifts and mixes out around 12-13Z, through the rest of the
period. There could be some MVFR cigs and light rain showers
that move in from the north just before between 12-16z and
impact RME and SYR.
There will also be more scattered showers and possible
thunderstorms around after 18z, but confidence on location and
timing was too low to include in the tafs at this time.
Outlook...
Saturday evening through Monday...Spotty restrictions possible
in showers and thunderstorms.
Tuesday and Wednesday...VFR conditions likely.
&&
.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...Heat Advisory until 8 PM EDT Sunday for PAZ038>040-043-044-047-
048-072.
NY...Heat Advisory until 8 PM EDT Sunday for NYZ022>025-055-056-062.
Air Quality Alert until 11 PM EDT this evening for NYZ062.
Air Quality Alert from 11 AM to 11 PM EDT Saturday for NYZ062.
&&
SYNOPSIS...BJT
NEAR TERM...BJT
SHORT TERM...DK/MWG
LONG TERM...DK/MWG
AVIATION...BJT/MJMHazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Binghamton NY 305 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024 NYZ022>025-055-056-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-221915- Steuben-Schuyler-Chemung-Tompkins-Tioga-Broome-Sullivan-Bradford- Susquehanna-Northern Wayne-Wyoming-Lackawanna-Luzerne-Pike- Southern Wayne- 305 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024 ...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York and northeast Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening. A few storms may produce damaging wind gusts and torrential downpours which could lead to localized flooding. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. More thunderstorms are expected Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Some of the storms could become severe with damaging winds the main threat. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about severe weather to the NWS. NYZ009-015>018-036-037-044>046-057-221915- Northern Oneida-Yates-Seneca-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Madison- Southern Oneida-Cortland-Chenango-Otsego-Delaware- 305 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening. A few storms may produce damaging wind gusts and torrential downpours which could lead to localized flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. More thunderstorms are expected Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Some of the storms could become severe with damaging winds the main threat. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about severe weather to the NWS.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
735 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024
PAZ043-047-220015-
Wyoming PA-Luzerne PA-
735 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN LUZERNE AND
SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT...
At 734 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Sweet Valley, or 17 miles southwest of Tunkhannock, moving southeast
at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Wilkes-Barre, Kingston, Nanticoke, Plymouth, Edwardsville,
Larksville, Lehman, Dallas, Harveys Lake, and Sugar Notch.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4132 7631 4148 7624 4140 7596 4135 7602
4126 7588 4115 7597
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 301DEG 25KT 4136 7618
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
KL/MJMPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
755 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0752 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 3 W Carverton 41.35N 75.90W
06/21/2024 Luzerne PA 911 Call Center
Trees and wires down on roadway.
&&Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
757 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0754 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg West Wyoming 41.32N 75.85W
06/21/2024 Luzerne PA 911 Call Center
Trees and wires down over Shoemaker Avenue.
&&Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
759 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0752 PM Flood 1 SSE Old Forge 41.36N 75.73W
06/21/2024 Lackawanna PA 911 Call Center
Flooded roadway over Main Street in Pittson
PA.
&&Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
800 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0752 PM Flood West Wyoming 41.32N 75.85W
06/21/2024 Luzerne PA 911 Call Center
Flooded roadway over Shoemaker Avenue.
&&Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
824 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024
PAZ044-047-048-072-220100-
Southern Wayne PA-Luzerne PA-Lackawanna PA-Pike PA-
824 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LACKAWANNA...
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE...EAST CENTRAL LUZERNE AND WEST CENTRAL PIKE
COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM EDT...
At 824 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Lehigh, or 11 miles southeast of Scranton, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Scranton, Dunmore, Blakely, Dickson City, Olyphant, Jessup, Throop,
Moscow, Sterling, and Elmhurst.
This includes the following highway exits...
Pennsylvania Interstate 81 between 186 and 188.
Interstate 84 between 1 and 20.
Interstate 380 between 20 and 24.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4113 7567 4113 7569 4118 7576 4130 7567
4136 7564 4150 7562 4131 7513 4125 7518
4123 7551 4122 7552 4122 7555 4112 7563
4112 7565
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 290DEG 27KT 4130 7550
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
KL/MJMThe Binghamton radar (KBGM), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:22 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall caused streets and basements to flood near Pittston.
Streets and roads were flooded in West Pittston. Several vehicles were stranded in flood waters.
Streets and roads were flooded in Wilkes-Barre. Several vehicles were stranded by floodwaters.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, June 2024
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: 1197578, 1197589, 1197590.