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A comparison of 2 flash flood producing narrow cold frontal rain bands in northeast Pennsylvania and southern New York . Mike Evans NOAA/NWS WFO Binghamton. Outline. Overview of Narrow Cold Frontal Rain Bands November 16, 2006 January 25, 2010 Summary and Conclusion. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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A comparison of 2 flash flood producing narrow cold
frontal rain bands in northeast Pennsylvania and
southern New York Mike EvansNOAA/NWS
WFO Binghamton
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Overview of Narrow Cold Frontal Rain Bands November 16, 2006 January 25, 2010 Summary and Conclusion
Outline
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Cool season, narrow bands of heavy rain associated with cold fronts
Limited instability Often associated with damaging winds
Narrow Cold Frontal Rain Bands
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Narrow Cold Frontal Rain Bands
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Example
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November 16 18z - wind magnitude anomalies
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November 17 00z - wind magnitude anomalies
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November 16 18z - v wind anomalies
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November 17 00z – v wind anomalies
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November 16 18z – surface fields
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November 17 00z – surface fields
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Radar loop
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Rainfall
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November 16 - Relative humidity and theta-e
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November 16 - Frontogenesis and ageostrophic circulation
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5 high wind reports including an EF0 tornado and a 74 mph wind gust at the Carrier Dome.
29 flash flood reports: Multiple houses flooded 3 feet of water on the Vestal Parkway Mudslide on I-88 causes a multi-injury car accident State of emergency in Hancock, NY Report of 1.75 inches of rain in 15 minutes in
Delta Lake, NY. Flood damage at the Woodlands Inn in Wilkes-
Barre
Impacts
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January 25 06z anomalies
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January 25 12z anomalies
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Radar loop
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Observed rainfall
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Snow melt
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January 25 - Relative humidity and theta-e
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January 25 - Frontogenesis and ageostrophic circulation
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No wind damage 31 flash flood reports Evacuations in the town of Vestal, NY Mudslides closed portions of I-81 and route
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Impacts
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Narrow cold frontal rain bands have produced significant flash flood events across northern Pa and southern NY
These events can be identified in standardized anomaly fields (pwat and vwind)
Flooding events may be characterized by broad ascent associated with coupled cold front / warm front circulations.
The ascent associated with flooding events may be broader than in more “typical” narrow cold frontal rain bands.
Summary