Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 20, 1989, 3:45 PM EDT for Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1989, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1989, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orleans County, NY
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 55 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBUF 201923 RRA
FFWBUF
NYC003-009-013-073-211800-
BULLETIN IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
345 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD WARNING
TONIGHT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING NEW YORK COUNTIES...
CHAUTAUQUA CATTARAUGUS AND ALLEGANY
AND EXPANDED THE WARNING TO INCLUDE
ORLEANS COUNTY
A FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS UP FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NEW YORK REGION.
HEAVY RAINS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS OUR REGION TONIGHT AS WEATHER
SYSTEMS ARE VERY SLOW TO MOVE AND MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH.
ORLEANS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING
AROUND THE ALBION AREA SHORTLY AFTER 330 PM THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING IN THE ALBION AREA.
MAJOR STREAMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH BANKFUL OVERNIGHT AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS
OVER MUCH OF OUR AREA.
RAINFALL REPORTS FROM AROUND THE AREA AT MIDAFTERNOON INCLUDED
GETZVILLE NEAR BUFFALO 1.71
HORNELL AREA 1.48
WHITESVILLE IN ALLEGANY COUNTY 1.11
BUFFALO DOWNTOWN 1.11
NORTH TONAWANDA 1.03
THE GENESEE RIVER AT WELLSVILLE IS EXPECTED TO SHOULD BE CLOSE TO CREST
THIS EVENING NEAR FLOOD STAGE OF 10 FEET.
ON THE ALEGHENY RIVER AT OLEAN ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT. WITH THAT AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION THE RIVER WOULD CREST
BETWEEN 12 AND 14 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. FLOOD STAGE IS 10 FEET
AND DIKES PROTECT THE CITY TO 24 FEET. LOWLAND FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED
WHEN THE RIVER CROSSES 10 FEET EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
REMEMEMBER...WATER ON ROADS CAN BE VERY DECEPTIVE. UNDERPASSES CAN
FILL QUICKLY. DO NOT TRY TO DVRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
DUNHAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 11:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara, Orleans | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 3 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.