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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Buffalo, NY

January 25, 1992Niagara County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jan 25, 1992, 1:25 AM EST for Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 25, 1992, 1:25 AM EST (06:25 UTC)
Expired
Jan 25, 1992, 11:00 AM EST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Niagara County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 27 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 1992-01-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 1992-01-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
889 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBUF 250628 COR
FFWBUF
NYC063-252100-

BULLETIN  EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
125 AM EST SAT JAN 25 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL
400 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING NEW YORK COUNTIES...NIAGARA.

AN ICE JAM ON THE NIAGARA RIVER IS CAUSING SOME FLOODING IN THE
LASALLE SECTION...CAYUGA ISLAND AND THE EAST CHANNEL OF THE UPPER
NIAGARA RIVER.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

FISHER

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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.