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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 13, 1994Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 1994, 12:45 AM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1994, 12:45 AM EDT (04:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1994, 3:45 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 1994-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 657 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
657 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1213 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBUF 130450
FFWBUF
NYC029-013-009-130745-

BULLETIN  EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1245 AM EDT WED JUL 13 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 345 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING NEW YORK COUNTIES...

IN NEW YORK

    ...SOUTHERN ERIE...CHAUTAUQUA...AND CATTARAUGUS...

AT 1230 AM RADAR INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERDSTORMS IN CLUSTERS ACROSS
LAKE ERIE FROM LONG POINT TO SOUTH OF HAMBURG AND ACROSS NORTHERN
CHAUTAUQUA AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.


RAUSCH

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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.