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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 30, 1995Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 1995, 7:00 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 1995, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1995, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 113 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 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 302255
FFWBUF
NYC009-013-010200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
700 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN  NEW YORK
 
   ...CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
 
A LINE OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF CHAUTAUQUA AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES THIS
EVENING. SPOTTERS IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY HAVE
ALREADY REPORTED OVER TWO /2.00/ INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS.
 
RADAR INDICATES THAT ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE REFORMING TO THE SOUTHWEST
OF CURRENT ACTIVITY AND ARE FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREA DURING
THE EVENING.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
NIZIOL

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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.