Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Buffalo, NY

Issued

Apr 23, 1996, 1:05 PM EDT (17:05 UTC)

Expired

Apr 23, 1996, 11:00 PM EDT

In force

10 hr

Issued by

NWS Buffalo, NY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Lewis County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Oswego County, NY

000 
TTAA00 KBUF 231706
FFWBUF
NYC045-049-065-075-240300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
105 PM EDT TUE APR 23 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING 
FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING FOR THE COUNTIES EAST OF LAKE 
ONTARIO UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING. COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE:

JEFFERSON...LEWIS...OSWEGO...NORTHERN ONEIDA...

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF UP TO ONE INCH FELL LAST NIGHT ACROSS THE 
REGION...AND COMBINED WITH SOME MELTING SNOW FROM THE HIGHER 
ELEVATIONS OF THE TUG HILL TO PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW 
LYING AREAS. AFTER A BREAK EARLIER TODAY...MORE RAIN HAS MOVED INTO 
THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING.

THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE 
EASING OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 0.5 TO 1.0 INCH WILL 
FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND THIS WILL BE ENOUGH TO RESULT 
IN WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.... BASEMENTS...AND EVEN 
SOME ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. SMALL STREAMS MAY ALSO 
OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.

THE BLACK RIVER IS ALSO RUNNING HIGH WITH 1 PM LEVELS OF 8.71 FEET AT 
WATERTOWN...AND 8.15 FEET AT BOONVILLE. FLOOD STAGE AT BOTH LOCATIONS 
IS 10 FEET. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY CAUSE FURTHER RISE TO NEAR FLOOD 
STAGE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS SITUATION WILL BE MONITORED WITH 
RIVER WATCHES OR WARNINGS ISSUED AS NECESSARY. SOME FLOODING OF BLACK 
RIVER TRIBUTARIES IS ALSOP POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS EXPECTED OR IMMINENT. ALL 
PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY 
PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

MCLAUGHLIN

000 
TTAA00 KBUF 231715 COR
FFWBUF
NYC045-049-075-240300-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
105 PM EDT TUE APR 23 1996   ...CORRECTED TO REMOVE NO. ONEIDA COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING FOR THE COUNTIES EAST OF LAKE
ONTARIO UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING. COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE:

JEFFERSON...LEWIS...OSWEGO...

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF UP TO ONE INCH FELL LAST NIGHT ACROSS THE
REGION...AND COMBINED WITH SOME MELTING SNOW FROM THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE TUG HILL TO PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW
LYING AREAS. AFTER A BREAK EARLIER TODAY...MORE RAIN HAS MOVED INTO
THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING.

THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE
EASING OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 0.5 TO 1.0 INCH WILL
FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND THIS WILL BE ENOUGH TO RESULT
IN WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.... BASEMENTS...AND EVEN
SOME ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. SMALL STREAMS MAY ALSO
OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.

THE BLACK RIVER IS ALSO RUNNING HIGH WITH 1 PM LEVELS OF 8.71 FEET AT
WATERTOWN...AND 8.15 FEET AT BOONVILLE. FLOOD STAGE AT BOTH LOCATIONS
IS 10 FEET. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY CAUSE FURTHER RISE TO NEAR FLOOD
STAGE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS SITUATION WILL BE MONITORED WITH
RIVER WATCHES OR WARNINGS ISSUED AS NECESSARY. SOME FLOODING OF BLACK
RIVER TRIBUTARIEXS IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS EXPECTED OR IMMINENT. ALL
PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

MCLAUGHLIN

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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.