Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Buffalo, NY

Issued

Jan 8, 1998, 10:45 AM EST (15:45 UTC)

Expired

Jan 8, 1998, 5:45 PM EST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Buffalo, NY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KBUF 081545
FFWBUF
NYC003-009-011-013-029-037-045-049-051-055-063-
069-073-075-117-121-082200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED FOR DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1045 AM EST THU JAN 8 1998 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING 
FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF 
WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK...

COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE:

..ERIE...NIAGARA...ORLEANS...GENESEE...WYOMING...
..CHAUTAUQUA...CATTARAUGUS...ALLEGANY...
..MONROE...WAYNE...LIVINGSTON...ONTARIO...
..NORTHERN CAYUGA...OSWEGO...LEWIS...JEFFERSON...

WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK WAS DRENCHED WITH ALMOST UNPRECEDENTED 
JANUARY RAINFALL DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS. ALL OF THE REGION RECEIVED 
BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 4 PM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF MINOR FLOODING AND LOCAL ROAD 
CLOSURES ACROSS THE REGION SO FAR...AND EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN 
HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE AREA...ADDITIONAL RAIN OF 0.25 TO 0.50 INCH IS 
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.

ALTHOUGH THE WORST OF THE URBAN FLOODING IS OVER...THERE STILL WILL 
BE FLOODING OF MANY SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 
SOME OF THIS FLOODING WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSURES AND COULD 
FLOOD HOMES.

THOSE PERSONS WITH INTERESTS NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS OR IN LOW 
LYING AREAS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY TO PROTECT 
LIFE AND PROPERTY.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.

THIS WARNING IS AN UPGRADE FROM THE GENERAL FLO~OD WATCH WHICH WAS IN 
EFFECT. AN UPDATED STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

MCLAUGHLIN

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.