Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jan 8, 1998, 3:38 PM EST for Monroe County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 1998, 3:38 PM EST (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 1998, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Monroe County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 71 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALB 080550 FFWALB NYC032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063-066-VTC013-014-MAC001- CTC001-090300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1250 AM EST THU JAN 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10PM EST TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... ...HAMILTON...HERKIMER...FULTON...MONTGOMERY...WARREN... ...WASHINGTON...SARATOGA...SCHENECTADY...ALBANY...RENSSELAER... ...SCHOHARIE... ...IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... ...GREENE...COLUMBIA...ULSTER...DUTCHESS... ...IN SOUTHERN VERMONT... ...BENNINGTON...WINDHAM... ...IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... ...BERKSHIRE... ...IN NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT... ...LITCHFIELD... MELTING SNOW AND PERSISTENT RAIN HAS BROUGHT MANY STREAMS AND RIVERS CLOSE TO BANKFUL OVER THE REGION. THE RAIN HAS INCREASED IN INTENSITY AND WILL CONTINUE MOST OF THE DAY TODAY. THE CONTINUED RAIN...ALONG WITH MELTING SNOW IN THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE CATSKILLS AND BERKSHIRES WILL CAUSE MANY STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS BEGINNING EARLY THIS MORNING AND PERSISTING INTO THIS EVENING. ICE JAMS MAY WORSEN FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS IN THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. FLOODING OF ROADS AND PARKING AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY TO OCCUR ESPECIALLY WHERE ACCUMULATED SNOW OR ICE INTERFERES WITH STORM DRAINAGE. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS EITHER OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN A FEW HOURS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND SPECIFIC STAGE FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE LARGER RIVERS LATER TODAY. IF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS IS ALONG A RIVER OR STREAM...YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR LATER WARNINGS...STATEMENTS...AND INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON INTERNET WtEB SITE AT... http://nwsfo.nws.cestm.albany.edu
1 follow-up statement
000 TTAA00 KBUF 082039 FFWBUF NYC003-009-011-013-029-037-045-049-051-055-063- 069-073-075-117-121-090400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 338 PM EST THU JAN 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS EXTENDED THE FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING 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... RECORD JANUARY RAINFALL CAUSED EXTENSIVE FLOODING ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN NEW YORK TODAY. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE 24 HOURS SINCE THE RAINS BEGAN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS BEEN LIGHTER TODAY OVER WESTERN AREAS...SOME LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON. THESE RAINS SHOULD TAPER OFF THIS EVENING...BUT MANY CREEKS AND SMALLER STREAMS REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS CAUSING NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES AND SOME HOMES ARE REPORTED THREATENED IN SEVERAL COMMUNITIES SCATTERED ACROSS THE STATE. EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE PASSED...THERE REMAINS A THREAT OF LOWLAND FLOODING...ESPECIALLY NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. THE WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 10 PM FOR THE ENTIRE REGION. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE OVERNIGHT AND A DECISION TO EXTEND THE WARNING OR LET IT EXPIRE WILL BE MADE THIS EVENING. IN THE MEANTIME......REMEMBER A WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS OCCURRING. THOSE PERSONS WITH INTERESTS NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS OR IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO 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. AN UPDATED STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 10 PM THIS EVENING. MCLAUGHLIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 10:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne | 7 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Wyoming | 7 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 7 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Orleans | 7 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany | 7 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cayuga | 7 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Ontario, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Wyoming | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.