Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Buffalo, NY

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 Cayuga County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY

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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

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.