Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jan 8, 1998, 10:45 AM EST for 6 counties in New York. It was in force for 7 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, 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 Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 26 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 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
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 | 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 | Monroe, Orleans | 6 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.