Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 1998, 5:59 AM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1998, 5:59 AM EDT (09:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1998, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 1359 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBUF 261000 FFWBUF NYC009-013-261100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 559 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK NORTHERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 700 AM EDT * AT 550 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM DUNKIRK TO JUST NORTH OF ELLICOTTVILLE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. * ADDITIONAL STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREA AND COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR THROUGH 700 AM. IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS...BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION NOW. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. ROADWAYS...CULVERTS AND VIADUCTS COULD FLOOD RAPIDLY AS A RESULT OF THE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FbLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR ALREADY OCCURRING. TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY. TAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 2:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 2:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 2:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 2:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 3:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Orleans | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 3:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 3:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 3:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 4:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 6:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 87 min |
| Jun 26, 7:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 92 min |
| Jun 26, 8:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Genesee | 94 min |
| Jun 26, 8:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe | 50 min |
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.