Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2003, 8:52 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 83 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2003, 8:52 PM EDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2003, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lewis County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 886 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KBUF 260054
FFWBUF
NYC049-260215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
852 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 845 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
HEAVY RAIN 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGHMARKET....MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...
NEAR HIGHMARKET AT 920 PM EDT
A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CROSSED THE AREA DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. RADAR BASED ESTIMATES OF PRECIPITATION
INDICATE SOME LOCATIONS MAY HAVE RECIEVED AS MUCH AS TWO TO TWO AND
A HALF INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS. ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CROSS THE SAME REGIONS WITHIN THE NEXT
HOUR.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF
YOU LIVE ALONG A STREAM OR CREEK ACT NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT CROSS BRIDGES
DIPS OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
BUFFALO.
LAT...LON 4360 7576 4347 7575 4346 7562 4365 7534
4381 7555
$$
LEVAN1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KBUF 260136 FFSBUF NYC049-260215- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 935 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CONTINUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK UNTIL 1015 PM EDT AT 930 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN JUST NORTH OF HIGHMARKET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR... LOWVILLE AT 950 PM EDT A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU LIVE ALONG A STREAM OR CREEK ACT NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT CROSS BRIDGES DIPS OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BUFFALO. $$ LEVAN
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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.