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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2003, 4:54 PM EDT for Lewis County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2003, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2003, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 478 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KBUF 052056 FFWBUF NYC049-075-052300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 454 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 450 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN OSWEGO AND ONEIDA COUNTIES. THESE WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH AND WILL CROSS MOST OF OSWEGO AND LEWIS COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM. RAINFALL OF TWO INCHES OR MORE IS POSSIBLE IN AN HOUR OR LESS IN SOME SPOTS. 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. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BUFFALO. LAT...LON 4355 7596 4335 7608 4363 7563 4390 7558 $$ SFM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 12:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 50 min | |
| Aug 5, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 50 min | |
| Aug 5, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 50 min | |
| Aug 5, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 50 min | |
| Aug 5, 3:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Ontario | 112 min |
| Aug 5, 3:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 53 min |
| Aug 5, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 4:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 4:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 55 min |
| Aug 5, 5:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Wayne | 54 min |
| Aug 5, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany | 56 min |
| Aug 5, 5:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 36 min |
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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.