Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Buffalo, NY

Issued

Jul 23, 2003, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)

Expired

Jul 23, 2003, 7:00 PM EDT

In force

116 min

Issued by

NWS Buffalo, NY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS51 KBUF 232104
FFWBUF
NYC003-009-232300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
504 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  SOUTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 457 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
  HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF ANGELICA TO A FEW
  MILES NORTH OF OLEAN.  THE STORMS WERE GROWING IN INTENSITY AND
  MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST.

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.

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 4208 7866 4202 7828 4231 7781 4246 7809

$$

SAGE

000 
WGUS71 KBUF 232158
FFSBUF
NYC003-009-232300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
558 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2003

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALLEGANY AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES 
CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM.  AS OF 555 PM THE HEAVIEST STORMS 
EXTENDED FROM NEAR ANGELICA TO EASTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY A FEW 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKLINVILLE.  RADAR INDICATES OVER AN INCH OF 
RAIN IN THE PAST 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.

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.

$$

SAGE

000 
WGUS71 KBUF 232309
FFSBUF
NYC003-009-232330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
709 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2003

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALLEGANY AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES IN 
WESTERN NEW YORK HAS EXPIRED.  HEAVY RAINS HAVE WEAKENED 
CONSIDERABLY AND MOVED NORTHWARD OVER NORTHERN ALLEGANY COUNTY.  
MANY ROADS WERE CLOSED EARLIER IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THAT COUNTY.  
NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED YET FROM CATTARAUGUS 
COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS CURRENTLY WEST OF ALLEGANY STATE PARK 
WITH INTENSITY OF ABOUT ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR.  THIS WILL LIKELY 
CAUSE POOR DRAINAGE TYPE FLOODING BUT FLASH FLOODING IS NOT LIKELY.

$$

SAGE

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.