Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2004, 1:14 AM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 3 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
- May 24, 2004, 1:14 AM EDT (05:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2004, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:16 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 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KBUF 240521
FFWBUF
NYC009-013-240815-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
114 AM EDT MON MAY 24 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 415 AM EDT
* AT 111 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
FINLEY LAKE TO SALAMANCA...MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES PER HOUR.
* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT...
HINSDALE
FINDLEY LAKE
BEMUS POINT
JAMESTOWN
ALLEGANY PARK
SALAMANCA
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TRAINING ACROSS THE SAME AREA OVER THE
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 4226 7970 4204 7969 4208 7840 4245 7843
$$
TJP2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KBUF 240641 FFSBUF NYC009-013-240815- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 235 AM EDT MON MAY 24 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 AM EDT FOR CATTARAUGUS AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES... AT 231 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODED BASEMENTS IN LEON AND ISCHUA...AND THERE WAS FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 16. FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN SINCLAIRVILLE...AND ROUTE 60 HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA ARE STILL PRODUCING STEADY RAIN...ESPECIALLY OVER CATTARAUGUS COUNTY WHERE RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE STILL BEING REPORTED. THUS...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTE...ASHFORD HOLLOW...ASHFORD...SALAMANCA...MAYVILLE...LAKEWOOD...JAMESTOWN WEST...JAMESTOWN...FALCONER AND ALLEGANY. LAT...LON 4226 7970 4204 7969 4208 7840 4245 7843 $$ TJP
000 WGUS71 KBUF 240749 FFSBUF NYC009-013-240815- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 346 AM EDT MON MAY 24 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CATTARAUGUS AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES IS CANCELED... THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS HAS ALSO SUBSIDED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. LAT...LON 4226 7970 4204 7969 4208 7840 4245 7843 $$ TJP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 88 min | |
| May 23, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 88 min | |
| May 23, 11:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Oswego | 3 hr |
| May 24, 12:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 57 min |
| May 24, 1:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 24, 1:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 37 min |
| May 24, 5:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 3 hr |
| May 24, 5:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 60 min | |
| May 24, 6:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| May 24, 6:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| May 24, 6:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| May 24, 6:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| May 24, 6:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| May 24, 7:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 47 min |
| May 24, 7:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 47 min |
| May 24, 7:46 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 89 min | |
| May 24, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 42 min |
| May 24, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 43 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.