Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2004, 1:16 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 119 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 13, 2004, 1:16 PM EDT (17:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2004, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 119 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 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1092 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 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 131718
FFWBUF
NYC049-131915-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
116 PM EDT THU MAY 13 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT
* AT 108 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8
MILES WEST OF INDIAN RIVER TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOWVILLE TO
10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOWVILLE TO 17 MILES EAST OF
LOWVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...
CASTORLAND AT 130 PM EDT.
LOWVILLE AT 155 PM EDT.
INDIAN RIVER AT 225 PM EDT.
CROGHAN AT 245 PM EDT.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. WASHOUTS OF DIRT ROADS ARE EXPECTED...
ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF NUMBER FOUR ROAD AND EAST OF ERIE
COUNTY ROAD.
LAT...LON 4401 7550 4393 7563 4384 7570 4372 7570
4367 7546 4369 7515 4378 7455 4376 7485
4381 7509 4393 7509 4402 7502 4408 7519
$$
WCH2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS71 KBUF 131801
FFSBUF
NYC049-131915-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
200 PM EDT THU MAY 13 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR LEWIS
COUNTY...
AT 148 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM INDIAN RIVER TO 9 MILES WEST OF
INDIAN RIVER TO 7 MILES NORTH OF LOWVILLE TO LOWVILLE TO 17 MILES
EAST OF LOWVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...
LOWVILLE AT 155 PM EDT.
INDIAN RIVER AT 315 PM EDT.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH TO 1.5 INCHES IN AN HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAINS WILL BE NEAR
CASTORLAND...CROGHAN AND INDIAN RIVER...AS WELL AS SOUTH OF NUMBER
FOUR ROAD. WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS MAY CREATE WASHOUTS...ESPECIALLY
EAST OF ERIE CANAL ROAD AND SOUTH OF NUMBER FOUR ROAD.
LAT...LON 4401 7550 4393 7563 4384 7570 4372 7570
4367 7546 4369 7515 4378 7455 4376 7485
4381 7509 4393 7509 4402 7502 4408 7519
$$
WCH000
WGUS71 KBUF 131838
FFSBUF
NYC049-131915-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
235 PM EDT THU MAY 13 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR LEWIS
COUNTY...
AT 227 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM INDIAN RIVER TO 10 MILES WEST OF
INDIAN RIVER TO 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOWVILLE TO 19 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF INDIAN RIVER...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH BUT REFORMING ALONG THE BLACK
RIVER.
* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN NEAR...
CASTORLAND AND INDIAN RIVER THROUGH 315 PM EDT.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED 1.5 TO 2 INCHES
ALONG THE INDEPENDENCE RIVER NEAR CHASE LAKE AND BETWEEN CROGHAN AND
LOWVILLE.
LAT...LON 4401 7550 4393 7563 4384 7570 4372 7570
4367 7546 4369 7515 4378 7455 4376 7485
4381 7509 4393 7509 4402 7502 4408 7519
$$
WCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 44 min |
| May 13, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario | 57 min |
| May 13, 1:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Ontario | 2 hr |
| May 13, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wayne | 29 min |
| May 13, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 41 min | |
| May 13, 3:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Lewis | 115 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.