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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2005, 3:36 PM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2005, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2005, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Allegany County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 4:20 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Centerville, NY | SMALL BRIDGE WASHED OUT ON PRATT RD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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 291939 FFWBUF NYC003-292230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 336 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 333 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE COUNTY. RAINFALL OF OVER TWO INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN JUST OVER AN HOUR...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL CAN CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. GREATEST THREAT IS WEST OF HUME AND NORTH OF RUSHFORD. LAT...LON 4241 7829 4242 7813 4253 7812 4251 7829 $$ MCLAUGHLIN
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KBUF 292101 FFSBUF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 455 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005 NYC003-292230- ALLEGANY NY- 455 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY... AT 425 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED BASEMENT FLOODING IN FILLMORE IN NORTHERN ALLEGANY COUNTY FROM THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE FILLMORE AREA BUT FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN ALLEGANY COUNTY WHERE RAINFALL RATES OF A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH PER HOUR ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH 540 PM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BUFFALO. LAT...LON 4241 7829 4241 7812 4253 7812 4251 7829 $$ JJP
000 WGUS71 KBUF 292201 FFSBUF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 600 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005 NYC003-292220- ALLEGANY NY- 600 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 600 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE AREA...THUS THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PONDING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR AWHILE UNTIL THE WATER HAS TIME TO RUN OFF. LAT...LON 4241 7829 4241 7812 4253 7812 4251 7829 $$ JJP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Oswego | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 58 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.