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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 14, 2005Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2005, 5:46 PM EDT for Lewis 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: Jul 14, 2005, 5:46 PM EDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2005, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 14, 6:00 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Constableville, NY	WIDESPREAD FLOODING SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY...SEE NYSPIN REPORT...FISH CREEK ROAD WASHED OUT. RADAR ESTIMATE OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 278 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS51 KBUF 142149
FFWBUF
NYC049-150045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
546 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE TOWNS OF HIGHMARKET...OSCEOLA
  AND LEWIS IN SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY.

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. THE ROAD BETWEEN OSCEOLA AND FISH CREEK 
RESERVOIR MAY BE MOST PRONE TO FLOODING OR WASHOUT.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 4368 7575 4347 7574 4339 7550 4357 7527
      4368 7549

$$

HIBBERT

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS71 KBUF 142243
FFSBUF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
640 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005

NYC049-150045-
LEWIS NY-
640 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR LEWIS
COUNTY...

AT 638 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE NUMEROUS MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE TOWNS OF 
HIGHMARKET...LEWIS AND OSCEOLA.

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. SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAINS EARLIER IN 
THE EVENING WERE ALONG THE WATERSHEDS OF THE SOUTHERN TUG HILL 
PLATEAU.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
BUFFALO.

LAT...LON 4368 7575 4347 7574 4339 7550 4357 7527
      4368 7549

$$

HIBBERT

000 
WGUS71 KBUF 150033
FFSBUF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
830 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005

NYC049-150045-
LEWIS NY-
830 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM EDT FOR LEWIS 
COUNTY...

AT 829 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 
WEAKENING SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE FLASH 
FLOOD AREA IN SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO 
DIMINISH AND THE FLOODING THREAT WILL BE LESSENED. 

WIDESPREAD FLOODING OCCURRED OVER SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY FROM ALMOST 
4 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING OVER LESS THAN 2 HOURS EARLIER THIS 
EVENING. WHILE IT WILL TAKE A FEW HOURS FOR THE SWOLLEN CREEKS AND 
STREAMS TO RETURN TO NORMAL FLOW...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN TONIGHT WILL 
DO LITTLE TO WORSEN THE ALREADY FLOODED AREAS.

LAT...LON 4368 7575 4347 7574 4339 7550 4357 7527
      4368 7549

$$

HIBBERT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 8:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Allegany	3 hr
Jul 14, 1:31 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		59 min
Jul 14, 2:43 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		62 min
Jul 14, 8:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson	35 min
Jul 14, 8:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	64 min
Jul 14, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Niagara	49 min
Jul 14, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		46 min
Jul 14, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe	42 min
Jul 14, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		57 min
Jul 14, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	30 min
Jul 14, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee	52 min
Jul 14, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	37 min
Jul 14, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe	59 min
Jul 14, 7:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Monroe	3 hr

Nearby

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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.