Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2005, 7:35 PM EDT for Monroe 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, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2005, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Monroe County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 8:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Chili Center, NY | WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF PARKS ROADS AND BASEMENTS CHILI AND GATES AREAS. |
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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 814 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1263 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 142336 FFWBUF NYC055-150230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 735 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 1030 PM EDT * AT 730 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE RAINFALL OF OVER TWO INCHES PER HOUR OVER ROCHESTERS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SUBURBS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPENCERPORT...HENRIETTA...ROCHESTER AND GATES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 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 4301 7786 4301 7762 4319 7762 4319 7786 $$ MCLAUGHLIN
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KBUF 150044 FFSBUF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 840 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 NYC055-150230- MONROE NY- 840 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR MONROE COUNTY... AT 836 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED FLOODING HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED TO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. THE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DIMINISH BUT RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS MAY CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND SMALL CREEKS...MAINLY SOUTH AND WEST OF ROCHESTER. RADAR INDICATED THAT AS MUCH AS THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN ABOUT AN HOUR NEAR THE BLACK CREEK IN THE TOWNS OF RIGA AND CHILI. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4301 7786 4301 7762 4319 7762 4319 7786 $$ MCLAUGHLIN
000 WGUS71 KBUF 150126 FFSBUF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 926 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 NYC055-150136- MONROE NY- 926 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MONROE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 926 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 4301 7786 4301 7762 4319 7762 4319 7786 $$ SFM
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, 5:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Lewis | 3 hr |
| 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 |
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.