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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 14, 2005Monroe County, New York

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 8:15 PM EDTFLASH FLOODChili Center, NYWIDESPREAD 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 814 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFAllegany3 hr
Jul 14, 1:31 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF59 min
Jul 14, 2:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF62 min
Jul 14, 8:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson35 min
Jul 14, 8:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis64 min
Jul 14, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara49 min
Jul 14, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF46 min
Jul 14, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe42 min
Jul 14, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF57 min
Jul 14, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie30 min
Jul 14, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee52 min
Jul 14, 5:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFLewis3 hr
Jul 14, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie37 min
Jul 14, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe59 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.