Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2005, 8:47 PM EDT for Wyoming 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 9, 2005, 8:47 PM EDT (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2005, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:55 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Varysburg, NY | FLOODING AT INTERSECTION OF ROUTES 98 AND 20A |
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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 1026 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 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 100050 FFWBUF NYC121-100345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 847 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 1145 PM EDT * AT 843 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR VARYSBURG...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF EAST AURORA...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARSAW. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING COUNTY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 TO 1.75 INCHES AN HOUR. 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. 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 4286 7843 4264 7837 4271 7800 4286 7801 $$ PACE
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KBUF 100129 FFSBUF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 929 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005 NYC121-100345- WYOMING NY- 922 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR WYOMING COUNTY... AT 855 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FLASH FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 98 AND 20A. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR VARYSBURG AND EXTEND TO THE EAST AND WEST OF VARYSBURG. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE SAME AREA FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE GLADE CREEK AREA IN WESTERN WYOMING COUNTY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. LAT...LON 4286 7843 4264 7837 4271 7800 4286 7801 $$ PACE
000 WGUS71 KBUF 100230 FFSBUF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1026 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005 NYC121-100345- WYOMING NY- 1026 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR WYOMING COUNTY... AT 10 PM EDT...WYOMING COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES IN THE VARYSBURG AREA. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING IN THE VARYSBURG AREA. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG GLADE CREEK IN WESTERN WYOMING COUNTY AND ALONG STONY BROOK. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. LAT...LON 4286 7843 4264 7837 4271 7800 4286 7801 $$ PACE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 9:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 97 min | |
| Jun 9, 10:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Erie | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 11:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Erie | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 12:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Lewis | 118 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.