Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2005, 11:34 PM EDT for Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2005, 11:34 PM EDT (03:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2005, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 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), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:37 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 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 100339
FFWBUF
NYC121-100730-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1134 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 330 AM EDT
* AT 1132 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VARYSBURG TO
BENNINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ATTICA.
THESE STORMS ARE MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA THAT RECEIVED 4 TO 5
INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST WAS IN THE
VARYSBURG AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES AN HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE WHEN THIS NEW ACTIVITY MOVES THROUGH. IT SHOULD WEAKEN SOME
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AM.
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.
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 4267 7845 4287 7845 4287 7824 4286 7797
4273 7798
$$
PACE1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS71 KBUF 100702
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
255 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005
NYC121-100730-
WYOMING NY-
255 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WYOMING COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 330 AM
EDT...
AT 251 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED OR ENDED OVER THE FLOOD AREA.
ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED...WATER LEVELS MAY REMAIN HIGH. THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 330 AM EDT.
IN LIGHT OF THE HEAVY RAINS ON THURSDAY NIGHT...SATURATED SOILS WILL
HOLD EVEN LESS ADDITIONAL RAIN...SO ANY RAINFALL LATER TODAY MAY
PRODUCE EVEN MORE RUNOFF...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE FLASH
FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 4267 7845 4287 7845 4287 7824 4286 7797
4273 7798
$$
HIBBERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 3 hr |
| 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 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.