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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 10, 2005Livingston County, Monroe County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2005, 12:35 PM EDT for Livingston County, Monroe County, New York. It was in force for 4 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 10, 2005, 12:35 PM EDT (16:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:39 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 2:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOODLivonia, NYROADS FLOODED AND CLOSED.

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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 2005-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 350 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 2005-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
350 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KBUF 101638
FFWBUF
NYC051-055-102030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1235 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 1230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            
  INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWPOURS THAT    
  EXTENDED FROM GREECE TO MT MORRIS. THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING VERY    
  SLOWLY EASTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. 

UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN AN HOUR IS LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE 
THROUGH THE REGION.  

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM SMALL 
STREAMS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES. DONT DROWN...TURN AROUND.

LAT...LON 4329 7787 4264 7782 4271 7763 4336 7764

$$

NIZIOL
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS71 KBUF 101836
FFSBUF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
230 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

NYC051-055-102030-
LIVINGSTON NY-MONROE NY-
230 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR MONROE AND
LIVINGSTON COUNTIES...

AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MONROE AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES PRODUCING 
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OFF TO THE 
EAST...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. SOME AREAS 
HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.  

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.

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

LAT...LON 4329 7787 4264 7782 4271 7763 4336 7764

$$

ZAFF
000 
WGUS71 KBUF 101915
FFSBUF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
315 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

NYC051-055-101925-
LIVINGSTON NY-MONROE NY-
315 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MONROE AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

AT 315 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT 
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE AREA...THUS 
THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4329 7787 4264 7782 4271 7763 4336 7764

$$

ZAFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFWyoming3 hr
Jun 9, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF97 min
Jun 9, 10:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFErie3 hr
Jun 9, 11:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFWyoming4 hr
Jun 10, 1:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFErie3 hr
Jun 10, 6:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFLewis118 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.