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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 13, 2005Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2005, 7:11 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 2 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 13, 2005, 7:11 PM EDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 188 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
188 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KBUF 132313
FFWBUF
NYC049-140115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
711 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 710 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES EAST OF CROGHAN.

* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS OF
  EASTERN LEWIS COUNTY.

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.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICTAED RAINFALL OF NEARLY 3 INCHES SINCE 6 PM 
EDT.

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 4395 7533 4379 7521 4380 7515 4403 7519

$$

RSH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS71 KBUF 140029
FFSBUF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
825 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

NYC049-140115-
LEWIS NY-
825 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR LEWIS
COUNTY...

THUNDERSTORMS THAT ROLLED THROUGH THE AREA EARLIER HAVE MOVED 
FURTHER EAST BUT RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER WILL KEEP THE FLOOD 
THREAT GOING UNTIL AT LEAST 915 PM.

THE THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

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.

LAT...LON 4395 7533 4379 7521 4380 7515 4403 7519

$$

SAGE
000 
WGUS71 KBUF 140112
FFSBUF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
912 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

NYC049-140122-
LEWIS NY-
912 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LEWIS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 915 PM EDT...

PONDING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR
AWHILE UNTIL THE WATER HAS TIME TO RUN OFF.

LAT...LON 4395 7533 4379 7521 4380 7515 4403 7519

$$

SAGE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee34 min
Jun 13, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe60 min
Jun 13, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston32 min
Jun 13, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF37 min
Jun 13, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara20 min
Jun 13, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOrleans56 min
Jun 13, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF41 min
Jun 13, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe42 min
Jun 13, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF34 min
Jun 13, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis38 min
Jun 13, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario38 min
Jun 13, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF63 min
Jun 13, 7:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFLivingston119 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.