Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Buffalo, NY
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 37 min | |
| Jun 13, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 20 min |
| Jun 13, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Orleans | 56 min |
| Jun 13, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 41 min | |
| Jun 13, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 34 min | |
| Jun 13, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 min | |
| Jun 13, 7:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston | 119 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.