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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 13, 2005Livingston County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2005, 7:31 PM EDT for Livingston County, New York. It was in force for 119 min. 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 13, 2005, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Livingston County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 7:44 PM EDTFLASH FLOODLivonia, NYSEVERAL STREETS IMPASSABLE FROM AGRICULTURAL LAND RUNOFF

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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2005-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 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 2005-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-266 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KBUF 132331
FFWBUF
NYC051-140130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 725 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER LIVONIA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LIVONIA.

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 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.

LAT...LON 4286 7774 4271 7774 4272 7763 4289 7759

$$

RSH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS71 KBUF 140024
FFSBUF

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

NYC051-140130-
LIVINGSTON NY-
821 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR LIVINGSTON
COUNTY...

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LIVONIA.

SEVERAL STREETS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS IMPASSABLE FROM RUNOFF OF 
AGRICULTURAL FIELDS. ALTHOUGH STORMS HAVE MOVED OFF TO THE EAST THE 
FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO AT LEAST 930 PM.

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.

LAT...LON 4286 7774 4271 7774 4272 7763 4289 7759

$$

SAGE
000 
WGUS71 KBUF 140129
FFSBUF

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

NYC051-140139-
LIVINGSTON NY-
929 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LIVINGSTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 930 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 4286 7774 4271 7774 4272 7763 4289 7759

$$

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, 7:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFLewis2 hr
Jun 13, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.