Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Buffalo, NY
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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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:44 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Livonia, NY | SEVERAL 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.
- 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
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.
| 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, 7:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Lewis | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 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.