Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2006, 12:42 PM EDT for Monroe County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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
- Jul 12, 2006, 12:42 PM EDT (16:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2006, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Monroe County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Albion, NY | NUMEROUS ROADS IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING, STORM SEWER MANHOLE COVERS LIFTED BY OVERFLOWING SEWER SYSTEM |
| Jul 12, 2:50 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rochester, NY | INTERSTATE ROUTE 390 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM COUNTY ROUTE 111 TO ROUTE 104. SEVERAL OTHER INTERSECTIONS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AND VEHICLES STUCK IN HIGH WATER. |
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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 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 121646
FFWBUF
NYC055-073-121945-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1242 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 1230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROCHESTER...IRONDEQUOIT...GREECE...BROCKPORT...WATERPORT...
KENDALL...WEBSTER...HOLLEY...HILTON AND ALBION
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.
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.
LAT...LON 4335 7778 4324 7758 4324 7749 4328 7741
4304 7738 4304 7747 4299 7749 4300 7783
4307 7792 4314 7792 4314 7808 4319 7829
4338 7833
$$
APB2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS71 KBUF 121856
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
255 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006
NYC055-073-121945-
MONROE NY-ORLEANS NY-
255 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR
ORLEANS AND MONROE COUNTIES...
AT 245 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING
OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROCHESTER...KENDALL...WEBSTER...SPENCERPORT... IRONDEQUOIT...
HOLLEY...HILTON...GREECE...GATES...AND BROCKPORT.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD SUBSIDE IN THE NEXT HOUR.
IN MONROE COUNTY A PART OF INTERSTATE 390 WAS CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING, AND MANY INTERSECTIONS WERE FLOODED. SOME CARS WERE
STALLED IN HIGH WATER.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4335 7778 4324 7758 4324 7749 4328 7741
4304 7738 4304 7747 4299 7749 4300 7783
4307 7792 4314 7792 4314 7808 4319 7829
4338 7833
$$
APB000
WGUS71 KBUF 121944
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
342 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006
NYC055-073-121952-
MONROE NY-ORLEANS NY-
342 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM EDT FOR ORLEANS AND
MONROE COUNTIES...
AT 342 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE HEAVY
RAIN THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...THUS THE FLOOD WARNING
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
ANY ONGOING FLOODING WILL BE RECEDING FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...
BUT ANY HEAVIER RAIN WILL BE BRIEF AND SHOULD NOT CAUSE ADDITIONAL
PROBLEMS.
LAT...LON 4335 7778 4324 7758 4324 7749 4328 7741
4304 7738 4304 7747 4299 7749 4300 7783
4307 7792 4314 7792 4314 7808 4319 7829
4338 7833
$$
APBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 1:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Wayne | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
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.