Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2007, 2:49 PM EDT for Jefferson County, New York. It was in force for 116 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2007, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2007, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 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 031851 FFWBUF NYC045-032045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 249 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS 13 MILES SOUTH OF CLAYTON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WATERTOWN... MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL BETWEEN WATERTOWN AND CHAUMONT SINCE 145 PM. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PERCH RIVER...LA FARGEVILLE AND DEPAUVILLE. 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BUFFALO. LAT...LON 4399 7604 4407 7589 4428 7595 4419 7619 $$ TMA
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KBUF 031954 FFSBUF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 351 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 NYC045-032045- JEFFERSON NY- 351 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CLAYTON... DEPAUVILLE AND FARGEVILLE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4399 7604 4407 7589 4428 7595 4419 7619 $$ TMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 91 min | |
| Jun 3, 3:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Ontario | 117 min |
| Jun 3, 4:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 58 min | |
| Jun 3, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 29 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.