Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2007, 3:18 PM EDT for Ontario County, New York. It was in force for 117 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2007, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2007, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ontario County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 3:42 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Honeoye, NY | WASHED OUT DRIVEWAYS RUNNING WATER 6 IN DEEP |
| Jun 3, 4:10 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bristol, NY | TWO ROADS WASHED OUT, HOUSE WITH WATER IN IT. |
| Jun 3, 4:41 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | South Bristol, NY | ROADS WASHED OUT, WATER IN HOMES |
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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 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 031920
FFWBUF
NYC069-032115-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
318 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 2.5
INCHES PER HOUR. THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HONEOYE LAKE AND
BRISTOL CENTER MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HONEOYE...BRISTOL AND BRISTOL CENTER.
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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 4282 7726 4281 7728 4277 7728 4277 7731
4275 7734 4266 7736 4268 7759 4294 7754
4294 7726
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS71 KBUF 032013
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
409 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007
NYC069-032115-
ONTARIO NY-
409 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
WESTERN ONTARIO COUNTY...
AT 405 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IN ONTARIO COUNTY. RADAR
ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 2 HOURS.
AT 405 PM EDT TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
THE TOWN OF BRISTOL. SEVERAL ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS HAVE BEEN WASHED
OUT IN BRISTOL AND AT LEAST ONE HOUSE IS FLOODING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN OR NEAR FLOOD WATERS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 4282 7726 4281 7728 4277 7728 4277 7731
4275 7734 4266 7736 4268 7759 4294 7754
4294 7726
$$
HITCHCOCK000
WGUS71 KBUF 032111
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
509 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007
NYC069-032119-
ONTARIO NY-
509 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
ONTARIO COUNTY...
AT 509 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE AREA...THUS THE
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED AND WASHED
OUT IN BRISTOL AND SOUTH BRISTOL ALONG WITH WATER IN SEVERAL HOMES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR HIGH WATER. NEVER DRIVE
THROUGH A FLOODED ROADWAY. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. NEVER
ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN OR NEAR FLOOD WATERS.
LAT...LON 4282 7726 4281 7728 4277 7728 4277 7731
4275 7734 4266 7736 4268 7759 4294 7754
4294 7726
$$
HITCHCOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 116 min |
| Jun 3, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 91 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
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007
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.