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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 3, 2007Ontario County, New York

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 3:42 PM EDTFLASH FLOODHoneoye, NYWASHED OUT DRIVEWAYS RUNNING WATER 6 IN DEEP
Jun 3, 4:10 PM EDTFLASH FLOODBristol, NYTWO ROADS WASHED OUT, HOUSE WITH WATER IN IT.
Jun 3, 4:41 PM EDTFLASH FLOODSouth Bristol, NYROADS 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2007-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 277 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 2007-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
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

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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

$$

HITCHCOCK
2 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

$$

HITCHCOCK
000 
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

$$

HITCHCOCK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 2:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFJefferson116 min
Jun 3, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF91 min
Jun 3, 4:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFJefferson2 hr
Jun 3, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie33 min
Jun 3, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF58 min
Jun 3, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara29 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.