Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2007, 4:42 PM EDT for Jefferson County, New York. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report 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, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2007, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- 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 20:43 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, 5:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Redwood, NY | FLOODED BASEMENTS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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 032046
FFWBUF
NYC045-032245-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
442 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 645 PM EDT
* AT 439 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND 2
INCHES PER HOUR. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS IN NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...WITH
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAFARGEVILLE...DEPAUVILLE...THERESA...AND REDWOOD.
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.
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 4427 7558 4401 7612 4418 7632 4423 7614
4427 7616 4431 7608 4431 7608 4424 7609
4425 7606 4428 7602 4434 7605 4438 7592
4436 7590 4439 7586
$$
HITCHCOCK1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS71 KBUF 032141
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
542 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007
NYC045-032245-
JEFFERSON NY-
542 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...
AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
INDICATING THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 2 PM ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALEXANDRIA
BAY...LAFARGEVILLE...DEPAUVILLE...THERESA...AND REDWOOD.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
BUFFALO.
THE RAINFALL INTENSITY WAS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH AND WILL TAPER OFF
BY 7 PM.
LAT...LON 4427 7558 4401 7612 4418 7632 4423 7614
4427 7616 4431 7608 4431 7608 4424 7609
4425 7606 4428 7602 4434 7605 4438 7592
4436 7590 4439 7586
$$
TMAThe 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, 3:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Ontario | 117 min |
| 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 |
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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.