Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Buffalo, NY

Issued

Aug 10, 2008, 1:25 PM EDT (17:25 UTC)

Expired

Aug 10, 2008, 3:52 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Buffalo, NY

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Erie County, NY

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

000 
WGUS51 KBUF 101725
FFWBUF
NYC029-102015-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0009.080810T1725Z-080810T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
125 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST SENECA...LANCASTER...
  LACKAWANNA...HAMBURG...EAST AURORA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 119 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  ANOTHER BAND OF INTENSE LAKE EFFECT RAIN MOVING IN OFF LAKE ERIE   
  ACROSS CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY. THIS BAND HAS THE POTENTIAL OF ANOTHER 
  INCH OR MORE OF RAIN WHICH WILL FALL ACROSS AREAS WHICH HAVE       
  ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD    
  URBAN FLOODING AND ROAD CLOSURES MAY RESULT. THE AREAS OF HIGHEST  
  RISK WILL BE LANCASTER...WEST SENECA...AND DEPEW.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 4271 7904 4273 7898 4275 7896 4275 7892
      4279 7887 4287 7888 4293 7854 4265 7857
      4262 7909

$$

MCLAUGHLIN

000 
WGUS71 KBUF 101909
FFSBUF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
309 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

NYC029-102015-
/O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080810T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ERIE NY-
309 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY...

AT 305 PM EDT...SHOWERS CONTINUED MOVING OVER THE AREA. THE ACTIVITY 
HAD WEAKENED IN THE PAST HOUR...BUT ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. SPOTTER REPORTS AND RADAR 
INDICATIONS ARE THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 9 AM 
THIS MORNING IN THE WARNED AREA SO ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY 
AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ELMA...WEST 
SENECA...DEPEW...AND LANCASTER.

REMEMBER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL CAN CAUSE FLOODING 
OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 4271 7904 4273 7898 4275 7896 4275 7892
      4279 7887 4287 7888 4293 7854 4265 7857
      4262 7909

$$

SFM

000 
WGUS71 KBUF 101952
FFSBUF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
352 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

NYC029-101959-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080810T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ERIE NY-
352 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL ERIE
COUNTY...

AT 349 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE INTENSE 
RAIN BANDS WHICH DROPPED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT TIME 
EARLIER TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED. 
INSTEAD...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE 
EVENING...BUT EXCESSIVE RAINS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL SHOULD BE IN THE ORDER OF ONE HALF INCH OR SO. 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED...BUT PONDING IN LOW 
LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR AWHILE LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL THE WATER HAS TIME TO RUN OFF.

LAT...LON 4271 7904 4273 7898 4275 7896 4275 7892
      4279 7887 4287 7888 4293 7854 4265 7857
      4262 7909

$$

SFM

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008

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.