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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

February 5, 2008Erie County, Wyoming County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this river flood warning at Feb 5, 2008, 7:40 AM EST for Erie County, Wyoming County, New York. It took effect at Feb 5, 2008, 8:15 AM EST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 5, 2008, 7:40 AM EST (12:40 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 5, 2008, 8:15 AM EST
Expired: Feb 5, 2008, 2:21 PM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Erie County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:40 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Cayuga Creek at Lancaster (LCSN6). The gauge peaked at 7.79 ft at Feb 5, 2008, 11:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04215000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS41 KBUF 051240
FLWBUF
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
740 AM EST TUE FEB 05 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK...

  CAYUGA CREEK NEAR LANCASTER

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...

STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...

NYC029-121-051840-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FL.W.0002.080205T1315Z-080206T0000Z/
/LCSN6.1.ER.080205T1315Z.080205T1400Z.080205T1800Z.UU/
740 AM EST TUE FEB 05 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CAYUGA CREEK NEAR LANCASTER.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* AT 730 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.7 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY 815 THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE
  TO RISE TO NEAR 8.5 FEET BY LATE THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...MINOR FLOOD. MINOR FLOODING IN 
  LOWLYING AREAS OF LANCASTER AND ALDEN.

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS81 KBUF 051921
FLSBUF
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
<HDR:TIME> 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW 
YORK...


  CAYUGA CREEK NEAR LANCASTER

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW 
YORK...


  CAZENOVIA CREEK NEAR EBENEZER
  BUFFALO CREEK NEAR GARDENVILLE


DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...

STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...

NYC029-060121-
/O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080207T0022Z/
/EBZN6.1.ER.080206T1748Z.080206T1800Z.080206T1822Z.UU/
221 PM EST TUE FEB 05 2008

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CAZENOVIA CREEK NEAR EBENEZER.
* UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* AT 2PM TODAY THE STAGE WAS 10.7 FEET.  
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS
  EVENING AND TONIGHT...THEN RISE AGAIN TO ABOUT 10.1 FEET WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON. 
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...MINOR FLOODING CAN BE
  EXPECTED IN LOW LYING AREAS EAST OF ORCHARD PARK ROAD AND SOUTH OF
  RIDGE ROAD IN WEST SENECA. SOME INUNDATION OF CAZENOVIA PARK IN
  SOUTH BUFFALO.

$$

NYC029-121-060121-
/O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0004.080205T2027Z-080206T0441Z/
/GDVN6.1.ER.080205T2027Z.080205T2050Z.080205T2241Z.NO/
221 PM EST TUE FEB 05 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE BUFFALO CREEK NEAR GARDENVILLE.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* AT 2PM TODAY THE STAGE WAS 6.8 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE TO ABOUT 7.2 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...THEN  FALL BELOW
  FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY EVENING. 
* IMPACT...AT 7.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE LOW 
  LYING AREAS NEXT TO BUFFALO CREEK...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE 
  STRAWBERRY FIELDS DOWNSTREAM FROM UNION ROAD.

$$

NYC029-121-051951-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080206T0000Z/
/LCSN6.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
221 PM EST TUE FEB 05 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CAYUGA CREEK NEAR LANCASTER.
* AT 2 PM TODAY THE STAGE WAS 7.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 7.7 FEET.  THE 
  RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. 
* IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...MINOR FLOOD. MINOR FLOODING IN 
  LOWLYING AREAS OF LANCASTER AND ALDEN.

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 5, 9:22 AM EST	River Flood Warning	BUF	Erie	10 hr
Feb 5, 12:19 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BUF	Erie, Wyoming	7 hr
Feb 5, 3:45 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more	36 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.