River Flood Warning 7, NWS Buffalo, NY

Issued

Feb 6, 2008, 9:43 AM EST (14:43 UTC)

In effect from

Feb 6, 2008, 11:00 AM EST

Expired

Feb 6, 2008, 1:21 PM EST

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Buffalo, NY

Flood severity

Minor

County Erie County, NY

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:47 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.

Written for the forecast point Cazenovia Creek at Ebenezer (EBZN6).

Action stage

8 ft

Minor stage

10 ft

Moderate stage

12 ft

Major stage

14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04215500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS41 KBUF 061443
FLWBUF
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
943 AM EST WED FEB 06 2008

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

  CAZENOVIA CREEK NEAR EBENEZER

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...

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

NYC029-062043-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FL.W.0007.080206T1600Z-080207T0000Z/
/EBZN6.1.ER.080206T1600Z.080206T1630Z.080206T1800Z.UU/
943 AM EST WED FEB 06 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CAZENOVIA CREEK NEAR EBENEZER.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* AT 930 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.96 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE
  TO RISE TO NEAR 11.0 FEET BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 12.0 FEET...LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE IN VICINITY OF 
  SOUTHGATE PLAZA IN WEST SENECA CONSIDERABLE FLOODING IN THE 
  CAZENOVIA PARK AREA OF SOUTH BUFFALO AND WEST SENECA.

$$

000 
WGUS81 KBUF 061821
FLSBUF
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
121 PM EST WED FEB 06 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW 
YORK...


  CAZENOVIA CREEK NEAR EBENEZER
  CAYUGA CREEK NEAR LANCASTER


DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...

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

NYC029-061851-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080207T0000Z/
/EBZN6.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
121 PM EST WED FEB 06 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CAZENOVIA CREEK NEAR EBENEZER.
* AT 1 PM TODAY THE STAGE WAS 8.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE WITH A VALUE OF 
  9.5 FEET.  
* 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.

$$

NYC029-121-061851-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FL.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080207T0054Z/
/LCSN6.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
121 PM EST WED FEB 06 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CAYUGA CREEK NEAR LANCASTER.
* AT 1 PM TODAY THE STAGE WAS 6.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 7.3 FEET.  THE 
  RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 5.8 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...MINOR FLOOD. MINOR FLOODING IN 
  LOWLYING AREAS OF LANCASTER AND ALDEN.

$$
TJP

River Flood Warnings in New York, 2008Every river 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.