River Flood Warning 8, NWS Buffalo, NY

Issued

Feb 6, 2008, 11:00 AM EST (16:00 UTC)

In effect from

Feb 6, 2008, 12:19 PM EST

Expired

Feb 6, 2008, 1:21 PM EST

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Buffalo, NY

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Erie County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 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 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.

000 
WGUS41 KBUF 061600
FLWBUF
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1100 AM EST WED FEB 06 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...

NYC029-121-062200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FL.W.0008.080206T1719Z-080207T0054Z/
/LCSN6.1.ER.080206T1719Z.080206T1800Z.080206T1854Z.UU/
1100 AM EST WED FEB 06 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CAYUGA CREEK NEAR LANCASTER.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* AT 11 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.2 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CREST  
  NEAR 8.3 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING. 
* IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...MINOR FLOOD. MINOR FLOODING IN 
  LOWLYING AREAS OF LANCASTER AND ALDEN.

$$
TJP

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.