Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Buffalo, NY

Issued

Aug 9, 2009, 8:04 PM EDT (00:04 UTC)

Expired

Aug 9, 2009, 11:00 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Buffalo, NY

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Wayne County, NY

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

000 
WGUS51 KBUF 100004
FFWBUF
NYC117-100300-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0013.090810T0004Z-090810T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
804 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 802 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED STREET FLOODING FROM 
  THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 4315 7723 4328 7726 4330 7722 4330 7714
      4328 7704 4329 7698 4328 7697 4329 7697
      4331 7691 4332 7675 4304 7675

$$

SAGE

000 
WGUS71 KBUF 100105
FFSBUF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
905 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009

NYC117-100300-
/O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090810T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WAYNE NY-
905 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY...

AT 855 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED LOTS OF STREET FLOODING. WITH 
MORE RAIN STILL FALLING THE SITUATION IS LIKELY TO GET WORSE. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PULTNEYVILLE...PORT BAY AND SODUS POINT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4315 7723 4328 7726 4330 7722 4330 7714
      4328 7704 4329 7698 4328 7697 4329 7697
      4331 7691 4332 7675 4304 7675

$$

SAGE

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2009Every flash flood warning in 2009

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.