Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Buffalo, NY

Issued

Aug 10, 2009, 2:52 PM EDT (18:52 UTC)

Expired

Aug 10, 2009, 4:08 PM EDT

In force

76 min

Issued by

NWS Buffalo, NY

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Chautauqua County, NY

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

000 
WGUS51 KBUF 101852
FFWBUF
NYC013-102145-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0020.090810T1852Z-090810T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
252 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE   
  FRENCH CREEK AND BLACK BROOK.
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JAMESTOWN...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 4212 7977 4225 7906 4199 7906 4199 7961
      4199 7976 4200 7977

$$

THOMAS

000 
WGUS71 KBUF 101945
FFSBUF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
345 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2009

NYC013-102145-
/O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-090810T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
345 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...

AT 340 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED UNDERPASS 
FLOODING THROUGH THE CITY OF JAMESTOWN. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CLYMER...
FINDLEY LAKE...LAKEWOOD...JAMESTOWN WEST...JAMESTOWN...FREWSBURG AND
FALCONER

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4212 7977 4225 7906 4199 7906 4199 7961
      4199 7976 4200 7977

$$

THOMAS

000 
WGUS71 KBUF 102008
FFSBUF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
408 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2009

NYC013-102018-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-090810T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
408 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN CHAUTAUQUA
COUNTY...

AT 408 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE AREA...THUS THE
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4212 7977 4225 7906 4199 7906 4199 7961
      4199 7976 4200 7977

$$

SFM

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.