Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Buffalo, NY

Issued

Jun 26, 2009, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)

Expired

Jun 26, 2009, 6:06 PM EDT

In force

87 min

Issued by

NWS Buffalo, NY

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Wyoming County, NY

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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.

000 
WGUS51 KBUF 262039
FFWBUF
NYC121-262345-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0004.090626T2039Z-090626T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
439 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 437 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR WARSAW...OR 17 MILES SOUTH
  OF BATAVIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...
  WARSAW BY 445 PM EDT...
  PERRY BY 455 PM EDT...

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 4272 7834 4284 7834 4281 7815 4269 7796
      4259 7803 4259 7804

$$

TJP

000 
WGUS71 KBUF 262123
FFSBUF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
523 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009

NYC121-262345-
/O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090626T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WYOMING NY-
523 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN WYOMING COUNTY...

AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM JUST EAST OF VARYSBURG TO 
CASTILE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS 
MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE TRACKING 
ACROSS THE SAME AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES 
OF RAIN. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR 
FLOODING.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4272 7834 4284 7834 4281 7815 4269 7796
      4259 7803 4259 7804

$$

TJP

000 
WGUS71 KBUF 262206
FFSBUF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
606 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009

NYC121-262216-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090626T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WYOMING NY-
606 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EASTERN WYOMING
COUNTY...

AT 606 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 700 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4272 7834 4284 7834 4281 7815 4269 7796
      4259 7803 4259 7804

$$

TJP

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.