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Areal Flood Advisory 55, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this areal flood advisory at Aug 14, 2011, 5:53 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 2011, 5:53 PM EDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2011, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 205 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Aug 14, 5:52 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 5:52 PM EDT, 1 minute before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 508 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011 NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-150915- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- 508 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE TRACKING SOUTH OF NEW YORK STATE WILL BRING SHOWERS TO THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. WHILE BASIN AVERAGE RAINFALL WILL BE GENERALLY UNDER AN INCH...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE GENERAL AREA OF SHOWERS COULD RESULT IN MUCH HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS AND POSSIBLY SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF LEZ020-040-041-LOZ030-042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-150915- UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO- LOWER NIAGARA RIVER- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM CAPE VINCENT TO OGDENSBURG- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM OGDENSBURG TO SAINT REGIS- 508 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEW YORK WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO...AND THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wayne | 65 min |
| Aug 13, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 55 min |
| Aug 13, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 59 min |
| Aug 13, 9:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Ontario | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 11:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Livingston | 118 min |
| Aug 13, 11:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston | 75 min |
| Aug 14, 9:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 60 min |
| Aug 14, 9:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 10:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 10:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Wyoming | 48 min |
| Aug 14, 10:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 11:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 50 min |
| Aug 14, 1:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston, Ontario | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 57 min |
| Aug 14, 2:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne | 5 hr |
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Areal Flood Advisories in New York, 2011Every areal flood advisory in 2011
Sources
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.