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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2012, 3:19 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 116 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2012, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Cattaraugus County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
425 WGUS51 KBUF 121919 FFWBUF NYC009-122215- /O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0002.120612T1919Z-120612T2215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 319 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 313 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH OR SO ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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 4236 7895 4236 7868 4222 7869 4221 7895 $$ THOMAS
2 follow-up statements
826 WGUS71 KBUF 121931 FFSBUF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 331 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012 NYC009-122215- /O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120612T2215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CATTARAUGUS NY- 331 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY... AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER EAST CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY. DUAL POL DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT PREVIOUS STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN NEAR LITTLE VALLEY AND CATTARAUGUS... WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS FORECAST TO PRODUCE UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CATTARAUGUS AND LITTLE VALLEY. WATERSHEDS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE LITTLE VALLEY CREEK...CONEWANGO AND FORKS CREEKS... AND PLUM BROOK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. && LAT...LON 4236 7895 4236 7868 4222 7869 4221 7895 $$ RSH
105 WGUS71 KBUF 122115 FFSBUF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 515 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012 NYC009-122125- /O.CAN.KBUF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120612T2215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CATTARAUGUS NY- 515 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY... THE FLOODING HAS RECEDED...THUS THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 515 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE AREA...THUS THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4236 7895 4236 7868 4222 7869 4221 7895 $$ WCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 2:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Allegany | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:45 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 19 hr | |
| Jun 12, 3:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 59 min | |
| Jun 12, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 58 min |
Nearby
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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.