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River Flood Warning 13, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this river flood warning at Dec 22, 2013, 9:03 PM EST for Genesee County, Monroe County, New York. It took effect at Dec 22, 2013, 9:46 PM EST. It was in force for 41 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 22, 2013, 9:03 PM EST (02:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 22, 2013, 9:46 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2013, 2:39 PM EST
- In force
- 41 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Genesee County, NY, Monroe County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Black Creek at Churchville (CHRN6). The gauge peaked at 7.99 ft at Dec 23, 2013, 1:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 5 ft
- Minor stage
- 6 ft
- Moderate stage
- 7 ft
- Major stage
- 8 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04231000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
129 WGUS41 KBUF 230203 FLWBUF BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 903 PM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK... BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. && NYC037-055-230803- /O.NEW.KBUF.FL.W.0013.131223T0246Z-131224T0112Z/ /CHRN6.1.ER.131223T0246Z.131223T1200Z.131223T1912Z.NO/ 903 PM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE * UNTIL MONDAY EVENING. * AT 8 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.9 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT AND CREST NEAR 6.4 FEET MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 6.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...MORE WIDESPREAD AGRICULTURAL LAND FLOODING, SOME BACKYARD AND BASEMENT FLOODING CHURCHVILLE TO CHILI BUT MINIMAL DAMAGES. $$
9 follow-up statements
328 WGUS81 KBUF 230402 FLSBUF FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1102 PM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK... OATKA CREEK AT GARBUTT BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE ELLICOTT CREEK NEAR WILLIAMSVILLE TONAWANDA CREEK AT BATAVIA TONAWANDA CREEK AT RAPIDS ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK... ALLEGHENY RIVER AT OLEAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. && NYC029-037-063-121-231002- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131223T2308Z/ /BTVN6.2.ER.131222T0809Z.131222T2300Z.131223T1708Z.NO/ 1102 PM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TONAWANDA CREEK AT BATAVIA * UNTIL MONDAY EVENING. * AT 11 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.8 FEET AND FALLING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER AT BATAVIA HAS CRESTED AND IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...AT 12.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOOD...CONSIDERABLE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL FLOODING ALONG THE ENTIRE REACH FROM BATAVIA TO AMHERST. CONSIDERABLE RESIDENTIAL FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 5 FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY OF BATAVIA INTO THE TOWN OF BATAVIA AND EAST PEMBROKE. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND FEEDER STREAMS ALONG TONAWANDA CREEK ESPECIALLY NEAR IROQUOIS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND THE TONAWANDA INDIAN RESERVATION. $$ NYC029-063-231002- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131225T1030Z/ /RAPN6.2.ER.131223T0220Z.131224T0600Z.131225T0430Z.NR/ 1102 PM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TONAWANDA CREEK AT RAPIDS * UNTIL LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * AT 11 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.3 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND CREST NEAR 15.5 FEET EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOOD...THERE IS WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN MOST OF NORTH CLARENCE AND NORTH AMHERST, ROYALTON, AND NEWSTEAD ALONG WITH MANY ROAD CLOSURES, INCLUDING MILLERSPORT HIGHWAY AND TONAWANDA CREEK ROAD. RANSOM OAKS AREA IN EAST AMHERST IS INUNDATED WITH BACKWATER INTO RANSOM, MUD, BEEMAN AND OTHER SMALL CREEKS. THERE IS SERIOUS FLOODING UPSTREAM INTO THE ALABAMA SWAMPS. $$ NYC037-055-231002- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-131224T1400Z/ /GRBN6.1.ER.131222T2250Z.131223T1200Z.131224T0800Z.UU/ 1102 PM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OATKA CREEK AT GARBUTT * UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 11 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.5 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND CREST NEAR 6.6 FEET MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 6.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...GENERAL FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LAND BEGINS, SOME BASEMENT FLOODING IN SCOTTSVILLE AND GARBUTT. $$ NYC037-055-231002- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-131224T0130Z/ /CHRN6.1.ER.131223T0130Z.131223T1200Z.131223T1930Z.NO/ 1102 PM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL MONDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE * UNTIL MONDAY EVENING. * AT 11 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.4 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND CREST NEAR 6.5 FEET MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 6.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...MORE WIDESPREAD AGRICULTURAL LAND FLOODING, SOME BACKYARD AND BASEMENT FLOODING CHURCHVILLE TO CHILI BUT MINIMAL DAMAGES. $$ NYC009-231001- /O.CON.KBUF.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ /OLNN6.1.ER.131222T1505Z.131223T0600Z.131224T1200Z.NO/ 1102 PM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ALLEGHENY RIVER AT OLEAN * UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 11 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.6 FEET AND STEADY. * FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS NEAR ITS FORECAST CREST OF 10.6 FEET AND IS NOW FORECAST TO SLOWLY RECEDE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...FARM LANDS AND ROADS SEVERAL MILES FROM OLEAN FLOOD SLIGHTLY. NO DAMAGES. $$ NYC029-037-231001- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131223T2046Z/ /WILN6.1.ER.131222T0701Z.131223T0600Z.131223T1446Z.NR/ 1102 PM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ELLICOTT CREEK NEAR WILLIAMSVILLE * UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 11 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.7 FEET AND STEADY. * FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER HAS CRESTED NEAR 9.7 FEET AND IS NOW FORECAST TO STEADILY FALL THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. * IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOOD...EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN ELLICOTT CREEK PARK AND MINOR FLOODING IN SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS IN TONAWANDA. UB BIKE PATH FLOODED AND CLOSED. AERO DRIVE HOLTZ TO TRANSIT IN CHEEKTOWAGA CLOSED. FLOODING AROUND BOWMANSVILLE FIRE HALL. AREAS EAST OF NORTH FOREST FROM MAPLE TO FRENCH SUBJECT TO SEWER BACKUPS. $$
910 WGUS41 KBUF 230537 FLWBUF BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1237 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013 ...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK... OATKA CREEK AT GARBUTT BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. && NYC037-055-231137- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-131224T1600Z/ /GRBN6.2.ER.131222T2250Z.131223T1200Z.131224T1000Z.UU/ 1237 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013 ...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OATKA CREEK AT GARBUTT * UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. * AT MIDNIGHT THE STAGE WAS 6.7 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND CREST NEAR 7.0 FEET THIS MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 7.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOOD...WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS BELOW LEROY. SIGNIFICANT RESIDENTIAL FLOODING ALONG CREEK, ESPECIALLY IN MUMFORD, WHEATLAND, AND SCOTTSVILLE. ROADWAY FLOODING BEGINS. SOME BACKWATER EFFECTS POSSIBLE FROM GENESEE RIVER NEAR SCOTTSVILLE. $$ NYC037-055-231137- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-131224T0400Z/ /CHRN6.2.ER.131223T0130Z.131223T1200Z.131223T2200Z.NO/ 1237 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013 ...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE * UNTIL THIS EVENING. * AT MIDNIGHT THE STAGE WAS 6.7 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND CREST NEAR 7.0 FEET THIS MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 7.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOOD...WIDESPREAD AGRICULTURAL FLOODING ALONG ENTIRE LENGTH OF CREEK. SOME RESIDENTIAL FLOODING BEGINS CHURCHVILLE TO CHILI AREA. POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. $$ APFFEL
045 WGUS81 KBUF 230925 FLSBUF FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 425 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK... OATKA CREEK AT GARBUTT BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE ALLEGHENY RIVER AT OLEAN ELLICOTT CREEK NEAR WILLIAMSVILLE TONAWANDA CREEK AT BATAVIA TONAWANDA CREEK AT RAPIDS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. && NYC037-055-231525- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-131225T0000Z/ /GRBN6.2.ER.131222T2250Z.131223T1200Z.131224T1800Z.UU/ 425 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OATKA CREEK AT GARBUTT * UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING. * AT 4 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.1 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND CREST NEAR 7.1 FEET THIS MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 7.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOOD...WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS BELOW LEROY. SIGNIFICANT RESIDENTIAL FLOODING ALONG CREEK, ESPECIALLY IN MUMFORD, WHEATLAND, AND SCOTTSVILLE. ROADWAY FLOODING BEGINS. SOME BACKWATER EFFECTS POSSIBLE FROM GENESEE RIVER NEAR SCOTTSVILLE. $$ NYC037-055-231525- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-131224T0920Z/ /CHRN6.2.ER.131223T0130Z.131223T1200Z.131224T0320Z.NR/ 425 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL LATE TONIGHT... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE * UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. * AT 4 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.5 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND CREST NEAR 7.7 FEET THIS MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOOD...EXTENSIVE LOWLAND FLOODING ALONG ENTIRE REACH OF CREEK IN GENESEE AND MONROE COUNTIES. SERIOUS RESIDENTIAL FLOODING CHURCHVILLE, CHILI, TO THE VICINITY OF THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT. SOME BACKWATER PROBLEMS FROM THE GENESEE RIVER EAST OF CHILI. $$ NYC029-037-063-121-231524- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131224T0527Z/ /BTVN6.2.ER.131222T0809Z.131222T2300Z.131223T2327Z.NO/ 425 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL LATE TONIGHT... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TONAWANDA CREEK AT BATAVIA * UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. * AT 4 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.3 FEET AND FALLING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...AND IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING. * IMPACT...AT 12.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOOD...CONSIDERABLE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL FLOODING ALONG THE ENTIRE REACH FROM BATAVIA TO AMHERST. CONSIDERABLE RESIDENTIAL FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 5 FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY OF BATAVIA INTO THE TOWN OF BATAVIA AND EAST PEMBROKE. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND FEEDER STREAMS ALONG TONAWANDA CREEK ESPECIALLY NEAR IROQUOIS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND THE TONAWANDA INDIAN RESERVATION. $$ NYC029-063-231524- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131225T1530Z/ /RAPN6.2.ER.131223T0220Z.131224T0600Z.131225T0930Z.NR/ 425 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TONAWANDA CREEK AT RAPIDS * UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AT 4 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.9 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND CREST NEAR 15.7 FEET LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOOD...THERE IS WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN MOST OF NORTH CLARENCE AND NORTH AMHERST, ROYALTON, AND NEWSTEAD ALONG WITH MANY ROAD CLOSURES, INCLUDING MILLERSPORT HIGHWAY AND TONAWANDA CREEK ROAD. RANSOM OAKS AREA IN EAST AMHERST IS INUNDATED WITH BACKWATER INTO RANSOM, MUD, BEEMAN AND OTHER SMALL CREEKS. THERE IS SERIOUS FLOODING UPSTREAM INTO THE ALABAMA SWAMPS. $$ NYC009-231524- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-131224T1403Z/ /OLNN6.1.ER.131222T1505Z.131223T0130Z.131224T0803Z.NO/ 425 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ALLEGHENY RIVER AT OLEAN * UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 3 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.4 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS NEAR CREST NOW AND IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...FARM LANDS AND ROADS SEVERAL MILES FROM OLEAN FLOOD SLIGHTLY. NO DAMAGES. $$ NYC029-037-231524- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131223T2320Z/ /WILN6.1.ER.131222T0701Z.131223T0245Z.131223T1720Z.NR/ 425 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ELLICOTT CREEK NEAR WILLIAMSVILLE * UNTIL THIS EVENING. * AT 4 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.2 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS NEAR CREST NOW AND IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOOD...EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN ELLICOTT CREEK PARK AND MINOR FLOODING IN SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS IN TONAWANDA. UB BIKE PATH FLOODED AND CLOSED. AERO DRIVE HOLTZ TO TRANSIT IN CHEEKTOWAGA CLOSED. FLOODING AROUND BOWMANSVILLE FIRE HALL. AREAS EAST OF NORTH FOREST FROM MAPLE TO FRENCH SUBJECT TO SEWER BACKUPS. $$ APFFEL
622 WGUS81 KBUF 231510 FLSBUF FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1010 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK... BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE ELLICOTT CREEK NEAR WILLIAMSVILLE ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK... OATKA CREEK AT GARBUTT ALLEGHENY RIVER AT OLEAN TONAWANDA CREEK AT BATAVIA TONAWANDA CREEK AT RAPIDS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. && NYC037-055-232110- /O.CON.KBUF.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-131225T0000Z/ /GRBN6.2.ER.131222T2250Z.131223T1130Z.131224T1800Z.UU/ 1010 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OATKA CREEK AT GARBUTT * UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING. * AT 9 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.1 FEET AND CRESTING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS NEAR CREST NOW AND IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...AT 7.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOOD...WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS BELOW LEROY. SIGNIFICANT RESIDENTIAL FLOODING ALONG CREEK, ESPECIALLY IN MUMFORD, WHEATLAND, AND SCOTTSVILLE. ROADWAY FLOODING BEGINS. SOME BACKWATER EFFECTS POSSIBLE FROM GENESEE RIVER NEAR SCOTTSVILLE. $$ NYC037-055-232110- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-131224T1905Z/ /CHRN6.2.ER.131223T0130Z.131223T1400Z.131224T1305Z.NR/ 1010 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE * UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 9 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET AND CRESTING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS NEAR CREST NOW AND IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOOD...EXTENSIVE LOWLAND FLOODING ALONG ENTIRE REACH OF CREEK IN GENESEE AND MONROE COUNTIES. SERIOUS RESIDENTIAL FLOODING CHURCHVILLE, CHILI, TO THE VICINITY OF THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT. SOME BACKWATER PROBLEMS FROM THE GENESEE RIVER EAST OF CHILI. $$ NYC029-037-063-121-232110- /O.CON.KBUF.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131224T0527Z/ /BTVN6.2.ER.131222T0809Z.131222T2300Z.131223T2327Z.NO/ 1010 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TONAWANDA CREEK AT BATAVIA * UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. * AT 9 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.8 FEET AND FALLING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...AND IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING. * IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOOD...FLOODING ALONG THE ENTIRE REACH FROM BATAVIA TO TONAWANDA...MOST FOCUSED IN ALABAMA SWAMPS, RAPIDS, AND NORTHERN CLARENCE AND AMHERST...AND ALSO IN CITY OF BATAVIA WEST OF MAIN STREET. $$ NYC029-063-232110- /O.CON.KBUF.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131225T1530Z/ /RAPN6.2.ER.131223T0220Z.131224T0600Z.131225T0930Z.NR/ 1010 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TONAWANDA CREEK AT RAPIDS * UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AT 9 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.3 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND CREST NEAR 15.7 FEET LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOOD...THERE IS WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN MOST OF NORTH CLARENCE AND NORTH AMHERST, ROYALTON, AND NEWSTEAD ALONG WITH MANY ROAD CLOSURES, INCLUDING MILLERSPORT HIGHWAY AND TONAWANDA CREEK ROAD. RANSOM OAKS AREA IN EAST AMHERST IS INUNDATED WITH BACKWATER INTO RANSOM, MUD, BEEMAN AND OTHER SMALL CREEKS. THERE IS SERIOUS FLOODING UPSTREAM INTO THE ALABAMA SWAMPS. $$ NYC009-232110- /O.CON.KBUF.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-131224T1403Z/ /OLNN6.1.ER.131222T1505Z.131223T0130Z.131224T0803Z.NO/ 1010 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ALLEGHENY RIVER AT OLEAN * UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 9 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.0 FEET AND FALLING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING AND CREST NEAR 10.1 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...FARM LANDS AND ROADS SEVERAL MILES FROM OLEAN FLOOD SLIGHTLY. NO DAMAGES. $$ NYC029-037-232110- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131223T2328Z/ /WILN6.1.ER.131222T0701Z.131223T0245Z.131223T1728Z.NR/ 1010 AM EST MON DEC 23 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ELLICOTT CREEK NEAR WILLIAMSVILLE * UNTIL THIS EVENING. * AT 9 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.7 FEET AND FALLING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND NONFLOOD FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...AND IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...SOME FLOODING BEGINS ALONG AERO DRIVE FROM HOLTZ TO TRANSIT IN CHEEKTOWAGA. ALSO SOME FLOODING ALONG THE FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT AREA IN AMHERST SUCH AS THE BIKE PATH AND GOLF COURSE. MINOR FLOODING IN ELLICOTT CREEK PARK. LITTLE OR NO OVERALL DAMAGE. $$
962 WGUS81 KBUF 232035 FLSBUF FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 335 PM EST MON DEC 23 2013 ...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK... ALLEGHENY RIVER AT OLEAN ELLICOTT CREEK NEAR WILLIAMSVILLE ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK... BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE TONAWANDA CREEK AT BATAVIA TONAWANDA CREEK AT RAPIDS ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK... OATKA CREEK AT GARBUTT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. && NYC037-055-240235- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-131224T1715Z/ /CHRN6.2.ER.131223T0130Z.131223T1900Z.131224T1115Z.NR/ 335 PM EST MON DEC 23 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE * UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 3 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.0 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS NEAR CREST NOW AND IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOOD...EXTENSIVE LOWLAND FLOODING ALONG ENTIRE REACH OF CREEK IN GENESEE AND MONROE COUNTIES. SERIOUS RESIDENTIAL FLOODING CHURCHVILLE, CHILI, TO THE VICINITY OF THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT. SOME BACKWATER PROBLEMS FROM THE GENESEE RIVER EAST OF CHILI. $$ NYC029-037-063-121-240235- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131224T0824Z/ /BTVN6.2.ER.131222T0809Z.131222T2300Z.131224T0224Z.NO/ 335 PM EST MON DEC 23 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL LATE TONIGHT... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TONAWANDA CREEK AT BATAVIA * UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. * AT 3 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.0 FEET AND FALLING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...AND IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT. * IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOOD...FLOODING ALONG THE ENTIRE REACH FROM BATAVIA TO TONAWANDA...MOST FOCUSED IN ALABAMA SWAMPS, RAPIDS, AND NORTHERN CLARENCE AND AMHERST...AND ALSO IN CITY OF BATAVIA WEST OF MAIN STREET. $$ NYC029-063-240235- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131225T1905Z/ /RAPN6.2.ER.131223T0220Z.131224T0600Z.131225T1305Z.NR/ 335 PM EST MON DEC 23 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TONAWANDA CREEK AT RAPIDS * UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 3 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.0 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND CREST NEAR 15.8 FEET LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOOD...THERE IS WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN MOST OF NORTH CLARENCE AND NORTH AMHERST, ROYALTON, AND NEWSTEAD ALONG WITH MANY ROAD CLOSURES, INCLUDING MILLERSPORT HIGHWAY AND TONAWANDA CREEK ROAD. RANSOM OAKS AREA IN EAST AMHERST IS INUNDATED WITH BACKWATER INTO RANSOM, MUD, BEEMAN AND OTHER SMALL CREEKS. THERE IS SERIOUS FLOODING UPSTREAM INTO THE ALABAMA SWAMPS. $$ NYC037-055-240235- /O.CON.KBUF.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-131225T0000Z/ /GRBN6.2.ER.131222T2250Z.131223T1130Z.131224T1800Z.UU/ 335 PM EST MON DEC 23 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OATKA CREEK AT GARBUTT * UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING. * AT 3 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.8 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND CREST NEAR 6.9 FEET THIS EVENING. * IMPACT...AT 7.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOOD...WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS BELOW LEROY. SIGNIFICANT RESIDENTIAL FLOODING ALONG CREEK, ESPECIALLY IN MUMFORD, WHEATLAND, AND SCOTTSVILLE. ROADWAY FLOODING BEGINS. SOME BACKWATER EFFECTS POSSIBLE FROM GENESEE RIVER NEAR SCOTTSVILLE. $$ NYC009-232105- /O.CAN.KBUF.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-131224T1403Z/ /OLNN6.1.ER.131222T1505Z.131223T0130Z.131223T1415Z.NO/ 335 PM EST MON DEC 23 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE ALLEGHENY RIVER AT OLEAN. * AT 2 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.6 FEET AND FALLING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO AROUND 9.3 FEET BY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...FARM LANDS AND ROADS SEVERAL MILES FROM OLEAN FLOOD SLIGHTLY. NO DAMAGES. $$ NYC029-037-232105- /O.CAN.KBUF.FL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131223T2328Z/ /WILN6.1.ER.131222T0701Z.131223T0245Z.131223T1907Z.NR/ 335 PM EST MON DEC 23 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE ELLICOTT CREEK NEAR WILLIAMSVILLE. * AT 3 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET AND FALLING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO AROUND 4.5 FEET BY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...SOME FLOODING BEGINS ALONG AERO DRIVE FROM HOLTZ TO TRANSIT IN CHEEKTOWAGA. ALSO SOME FLOODING ALONG THE FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT AREA IN AMHERST SUCH AS THE BIKE PATH AND GOLF COURSE. MINOR FLOODING IN ELLICOTT CREEK PARK. LITTLE OR NO OVERALL DAMAGE. $$
568 WGUS81 KBUF 240235 FLSBUF FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 935 PM EST MON DEC 23 2013 ...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK... TONAWANDA CREEK AT BATAVIA ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK... OATKA CREEK AT GARBUTT BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE TONAWANDA CREEK AT RAPIDS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. && NYC037-055-240835- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-131224T2145Z/ /CHRN6.2.ER.131223T0130Z.131223T1900Z.131224T1545Z.NR/ 935 PM EST MON DEC 23 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE * UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 9 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.8 FEET AND FALLING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS NEAR CREST NOW AND IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOOD...EXTENSIVE LOWLAND FLOODING ALONG ENTIRE REACH OF CREEK IN GENESEE AND MONROE COUNTIES. SERIOUS RESIDENTIAL FLOODING CHURCHVILLE, CHILI, TO THE VICINITY OF THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT. SOME BACKWATER PROBLEMS FROM THE GENESEE RIVER EAST OF CHILI. $$ NYC029-037-063-121-240305- /O.CAN.KBUF.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131224T0824Z/ /BTVN6.2.ER.131222T0809Z.131222T2300Z.131224T0145Z.NO/ 935 PM EST MON DEC 23 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE TONAWANDA CREEK AT BATAVIA. * AT 9 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET AND FALLING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO AROUND 5.1 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. $$ NYC029-063-240835- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131226T0300Z/ /RAPN6.2.ER.131223T0220Z.131224T1800Z.131225T2100Z.NR/ 935 PM EST MON DEC 23 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TONAWANDA CREEK AT RAPIDS * UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AT 9 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.6 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND CREST NEAR 15.4 FEET EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOOD...THERE IS WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN MOST OF NORTH CLARENCE AND NORTH AMHERST, ROYALTON, AND NEWSTEAD ALONG WITH MANY ROAD CLOSURES, INCLUDING MILLERSPORT HIGHWAY AND TONAWANDA CREEK ROAD. RANSOM OAKS AREA IN EAST AMHERST IS INUNDATED WITH BACKWATER INTO RANSOM, MUD, BEEMAN AND OTHER SMALL CREEKS. THERE IS SERIOUS FLOODING UPSTREAM INTO THE ALABAMA SWAMPS. $$ NYC037-055-240835- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-131224T1600Z/ /GRBN6.2.ER.131222T2250Z.131223T1130Z.131224T1000Z.UU/ 935 PM EST MON DEC 23 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OATKA CREEK AT GARBUTT * UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. * AT 9 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.4 FEET AND FALLING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...AND IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 6.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...GENERAL FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LAND BEGINS, SOME BASEMENT FLOODING IN SCOTTSVILLE AND GARBUTT. $$ HITCHCOCK
775 WGUS81 KBUF 240828 FLSBUF FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 328 AM EST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK... OATKA CREEK AT GARBUTT ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK... BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE TONAWANDA CREEK AT RAPIDS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. && NYC037-055-241428- /O.CON.KBUF.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-131224T2145Z/ /CHRN6.2.ER.131223T0130Z.131223T1900Z.131224T1545Z.NR/ 328 AM EST TUE DEC 24 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE * UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. * AT 3 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.2 FEET AND FALLING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...AND IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 7.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOOD...WIDESPREAD AGRICULTURAL FLOODING ALONG ENTIRE LENGTH OF CREEK. SOME RESIDENTIAL FLOODING BEGINS CHURCHVILLE TO CHILI AREA. POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. $$ NYC029-063-241428- /O.CON.KBUF.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131226T0300Z/ /RAPN6.2.ER.131223T0220Z.131224T1800Z.131225T2100Z.NR/ 328 AM EST TUE DEC 24 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TONAWANDA CREEK AT RAPIDS * UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AT 3 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.9 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND CREST NEAR 15.2 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOOD...THERE IS WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN MOST OF NORTH CLARENCE AND NORTH AMHERST, ROYALTON, AND NEWSTEAD ALONG WITH MANY ROAD CLOSURES, INCLUDING MILLERSPORT HIGHWAY AND TONAWANDA CREEK ROAD. RANSOM OAKS AREA IN EAST AMHERST IS INUNDATED WITH BACKWATER INTO RANSOM, MUD, BEEMAN AND OTHER SMALL CREEKS. THERE IS SERIOUS FLOODING UPSTREAM INTO THE ALABAMA SWAMPS. $$ NYC037-055-240858- /O.CAN.KBUF.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-131224T1600Z/ /GRBN6.2.ER.131222T2250Z.131223T1130Z.131224T0636Z.UU/ 328 AM EST TUE DEC 24 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE OATKA CREEK AT GARBUTT. * AT 3 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.9 FEET AND FALLING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO AROUND 5.0 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 6.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...GENERAL FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LAND BEGINS, SOME BASEMENT FLOODING IN SCOTTSVILLE AND GARBUTT. $$
148 WGUS81 KBUF 241402 FLSBUF FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 902 AM EST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK... BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK... TONAWANDA CREEK AT RAPIDS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. && NYC029-063-242002- /O.CON.KBUF.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131226T0300Z/ /RAPN6.2.ER.131223T0220Z.131224T1800Z.131225T2100Z.NR/ 902 AM EST TUE DEC 24 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TONAWANDA CREEK AT RAPIDS * UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AT 8 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.1 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND CREST NEAR 15.2 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOOD...THERE IS WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN MOST OF NORTH CLARENCE AND NORTH AMHERST, ROYALTON, AND NEWSTEAD ALONG WITH MANY ROAD CLOSURES, INCLUDING MILLERSPORT HIGHWAY AND TONAWANDA CREEK ROAD. RANSOM OAKS AREA IN EAST AMHERST IS INUNDATED WITH BACKWATER INTO RANSOM, MUD, BEEMAN AND OTHER SMALL CREEKS. THERE IS SERIOUS FLOODING UPSTREAM INTO THE ALABAMA SWAMPS. $$ NYC037-055-242002- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-131224T2224Z/ /CHRN6.2.ER.131223T0130Z.131223T1900Z.131224T1624Z.NR/ 902 AM EST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE * UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. * AT 8 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.6 FEET AND FALLING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND NONFLOOD FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...AND IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 7.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOOD...WIDESPREAD AGRICULTURAL FLOODING ALONG ENTIRE LENGTH OF CREEK. SOME RESIDENTIAL FLOODING BEGINS CHURCHVILLE TO CHILI AREA. POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. $$
680 WGUS81 KBUF 241939 FLSBUF FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 239 PM EST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK... BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK... TONAWANDA CREEK AT RAPIDS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. && NYC029-063-250139- /O.EXT.KBUF.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131225T2230Z/ /RAPN6.2.ER.131223T0220Z.131224T1815Z.131225T1630Z.NR/ 239 PM EST TUE DEC 24 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE TONAWANDA CREEK AT RAPIDS * UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 2 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.1 FEET AND STEADY. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS NEAR CREST NOW AND IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOOD...THERE IS WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN MOST OF NORTH CLARENCE AND NORTH AMHERST, ROYALTON, AND NEWSTEAD ALONG WITH MANY ROAD CLOSURES, INCLUDING MILLERSPORT HIGHWAY AND TONAWANDA CREEK ROAD. RANSOM OAKS AREA IN EAST AMHERST IS INUNDATED WITH BACKWATER INTO RANSOM, MUD, BEEMAN AND OTHER SMALL CREEKS. THERE IS SERIOUS FLOODING UPSTREAM INTO THE ALABAMA SWAMPS. $$ NYC037-055-242009- /O.CAN.KBUF.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-131224T2224Z/ /CHRN6.2.ER.131223T0130Z.131223T1900Z.131224T1835Z.NR/ 239 PM EST TUE DEC 24 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE. * AT 2 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.9 FEET AND FALLING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO AROUND 4.4 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 6.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE...MORE WIDESPREAD AGRICULTURAL LAND FLOODING, SOME BACKYARD AND BASEMENT FLOODING CHURCHVILLE TO CHILI BUT MINIMAL DAMAGES. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Dec 22, 7:15 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 7:15 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 715 PM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING UP THE EAST COAST WILL PRODUCE A LITTLE MORE LIGHT RAIN TONIGHT FROM THE SOUTHERN TIER AND FINGER LAKES EASTWARD...WITH THIS MIXING WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS LATER TONIGHT. MONDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK WILL THEN FEATURE A RETURN TO MUCH COLDER WEATHER ALONG WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS... ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST OF THE LAKES WHERE SOME ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS LIKELY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 00Z...REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS THAT THE BAND OF MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE INDUCED PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA HAS WEAKENED AND SHIFTED EAST INTO FAR SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CAYUGA...OSWEGO...AND LEWIS COUNTIES...WHERE SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE ALL ABOVE FREEZING. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT FURTHER EAST AND EXIT THE AREA ENTIRELY OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...WITH MAINLY DRY AND CLOUDY WEATHER THEN FOLLOWING FOR THE BALANCE OF THE EVENING. WITH THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN AND ICING THUS HAVING ENDED ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY...HAVE CANCELLED THE ICE STORM WARNING FOR JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING A WEAK WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE AND ADDITIONAL MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL RIPPLE NORTH ALONG THE BOUNDARY. THIS MAY BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF LIGHT PRECIP MAINLY FROM THE SOUTHERN TIER INTO THE FINGER LAKES AND EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION. TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL BE DROPPING LATE TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR BEGINS TO FILTER BACK IN. THIS WILL CHANGE RAIN SHOWERS OVER TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. THIS COLDER AIR ALOFT WILL ALSO END THE FREEZING RAIN RISK ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY LATE TONIGHT. BY MIDDAY MONDAY THE WEAK WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH NEW ENGLAND WITH ANY SYNOPTIC SCALE PRECIP COMING TO AN END. STEADY LOW/MID LEVEL COLD ADVECTION WILL ALLOW THE AIRMASS TO COOL ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A LIMITED LAKE RESPONSE DURING THE AFTERNOON OFF LAKE ERIE...AND BY LATE AFTERNOON OFF LAKE ONTARIO. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY DEVELOP BY MIDDAY NEAR BUFFALO AND BATAVIA...THEN SETTLE SLOWLY SOUTH TO SOUTHERN ERIE/WYOMING COUNTY AND THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER LATER IN THE DAY AND BECOME MORE LIKELY. MAY SEE AN INCH OR SO BY EVENING ACROSS THE HILLS SOUTH OF BUFFALO. EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO EXPECT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TO DEVELOP LATE IN THE DAY WITH A DUSTING TO AN INCH POSSIBLE IN A FEW SPOTS BY EARLY EVENING. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... A RETURN TO NOTICEABLY COLDER WEATHER WILL CHARACTERIZE THIS PERIOD AS A DEEPENING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SETS UP ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. A NORTHWEST FLOW OF COLDER AIR WILL BE FILTERING ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT. WITH 850 MB TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO DROP TO ABOUT -15C...LAKE INDUCED INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE. AT THE SAME TIME THERE WILL BE SOME INCREASE IN SYNOPTIC MOISTURE IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. THE MAIN DETRIMENT TO THE GENERATION OF ORGANIZED LAKE SNOWS WILL BE THE PRESENCE OF A LOT OF SHEAR WITHIN THE BOUNDARY LAYER. MODEL GUIDANCE STILL SUGGESTS A CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY MAY SET UP ACROSS NW PA. THIS MAY RESULT IN BETTER ORGANIZED SNOW ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER. ON TUESDAY...THE AXIS OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL NEW YORK DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE FLOW BEHIND THE TROUGH WILL BECOME BETTER ALIGNED FROM THE NORTHWEST. THIS COMBINED WITH FAVORABLE SNOW GROWTH WITHIN A LAYER OF VERY MOIST AIR IN THE LOWEST 5K FEET WILL ALLOW LAKE SNOWS TO BLOSSOM SOUTH OF THE LAKES. THE PRESENCE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL LIKELY RESULT IN VERY FLUFFY SNOW WITH 20 TO 30 TO 1 RATIOS POSSIBLE. IF THE SNOW DOES GET ORGANIZED WITHIN THIS ENVIRONMENT...ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH ADVISORY LEVELS...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE ONTARIO. TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE PROFILES REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OFF LAKE ONTARIO WHERE WEAKENING SNOW MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. FOR LAKE ERIE...DRIER AIR AND INCREASING SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH PRESSURE WILL CAUSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TO DIE OUT DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE NIGHT. ANY LINGERING LAKE EFFECT SNOW OFF LAKE ONTARIO WILL END WEDNESDAY MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE CRESTS OVER NEW YORK STATE. AS THIS HIGH SHIFTS EAST INTO NEW ENGLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON...WARMING TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS. TUESDAY WILL BE A VERY COLD DAY AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF THE TEENS. THE CORE OF THE COLDEST AIR WILL BE OVER OUR AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY DIP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO...WHILE ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY...READINGS MAY DROP TO MINUS FIVE TO MINUS 15 DEGREES. A SOUTHWEST FLOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE HIGH WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE 20S ON CHRISTMAS DAY. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... GFS AND ECMWF AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PERIOD SHOW A SHORT WAVE TROUGH DIGGING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES AND A LARGE SFC HIGH ALONG THE NORTHEAST COAST. THIS SHORT WAVE IS PROGGED TO SWING ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NY THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING WITH ITS SFC COLD FRONT. BEHIND IT...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP EAST OF BOTH LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ONTARIO. ALTHOUGH...BOTH MODELS SHOW LIMITED AMOUNT OF MOISTURE FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND SFC HIGH RAPIDLY BUILDING INTO THE REGION. FRIDAY..ANY LINGERING LAKE EFFECT WILL SHUT DOWN AS THE SFC HIGH MOVES OVERHEAD. THIS SFC HIGH SHIFTS TO THE EAST SATURDAY WITH THE APPROACH OF ANOTHER SHORTWAVE AND THEN PUSHES A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. TEMPERATURE WISE...FRIDAY WILL BE THE COLDEST DAY OF THE PERIOD THEN TEMPERATURES WARM TO OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES THROUGH SUNDAY. && .AVIATION /00Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD...LOW PRESSURE DRAPED ACROSS NEW YORK STATE WILL GRADUALLY SLIDE EAST AND OUT ACROSS NEW ENGLAND. PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LINGERING BEHIND THE LOW WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED IFR TO MVFR CIGS THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH THESE GENERALLY SHOWING SOME MODEST IMPROVEMENT DURING THE COURSE OF MONDAY. IN TERMS OF PRECIPITATION...ONE FINAL WEAK WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTHEASTWARD JUST INLAND FROM THE ATLANTIC COASTLINE WILL BRING SOME LIMITED LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN TIER/FINGER LAKES/NORTH COUNTRY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...WHICH COULD PRODUCE SOME REDUCTIONS IN VSBY TO IFR/MVFR. FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THIS FEATURE...A WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW OF COLDER AIR OVERSPREADING THE AREA WILL THEN HELP TO GENERATE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE LAKES THROUGH THE REST OF MONDAY...SOME OF WHICH COULD PRODUCE REDUCTIONS TO IFR ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER. OUTLOOK... MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...MAINLY VFR WITH IFR IN STEADIER SNOW SHOWERS SOUTHEAST OF THE LAKES. WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...MAINLY VFR. && .MARINE... BRISK SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ON LAKE ERIE WILL BRING A SHORT WINDOW OF ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS AND WAVES THIS EVENING...BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER TONIGHT. ON LAKE ONTARIO WINDS WILL ALSO BECOME SOUTHWEST TONIGHT...BUT SHOULD REMAIN JUST BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS. && .HYDROLOGY... SEE THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION. THE HEAVY RAIN IS NOW OVER. GENERAL FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WHICH WAS CONCENTRATED IN WESTERN NY ESPECIALLY THE BUFFALO METRO AREA WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON AS WATER DRAINS. SMALL STREAMS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO RECEDE THIS AFTERNOON AS WATER DRAINS INTO THE LARGER STEM RIVERS. THE FASTER RESPONDING BUFFALO CREEKS OF CAZENOVIA...CAYUGA...AND BUFFALO ARE ALL FALLING RAPIDLY AND NOW BELOW FLOOD STAGE. CATTARAUGUS CREEK AT GOWANDA IS ALSO BELOW FLOOD STAGE AND FALLING RAPIDLY. ELLICOTT CREEK IS A LITTLE SLOWER THAN THE OTHERS. THIS CREEK ALSO HAS A DOUBLE CREST. THE FIRST HAS ALREADY OCCURRED...THE SECOND WILL BE A LITTLE HIGHER AND WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE TONAWANDA CREEK IS MUCH SLOWER...AND WILL CREST AT THE MAJOR FLOOD RANGE BY EARLY EVENING AT BATAVIA. THE FLOOD WAVE TYPICALLY THEN TAKES ABOUT 48 HOURS TO REACH DOWN TO RAPIDS AND IMPACT THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF AMHERST AND CLARENCE. MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP THERE AND CREST BY AROUND TUESDAY MORNING. AT THIS LEVEL THERE IS EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF LOWLANDS IN NORTHERN AMHERST AND CLARENCE. SOME OF THE SMALLER FEEDER STREAMS ALSO BACK UP WITH WATER AND RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING. THE ALLEGHENY RIVER WILL CREST RIGHT NEAR OR JUST BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT SALAMANCA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT OLEAN...THERE IS TYPICALLY A DOUBLE CREST SO EXPECT A PEAK TODAY...THEN IT WILL LEVEL OUT OR COME BACK UP JUST A LITTLE THROUGH MONDAY IN THE MINOR FLOOD STAGE. THE OATKA CREEK NEAR GARBUTT WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND REACH NEAR FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT. BLACK CREEK AT CHURCHVILLE WILL CONTINUE TO RISE SLOWLY...BUT FOR NOW IS EXPECTED TO CREST JUST BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT BUT BEARS WATCHING. THE BLACK RIVER EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO IS FORECAST TO REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE. MUCH OF THE RAIN WAS ABSORBED BY DEEP SNOWPACK...AND A PORTION OF THE RAIN FELL AS ICE. && .BUF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NY...NONE. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY FOR LEZ040-041. && SYNOPSIS...HITCHCOCK/JJR NEAR TERM...HITCHCOCK/JJR SHORT TERM...TJP LONG TERM...AR/TJP AVIATION...JJR/TJP MARINE...HITCHCOCK/JJR HYDROLOGY...HITCHCOCK
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 6:52 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 652 PM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 NYZ001>008-010>014-021-240000- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-ALLEGANY- 652 PM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...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 NYZ019-020-085-240000- CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-SOUTHERN ERIE- 652 PM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SOME ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS LIKELY SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ERIE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. .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-SLZ022-024-240000- 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- 652 PM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEW YORK WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO...AND THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...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 JJR
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 22, 3:54 PM EST, 5 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
354 PM EST SUN DEC 22 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 AM FLOOD WARSAW 42.74N 78.13W
12/21/2013 WYOMING NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
BUFFALO RD FLOODED.
1130 AM FLOOD EAGLE 42.55N 78.30W
12/21/2013 WYOMING NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
WESTHILL RD FLOODED.
1230 PM FLOOD SINCLAIRVILLE 42.26N 79.26W
12/21/2013 CHAUTAUQUA NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
RT 380 NEAR BLOOMER RD.
0100 PM FLOOD BATAVIA 43.00N 78.19W
12/21/2013 GENESEE NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
PEAVINER RD FLOODED.
0221 PM ICE STORM CLAYTON 44.24N 76.09W
12/21/2013 JEFFERSON NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES DOWN
0222 PM FLOOD ALEXANDER 42.90N 78.26W
12/21/2013 GENESEE NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
RAILROAD AVE FLOODED.
0223 PM ICE STORM ALEXANDRIA BAY 44.34N 75.92W
12/21/2013 JEFFERSON NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES DOWN
1230 AM ICE ACCUMULATION LIVONIA 42.82N 77.67W
12/22/2013 LIVINGSTON NY TRAINED SPOTTER
FREEZING RAIN...ABOUT A TENTH OF AN INCH ON TREES.
0100 AM ICE ACCUMULATION NORTH TONAWANDA 43.04N 78.87W
12/22/2013 NIAGARA NY TRAINED SPOTTER
RAIN CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN. LIGHT GLAZE LESS THAN
TENTH OF AN INCH.
0138 AM ICE ACCUMULATION 1 ESE MOUNT READ 43.25N 77.64W
12/22/2013 MONROE NY TRAINED SPOTTER
FREEZING RAIN GLAZE ABOUT TWO SHEETS OF PAPER THICK.
0300 AM FLOOD DOYLE 42.88N 78.78W
12/22/2013 ERIE NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
I-90 RAMP TO WILLIAMS ST CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
0304 AM FLOOD CHEEKTOWAGA 42.91N 78.75W
12/22/2013 ERIE NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
WILLIAMS ST CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM CAYUGA CREEK RD
TO TAMARK CT.
0416 AM FLOOD WEST SENECA 42.84N 78.75W
12/22/2013 ERIE NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
RT 240 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM NORTH SENECA ST TO
SENECA ST
0430 AM ICE ACCUMULATION 3 NE TONAWANDA 43.02N 78.83W
12/22/2013 ERIE NY COCORAHS
0.2 INCHES
0500 AM ICE ACCUMULATION MEDINA 43.22N 78.39W
12/22/2013 ORLEANS NY EMERGENCY MNGR
ROUTE 31 CLOSED WEST OF MEDINA DUE TO POWERLINES
BLOCKING ROAD...NUMEROUS TREELIMBS AND POWERLINES DOWN
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. PROBLEMS STARTED
AROUND 2 AM.
0506 AM FLOOD BUFFALO 42.89N 78.86W
12/22/2013 ERIE NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
RT 198 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM PARKSIDE AVE TO
GRANT ST IN BUFFALO
0517 AM FLOOD TONAWANDA 42.98N 78.88W
12/22/2013 ERIE NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
KENMORE AVE CLOSED BETWEEN ONTARIO ST AND MILITARY ROAD
DUE TO FLOODING
0540 AM FLOOD BUFFALO 42.89N 78.86W
12/22/2013 ERIE NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
DELAWARE AVE CLOSED FROM FOREST TO RT 198 DUE TO
FLOODING IN BUFFALO
0545 AM ICE ACCUMULATION ALEXANDRIA BAY 44.34N 75.92W
12/22/2013 JEFFERSON NY TRAINED SPOTTER
ABOUT AN INCH OF ICE... AND AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW.
ALSO WIRES DOWN DUE TO HEAVY ICING.
0545 AM ICE ACCUMULATION HARRISVILLE 44.15N 75.32W
12/22/2013 LEWIS NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN DUE TO ICE IN HARRISVILLE
0546 AM ICE ACCUMULATION WATERTOWN 43.97N 75.91W
12/22/2013 JEFFERSON NY EMERGENCY MNGR
WIDESPREAD ICING ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH WATER PONDING
AT WATERTOWN. SOME ICE ON INTERSTATE 81.
0549 AM ICE ACCUMULATION 2 W WALWORTH 43.14N 77.31W
12/22/2013 WAYNE NY BROADCAST MEDIA
ABOUT AN 0.13 INCHES OF GLAZE. NO MAJOR ISSUES.
0600 AM ICE ACCUMULATION BUFFALO 42.94N 78.72W
12/22/2013 ERIE NY NWS OFFICE
TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ON TREES...GLAZE ON CARS
AND GRASS...LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION ON PAVEMENT.
0607 AM ICE ACCUMULATION YOUNGSTOWN 43.25N 79.04W
12/22/2013 NIAGARA NY TRAINED SPOTTER
ICE ACCUMULATION ON EVERYTHING...TREE LIMBS
CRACKING...POWER OUTAGES.
0608 AM ICE ACCUMULATION CHURCHVILLE 43.10N 77.88W
12/22/2013 MONROE NY EMERGENCY MNGR
WIRES DOWN IN CHURCHVILLE AND BROCKPORT. ICE ON TREES.
0610 AM ICE ACCUMULATION MORTON 43.33N 78.00W
12/22/2013 MONROE NY TRAINED SPOTTER
HEAVY ICING ON TREES AND POWERLINES. ICY ROADS.
0611 AM ICE ACCUMULATION LOCKPORT 43.17N 78.70W
12/22/2013 NIAGARA NY BROADCAST MEDIA
WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES IN THE CITY.
0613 AM ICE ACCUMULATION NEWARK 43.04N 77.09W
12/22/2013 WAYNE NY TRAINED SPOTTER
0.25 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION
0655 AM FLOOD DEPEW 42.91N 78.70W
12/22/2013 ERIE NY EMERGENCY MNGR
TRANSIT ROAD FROM WALDEN AVE TO TERRACE BLVD CLOSED DUE
TO FLOODING.
0700 AM ICE ACCUMULATION 1 N CLARENCE CENTER 43.01N 78.63W
12/22/2013 ERIE NY COCORAHS
ICE ACCUMULATION OF 0.25 INCHES ON TREES AND SHRUBS
0700 AM ICE ACCUMULATION DEPEW 42.91N 78.70W
12/22/2013 ERIE NY COCORAHS
ICE ACCUMULATION OF 0.1 INCHES
0700 AM ICE ACCUMULATION 6 N CROGHAN 43.99N 75.39W
12/22/2013 LEWIS NY COCORAHS
0.25 INCHES OF ICE
0700 AM ICE ACCUMULATION 3 SSW CANANDAIGUA 42.85N 77.30W
12/22/2013 ONTARIO NY COCORAHS
0.1 INCHES OF ICE ON TREES
0700 AM ICE STORM BATAVIA 43.00N 78.18W
12/22/2013 GENESEE NY NEWSPAPER
NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES DOWN THROUGHOUT
COUNTY ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN HALF.
0715 AM ICE STORM BATAVIA 43.00N 78.18W
12/22/2013 GENESEE NY NWS EMPLOYEE
LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN INCLUDING ONE BLOCKING RICHMOND
AVE
0716 AM ICE ACCUMULATION ROCHESTER 43.17N 77.62W
12/22/2013 MONROE NY UTILITY COMPANY
ESTIMATED 0.2 INCHES OF ICE ON TREES
0719 AM ICE ACCUMULATION AMHERST 43.02N 78.72W
12/22/2013 ERIE NY EMERGENCY MNGR
4800 POWER OUTAGES...MOSTLY DUE TO ICE.
0719 AM ICE ACCUMULATION 2 SW SPENCERPORT 43.17N 77.84W
12/22/2013 MONROE NY TRAINED SPOTTER
0.2 INCHES OF ICE
0720 AM ICE ACCUMULATION WARSAW 42.69N 78.22W
12/22/2013 WYOMING NY CO-OP OBSERVER
0.19 INCHES OF ICE
0730 AM ICE ACCUMULATION MINETTO 43.40N 76.48W
12/22/2013 OSWEGO NY COCORAHS
JUST UNDER 0.1 INCHES OF ICE
0745 AM ICE ACCUMULATION BUFFALO 42.89N 78.86W
12/22/2013 ERIE NY CITY OFFICIAL
TREE ON HOUSE...BROUGHT DOWN BY ICE.
0745 AM FLOOD BUFFALO 42.89N 78.86W
12/22/2013 ERIE NY CITY OFFICIAL
SCAJAQUADA CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS AND COMPLETELY
FLOODING RT 198 AT ELMWOOD UNDERPASS
0800 AM ICE ACCUMULATION CORFU 42.96N 78.40W
12/22/2013 GENESEE NY TRAINED SPOTTER
0.13 INCHES OF ICE
0800 AM ICE ACCUMULATION 2 NE STAFFORD 43.00N 78.04W
12/22/2013 GENESEE NY NWS EMPLOYEE
0.2 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION
0838 AM ICE ACCUMULATION LOCKPORT 43.17N 78.70W
12/22/2013 NIAGARA NY SOCIAL MEDIA
A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE
0839 AM ICE ACCUMULATION TONAWANDA 42.98N 78.88W
12/22/2013 ERIE NY SOCIAL MEDIA
0.125 INCHES OF ICE
0845 AM ICE ACCUMULATION WATERTOWN 43.97N 75.91W
12/22/2013 JEFFERSON NY SOCIAL MEDIA
ICE ACCUMULATION OF 1.1 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN WATERTOWN
0845 AM ICE ACCUMULATION BEAVER FALLS 43.88N 75.43W
12/22/2013 LEWIS NY SOCIAL MEDIA
0.3 INCHES OF ICE
0900 AM ICE ACCUMULATION MILL GROVE 42.02N 78.34W
12/22/2013 CATTARAUGUS NY SOCIAL MEDIA
0.125 INCHES OF ICE
0900 AM ICE ACCUMULATION LAKEVILLE 42.84N 77.71W
12/22/2013 LIVINGSTON NY SOCIAL MEDIA
0.1 INCHES OF ICE ON TREE BRANCHES
0900 AM ICE ACCUMULATION BARKER 43.33N 78.55W
12/22/2013 NIAGARA NY SOCIAL MEDIA
0.3 INCHES OF ICE
0910 AM ICE ACCUMULATION PERRY 42.72N 78.01W
12/22/2013 WYOMING NY SOCIAL MEDIA
0.25 INCHES OF ICE
0915 AM ICE ACCUMULATION AMHERST 43.02N 78.72W
12/22/2013 ERIE NY SOCIAL MEDIA
0.25 INCHES OF ICE
0930 AM ICE ACCUMULATION POINT BREEZE 43.37N 78.20W
12/22/2013 ORLEANS NY SOCIAL MEDIA
0.2 INCHES OF ICE
0930 AM ICE ACCUMULATION NORTH TONAWANDA 43.04N 78.87W
12/22/2013 NIAGARA NY SOCIAL MEDIA
0.3 INCHES OF ICE
1100 AM ICE ACCUMULATION OAKFIELD 43.06N 78.27W
12/22/2013 GENESEE NY SOCIAL MEDIA
0.3 INCHES OF ICE
1108 AM ICE STORM WATERTOWN 43.97N 75.91W
12/22/2013 JEFFERSON NY NEWSPAPER
OVER 25000 WITHOUT POWER IN JEFFERSON COUNTY WITH
NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES DOWN ESPECIALLY
NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.
1120 AM ICE ACCUMULATION 2 SW WATERTOWN 43.95N 75.94W
12/22/2013 JEFFERSON NY TRAINED SPOTTER
1.2 INCHES OF ICE
0114 PM ICE ACCUMULATION OSWEGO 43.46N 76.49W
12/22/2013 OSWEGO NY CO-OP OBSERVER
0.20 INCHES OF ICE
0139 PM ICE ACCUMULATION SANBORN 43.13N 78.88W
12/22/2013 NIAGARA NY TRAINED SPOTTER
0.35 INCHES OF ICE.
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BUF1300398 BUF1300402 BUF1300404 BUF1300405 BUF1300406 BUF1300421
BUF1300417 BUF1300418 BUF1300403 BUF1300444 BUF1300416 BUF1300419
BUF1300420 BUF1300408 BUF1300445 BUF1300409 BUF1300410 BUF1300407
BUF1300411 BUF1300412 BUF1300413 BUF1300415 BUF1300414 BUF1300422
BUF1300436 BUF1300437 BUF1300438 BUF1300439 BUF1300450 BUF1300428
BUF1300423 BUF1300424 BUF1300429 BUF1300425 BUF1300440 BUF1300426
BUF1300427 BUF1300432 BUF1300433 BUF1300430 BUF1300431 BUF1300434
BUF1300435 BUF1300441 BUF1300446 BUF1300447 BUF1300442 BUF1300443
BUF1300448 BUF1300449 BUF1300453 BUF1300451 BUF1300452 BUF1300454
BUF1300455
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| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 3:28 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Watch | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 8 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:35 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 24 hr |
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River Flood Warnings in New York, 2013Every river flood warning in 2013
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.