Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2014, 5:57 AM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2014, 5:57 AM EDT (09:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2014, 12:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 7:30 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Randolph, NY | FLOODING IN WEEDEN PARK. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| May 13, 8:30 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Salamanca, NY | TIME ESTIMATED. |
| May 13, 9:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Cattaraugus, NY | FLOODING AT ROUTE 353 AND MAPLE HILL. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| May 13, 9:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Little Valley, NY | FLASH FLOODING CLOSED ROUTE 242. TIME ESTIMATED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1144 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
273 WGUS51 KBUF 130957 FFWBUF NYC009-013-131300- /O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0002.140513T0957Z-140513T1300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 557 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SALAMANCA... EASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... * UNTIL 900 AM EDT * AT 550 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS FROM SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. 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. 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. && LAT...LON 4199 7921 4243 7920 4244 7858 4199 7851 $$ TMA
2 follow-up statements
132 WGUS71 KBUF 131130 FFSBUF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 730 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014 NYC009-013-131300- /O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140513T1300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CATTARAUGUS NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY- 730 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT FOR EASTERN CHAUTAUQUA AND WESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES... LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN THE TOWNS OF KENNEDY...LEON...NEW ALBION...RANDOLPH AND COLD SPRING DUE TO WATER AND DEBRIS FLOWING ACROSS THEM. PERSISTENT SLOW MOVING SOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 9 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. && LAT...LON 4199 7921 4243 7920 4244 7858 4199 7851 $$ TMA
063 WGUS51 KBUF 131254 FFWBUF NYC009-013-131600- /O.EXT.KBUF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140513T1600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 854 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SALAMANCA... EASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... * UNTIL NOON EDT * AT 845 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MULTIPLE ROADS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA WITH WATER COVERING THE ROAD SURFACE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. 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. && LAT...LON 4199 7921 4243 7920 4244 7858 4199 7851 $$ THOMAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 6:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 3 hr |
| May 13, 7:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 5 hr |
| May 13, 7:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Chautauqua | 3 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.