Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2014, 5:19 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It was in force for 4 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
- Aug 2, 2014, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2014, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 6:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Se Jamestown West, NY | WATER FLOWING DOWN MCDANIEL AVE. |
| Aug 2, 6:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sse South Wales, NY | RIVER OF MUD FLOWED ACROSS ROUTE 16. |
| Aug 2, 6:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lakewood, NY | FLOODING ON ROUTE 394 NEAR MALL BLVD. |
| Aug 2, 8:00 PM EDT | FLOOD | Silver Creek, NY | CENTRAL AVE IN TOWN CENTER CLOSED DUE TO STANDING WATER. ONE LANE CLOSED ON MAIN STREET AND ALSO ON CENTRAL AVE FOR A TIME DUE TO PONDING WATER. |
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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
070
WGUS51 KBUF 022119
FFWBUF
NYC009-013-029-030115-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0021.140802T2119Z-140803T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
519 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DUNKIRK...JAMESTOWN...FREDONIA...
SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. SLOW
MOVING STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO
INCHES...WHICH WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4225 7977 4229 7975 4242 7946 4246 7943
4252 7930 4256 7916 4260 7913 4265 7903
4271 7847 4240 7846 4235 7854 4204 7911
4199 7925 4200 7977
$$
APFFEL3 follow-up statements
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WGUS71 KBUF 022217
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
617 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
NYC009-013-029-030115-
/O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140803T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CATTARAUGUS NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY-ERIE NY-
617 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN ERIE...CHAUTAUQUA AND NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES...
AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
THE HEAVIEST RAINS EXTEND ACROSS SOUTHERN CHAUTAUQUA FROM FINDLEY
LAKE TO JAMESTOWN...WITH PATCHY AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN REACHING INTO
THE WYOMING HILLS. IN THESE AREAS...BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN...WITH MORE RAIN STILL MOVING INTO THE WARNED
AREA.
THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED
AREA. AREAS WILL STEEP TERRAIN...AND URBAN AREAS WILL BE MOST
VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4225 7977 4229 7975 4242 7946 4246 7943
4252 7930 4256 7916 4260 7913 4265 7903
4271 7847 4240 7846 4235 7854 4204 7911
4199 7925 4200 7977
$$
APFFEL870
WGUS71 KBUF 022253
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
653 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
NYC009-013-029-030115-
/O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140803T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CATTARAUGUS NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY-ERIE NY-
653 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ERIE...CHAUTAUQUA AND NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS
COUNTIES...
AT 645 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN CHAUTAUQUA FROM FINDLEY
LAKE TO JAMESTOWN...WITH ANOTHER AREA OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN JUST
EAST OF SPRINGVILLE. AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THESE
LOCATIONS...WITH UP TO AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE FROM
LINGERING RAIN IN THE WARNED AREA.
THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED
AREA. AREAS WITH STEEP TERRAIN AND URBAN AREAS WILL BE MOST
VULNERABLE TO FLASH 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.
&&
LAT...LON 4221 7977 4244 7924 4249 7899 4257 7847
4240 7846 4221 7894 4199 7925 4200 7977
$$
APFFEL248
WGUS71 KBUF 030107
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
907 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
NYC009-013-029-030117-
/O.EXP.KBUF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140803T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CATTARAUGUS NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY-ERIE NY-
907 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ERIE...CHAUTAUQUA AND NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES...
AT 907 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE AREA...THUS
THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ADDITIONAL RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.
LAT...LON 4221 7977 4244 7924 4249 7899 4257 7847
4240 7846 4221 7894 4199 7925 4200 7977
$$
THOMASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 9:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 9:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 58 min |
| Aug 1, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cayuga | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 10:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 12:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 1:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Chautauqua | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 2:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming | 9 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming | 83 min |
| Aug 2, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 92 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 56 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 87 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Wyoming | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.