Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2014, 3:36 PM EDT for Livingston County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2014, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2014, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Livingston County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 429 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 837 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
071
WGUS51 KBUF 051936
FFWBUF
NYC051-052230-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0022.140805T1936Z-140805T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
336 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DANSVILLE...
THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE VILLAGE OF SPARTA AND WEST SPARTA
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 332 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. ROADS COVERED BY
WATER INCLUDE ROUTE 36 AND ROUTE 63 IN THE TOWNS OF SPARTA AND WEST
SPARTA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AND RUNOFF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING MAY CREATE FURTHER HYDROLOGIC PROBLEMS ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN
INCH OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
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.
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 4248 7784 4252 7785 4252 7791 4274 7783
4274 7761 4267 7759 4266 7748 4258 7749
4257 7765 4253 7767 4253 7771 4247 7772
$$
THOMAS2 follow-up statements
961
WGUS71 KBUF 052118
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
518 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014
NYC051-052230-
/O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140805T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LIVINGSTON NY-
518 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY...
AT 506 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. REPORTED
ROADS THAT ARE COVERED BY WATER AND WASHED OUT INCLUDE ROUTE 36 IN
THE TOWN OF WEST SPARTA AND ROUTE 63 IN THE TOWN OF SPARTA. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DISPLAYS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF A
THIRD TO TWO THIRDS OF AN INCH PASSING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS
LATE AFTERNOON.
EXPECT SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA TO ALSO RISE NEAR AND
POSSIBLY OVER BANKFULL. STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE
EVEN AFTER THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 4248 7784 4252 7785 4252 7791 4274 7783
4274 7761 4267 7759 4266 7748 4258 7749
4257 7765 4253 7767 4253 7771 4247 7772
$$
THOMAS633
WGUS71 KBUF 052227
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
627 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014
NYC051-052237-
/O.EXP.KBUF.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140805T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LIVINGSTON NY-
627 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LIVINGSTON COUNTY...
THE FLOODING HAS RECEDED...THUS THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4248 7784 4252 7785 4252 7791 4274 7783
4274 7761 4267 7759 4266 7748 4258 7749
4257 7765 4253 7767 4253 7771 4247 7772
$$
THOMASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 3:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Livingston, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 29 min |
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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.